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