The social classes from top to bottom is emperor, shogun, daimyo, samurai, ronin, peasants, artisans, and merchants. The emperor was mainly a religious leader because they always participated in religious ceremonies and doing their hobbies. The shoguns controlled the military, the barbarian policy, and feudal financing. The daimyo were landholding lords in Japan and they were also military leaders who gives demands to the samurai. The samurai was the warriors in feudal Japan. They were in armies that go into battle with weapons like, bows and arrows, spears, guns, and their main weapon is a sword. Ronin are masterless samurai warriors. This was would happen when their master died or was killed to death. The peasants were farmers and fishermen.
