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The Tokugawa period ruled over Japan from 1603 to 1868,a period known as the Great Peace. Edo was the Tokugawa familys traditional domain. The first Tokugawa ruler, or shogun, established a new capital in Edo. Some of the Tokugawa government's rules and regulations regarding the four social clases--thh samurai, farmers, artisans and merchants.

Meanwhile, the lower classes profited handsomely from growing population and growing urban centers. Farmers, who made up 90 percent of the population.

The hereditary samurai class was offically the highest socail rank in the Tokugawa class system.

The Merchant class, officially at the bottom of the Tokugawa social srtucture, benefited greatly from the periods economic growth an drapid urbanization.

The Samurai were permitted to carry sword and wear luxurious fabrics, such as silk.

During the tokugawa period, merchants, whom selln products.