Facts
- Buddhism was one of the religions practiced in medieval Japan
- The emperor was the head of the feudal system in Japan
- Society was divided into two groups peasant and nobles
- Samurai swords were made from the strongest steel ever made
- Commoners had to earn the right to receiving a surname
- Blind Japanese were allowed to stay in the class they were born or brought up in; they just had to stay in the family home
- For more than 200 years the whole Japanese social system revolved around the samurai military
- Samurai were chosen by the shogun or daimyo
- daimyo lived in the castle as samurai and lower ranked people lived in the other building surrounding the castle
- Peasants worked for their living in the walls of there region farming for the protection from their samurais
- The emperor and shogun were the most highest ranked in the Japanese feudal system
- The Japanese built very high walls so it was very difficult for their enemies to get over
- The emperor was the highest ranked person by the shogun had all the power
- The tokaido was the only highway in feudal Japan
- The emperor was worshipped but had no power over the people