samurai are esteemed warriors and helped govern their domains

the country chose to isolate themselves from the rest of the world instead of doing arts and culture.

they were in charge of growing rice the most important commodity in japan.

he was a samurai but than later to be considered to be the first writer of a great haiku poem

tokugawa ieyasu was concerned he saw europeans establishing colonies and decided only forgien ships be sent to deshima

rice is one of their basic food groups for their country.

since wars stopped the samurais changed to learn how to read and write to become a administrator

the citizins of japan had almost no oppotunity to move out of the class they were born into.

they were not allowed to leave their lands or village as the daimyo did not want to lose profits.

every gentleman a warrior and every warrior a gentleman

the daimyo had authority over the roads in their domains that the shogun creation.

master at controlling emotions, master swordsman, and unarmed defense

it began to change as the cities grew and the merchant class became more wealthy and influential.