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Samarai protected many things, they protected peasants which were a lower class than them, they protected castles from other armies and intruders, and they polices the streets of the cities they lived in.

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samurai were warriors  who protected lower classes and shoguns and attacked in wars they were very important in japan.

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samurai: they protected the lower classes and guarded castles. They also policed streets as well as being a private armies for daimyos.

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Peasants: Their role was to produce food that the upper classed depended on

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Artisans:  The artisans made goods for other levels of society, like fish hooks, and swords for samurai

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The Samurai were protectors of the Daimyo. They also, were warriors who killed people.

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Samurai were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan. In Japanese, they are usually referred to as bushi or buke.

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The merchants did not make anything for the city. But they made the samurai swords. They also traded for goods with other countries.

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Peasants were very important to the people they were very important because the made food for everyone.They were very respected by the upper classes because they made food for everyone in japan. The other reason why they were also respected was they paid there taxes without a problem. Peasants were 90% of the population. Peasants will always be peasant. The main things they did was farm,fish,and supplied food for everyone.  They were the highest ranking in the lower class. They were protected by samurais. They had little freedom or power. They were not looked down upon because they fed everyone.

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samurai protect the  daimoys and provided protection for the land and the people

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The peasants were well respected even though they were in the lower class. It is because they provided all the food. The Samurais protected them

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The Peasants in feudal Japan were the third to the bottom.
the last one was merchants. The peasants gave  everyone in Japan food. They were protected by samurais. They were respected by all ranks.

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Merchants were at the bottom of the pyramid in feudal japan. Often disrespected because they did not make the items they sold. When they gained more power they started to ignore the shoguns rules.

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Peasants were respected by all social classes. They also produced food and paid taxes. They were the highest rank in the lower class. They will be always be peasants and paid very high taxes.

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Peasants were 90% of the population.They were very important because they suppplied all of the other classes with food.They also farmed and fished.

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The samurai supported the peasants by keeping them safe and being generous to them. They also caused the artisans to produce swords for them.

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Samurai were warriors of the shogun ruler of Japan. They were also known as Bushi. Being a warrior in feudal Japan was more than a job it was the way of life for a samurai. During Feudal Japan Samurai were respected and feared. They were respected for putting others before themselves.

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Artisians were well respected by Samuri and merchants. They were respected because Artisians made swords for samuri to fight and Merchants used them to sell them and make money.

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Artisans were craftsman, and fisherman and swordsman
they were respected because they were the ones that made swords, fish hooks and other goods for the others to go in war.

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The shogun was a military leader and ruler of the emperor even though the emperor is higher in the social class. Th shogun was the leader of the samurai army.

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Peasants were 5th on the social class pyramid. The peasants were well respected by all social classes. They were respected because they provided food for everyone. They farmed and fished to get the food for everyone. Peasants were 90% of the population.

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Peasants were well respected by all social classes. They were respected because they provided food for all the other classes. The farmers and fished yo provided food. Although the peasants had been respected the had to pay higher taxes then the rest.

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merchants were considered the lowest level in feudal Japan at that time ,but slowly over time some became wealthy and went up to the higher classes in feudal Japan.

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The peasants of the Japanese society provided food for everyone. They are usually farmers or fishermen. They had little freedom or power. They were not looked down upon because they fed everyone.

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The Artisans were crafts people for the Japanese association. They produced goods for the society to meet the needs of all classes. They were very hopeful to their society but, were ranked lower than peasants. They're known for their makings of swords for the armies/samurais. They were also very well respected.

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Everyone in the Japanese society contributed to something that helps the economy. The The Samurai belonged to the warrior class. Their job was to protect the lower classes of Japan. The only people that were allowed to become samurai were the sons of samurai. Their symbol is a sword and their saying was Creed is the Way of the Warrior. They had great respect for the artisans that created their swords.

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The merchants in feudal Japan were responsible for carrying products around Japan but people also looked at them like parasites. They also feed off other classes and would make money, for example merchants would go to the artisans and buy their swords and resell it

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The peasant role was to provide food that the upper class needed. They were the highest ranking in the lower class. They were respected because they caught fish for the upper class and also grew crops for the upper class. The other reason why they were also respected was they paid there taxes without a problem.

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Artisans were the crafts people of the Japanese Society. They were very helpful in their society because they produced goods to meets the needs of all classes. They also made fish hooks which were important especially for peasents. Artisans also made samurai swords and just because of that they were respected.

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The emperor is the highest social class there is. The emperor is like a figurehead and doesn't really have any political power. The shogun mostly has all the political power not the emperor. The emperor was the only one who could communicate with the gods and so he communicated with the gods on behalf of their people. This helps other levels of the society because the emperor is communicating with the gods for the people of Japan. The emperor also maintained an opulent lifestyle within the imperial courts. This helped the other levels of society because without the emperor the imperial court would not have an opulent lifestyle. The emperor still headed the government too. So, basically the emperor represented all of the Japanese people and presided over religious matters.

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A Shogun was the highest military commander. He had so much power in his hands, that the Emperor had to follow his orders. His main objective was to be in  charge of the Daimyos.

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The samurai is in the warrior class. They protect the lower classes. Only the sons of samurai could become a samurai. The samurai symbol is a sword and the creed is the way of the warrior.