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by lili 1

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of table of contents page 3 the rise of the samurai page 4 the farmers page 5 the craftsmen page 6 the merchants page 7 glossary page 8 index page 9 sources 2

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the rise of the samurai the emperor was living in a rich and beautiful castle in kyoto but was ruling japan very badly the government was began to lose power the powerful lords refused to pay their taxes they also refused to give the emperor soldiers because of this there was lots of crime happening the very badly organized too by the twelfth century the emperor worried and rich landlords made private armies because they were worried that the robbers would take their gold too the best private soldiers are the samurai samurai means one who serves the samurai promised loyalty to their lords because the emperor saw the samurai s power he got some each other the first war because of that is the gempei war the gempei war lasted from 1180 ­ 1185 the winning clan was the minamoto clan the leader of the clan yorimoto chief in english the shogun ruled japan for seven japan this is the story of the rise of the samurai by lili 3 for himself samurai leaders formed clans and fought against was given the title `shogun which means commander in centuries but the emperor was still officially in charge of

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the farmers the farmers were very important in the edo city the farmers worked very hard they see that rice was very important to the period because they provided all the food for the worked all day even in bad weather you can townspeople because some people s wealth was chosen by how much rice they could grow on their land while the farmers were working in and hats made of bamboo and lastly they wore sandals made of straw to make them even arms and legs warmer they tied pieces of cloth around their cold weather they wore cloaks woven from straw by lili 4

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craftsmen the craftsmen were the third most important men in the edo period below the samurai and the farmers some examples of craftsmen are the chandlers who made the candles so the people could see things at night or the coopers who made the round wooden and barrel like kind of bucket that people used a lot craftsmen are important because they made all the villagers and the emperor before the men could bowls for the rice and they built all the houses for the become proper craftsmen they leave their family and become an apprentice of a master of the skill that they were interested in but they had to live with their master depending on what work they did they have to live in different places like the gunsmiths about merchants tepposho lived in teppocho i hope you learned a lot by lili 5

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the merchants the merchants were not seen very importantly useful products such as katanas japanese in edo in those times because they did not make swords the merchants sold other peoples work the money that was used to buy the products had so many types there was the gold silver were to open shops trade and lend money to the samurai there was a powerful merchant family called the mitsui family by 1700 the mitsui family owned the biggest and most successful shop in japan they gave their hope you learned a lot about merchants by lili copper and iron 4 types the merchant s roles customers everything exactly as they wanted it i 6

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glossary you do not want to share with other people private private means something that loyalty loyalty means when you are you are loyal to trustworthy and support the person that emperor an emperor is someone who rules the country successful it means when someone is doing very well in something that they did 7

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index apprentice page 5 commander page 3 craftsmen page 5 emperor page 3 landlords page 3 products page 6 samurai page 3 and 6 townspeople page 4 8

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sources where where we found our information books steel how they lived ­ a samurai warrior by anne edo the city that became tokyo by akiro naito doran look into the past ­ the japanese by clare 9

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