Merchants in feudal Japan were considered lower class citizens because their item(s) wasn't made by them, they were made by someone else.
The merchants would buy items from artisans and farmers and sell them.
pharoh, artisians, merchants, slaves
Europe and Japan were both feudal societies. Feudal systems contain hierarchies. The hierarchies in Japan and Europe were similar: king/emperor on the top, nobles next, then knights/samurai, then merchants and craftsmen, and lastly, peasants and serfs.
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They sell things like other merchants.
the social pyramid isn't real. there are no people that are less than another. they are all equal in japan today. In feudal Japan there was a strict social pryamid. The emperor was a figurehead but at the top. The shogun was a military leader and had the real power. Pheasants were next. Artisans were below and the merchants were at the bottom.
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