Japanese Social System

Between the 16th and 19th centuries, China and Japan displayed various social, economic, cultural and political differences.

The Japanese social structure was extremely welcoming for a time being, they welcomed visitors from as far away as Europe. The Japanese social structure was also separated into a hierarchical structure of eight main social groups: first the Japanese had the emperor on top but had very little say in what actually happened he was more of a social figure. then they had the shogun who was a bunch of high-ranking military officers, and they actually ran the government, not the emperor. The Daimyos were powerful landowners and they were under the and the Daimyos there were the Samurais the samurais were an elite unit of soldiers

Finally, after Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the other warlords in 1615, Japan experienced a long period of peace with a much more centralized government. They had a complex feudal system that was similar to the European feudal system. this time, they were also big into bureaucratic. the Tokugawa government was very split with other independent governments. The Tokugawa emperor was really just a show face of who really ran the Shoguns. the whole government system was really just one higher than the other and one was more independence The Chinese political system was passed from the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty, not much changed. The Qing dynasty was a monarchy. the ethnic policy of the Qing was split between the Manchu and Han. Over time, the leader became weakened and by the sixteen hundred the dynasty was plagued by revolt and

they liked the European tobacco, clocks, spectacles, and other European goods for the time being. The Chinese economic system In its early qing years they had an unstable economic and had to recover from the war where the Ming were overthrown. it also created a rise of a wealthy urban class. Also early in the dynasty, the leaders had recruited large families to work on farms and help with harvests because they need more hands on the farm so the bigger the family the more got done. The Chinese had a develop commercial network. They traded with South East Asia and other foreign regions which trade was restored to its old state like it was under the Ming, but when the Qing restored the trade they ended making it much better than what the Ming had. They also had direct trade with Europe, which had a positive impact on the Chinese economy because the Europeans had ma industries that could mass produce items that were purchased by many people. The silver trade was one example of this, and it was brang back by the Europeans. The Chinese also utilized foreign technology; for example, guns that were more developed. The economy did, however, suffer because they didn’t take full advantage of foreign technology by them taking it and making their own designs and try to