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Effects Of Tokugawa Rule On Japan

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Tokugawa rule brought unity and stability, but it did not prevent change. In the 1600s and 1700s, each of Japan’s main class-samurai, peasantry, and urban dwellers was gradually transformed. The samurai by custom were loyal, and proud, but two centuries of peace slowly dulled their fighting edge. As cities grew larger, Japan’s urban culture became increasingly sophisticated. Merchants and other townsfolk, born without prestige, strove to secure it through education and promotion of literature and the arts. To sustain their superior social status, samurai often did the same.

In the early Ming era, China was probably the world’s mightiest and wealthiest empire. China, like Japan, struggled to find stability in the fourteenth through eighteenth
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