Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going to be on a lot of gamers’ minds this year.

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 ...

As peasants, we led a tough life. We were forced to work long and gruelling hours in the fields for the Lord of the Manor just to pay our rent. We were the lowest part of the feudal system.