Post on 20-May-2015
Julia Glass and Aaron Dubiansky
Bottom of social class
Sword makers were wealthy merchants
Houses called NagayaVery small
Constant travelWalked or horseback
Wealthy towns needed more goods
Merchants and Artisans- bottom
Economic activities overlapped
Editors of Time-Life Books. What Life Was Like Among Samurai and Shoguns: Japan, AD 1000-1700 Alexandria, VA: Timelife Books, 1999
Highly engaged in trade
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Didn’t produce goods