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*Fukuoka han lost 2000 soldiers in the [[Shimabara Rebellion]], in which Fukuoka, Karatsu, and Kagoshima together supplied around 700 ships. - Kalland, 214.
*Fukuoka han lost 2000 soldiers in the [[Shimabara Rebellion]], in which Fukuoka, Karatsu, and Kagoshima together supplied around 700 ships. - Kalland, 214.
*[[Samurai]] - up until Ieyasu's reign, peasants/commoners could prove themselves worthy in battle and be promoted to full samurai status. The lines between the status categories were much blurrier. But in Edo, one could only be samurai if one was born into it. - Eiko Ikegami, ''Bonds of Civility'', 129.
*In the Edo period, at least, in most domains as well as under the bakufu, following the letter of the law was less important than maintaining the peace. - [[Luke Roberts]], "Mori Yoshiki: Samurai Government Officer," in [[Anne Walthall]] (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan'', Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 33.
*In the Edo period, at least, in most domains as well as under the bakufu, following the letter of the law was less important than maintaining the peace. - [[Luke Roberts]], "Mori Yoshiki: Samurai Government Officer," in [[Anne Walthall]] (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan'', Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 33.