We discuss the social pyramid, non-feudal classes like peasants, craftsmen and merchants, as well as the samurai Kings and Generals Posted: March 11, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 ...

And the key to it all was "SPAM." This acronym is a quick way students remember the hierarchy of medieval Japanese society: samurai, peasant, artisan, merchant. On my tour, I followed their paths ...

Sir George Sansom’s history of Japan was first published in 1932 ... as an era of oppressive “feudal” rule. In this view, hierarchical divisions between samurai, peasant, artisan, and merchant were ...

Feudal Japan was a long period that historians break ... It’s easy to understand why average peasants might have balked at a samurai charge. (Courtesy photo) While conflict between rival samurai ...