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==Society==
 
==Society==
 
*mibunsei, four classes of society, rise of merchant class, decline of samurai (warrior class in a peaceful time)
 
*mibunsei, four classes of society, rise of merchant class, decline of samurai (warrior class in a peaceful time)
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Samurai are believed to have comprised, during the Edo period, roughly six percent of the population of the archipelago.<ref>*Craig, Teruko (trans.). ''Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai''. University of Arizona Press, 1988. p.xii.</ref>
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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