What made up the three tiers of the japanese political system around 1600?
During the Tokugawa period, the social order, based on inherited position rather than personal merits, was rigid and highly formalized. At the top were the emperor and court nobles ("kuge"), together with the "shōgun" and "daimyō". Below them the population was divided into four classes in a system known as "mibunsei" (身分制): the samurai on top (about 5% of the population) and the peasants (more than 80% of the population) on the second level. Below the peasants were the craftsmen, and even below them, on the fourth level, were the merchants. Only the peasants lived in the rural areas. Samurai, craftsmen and merchants lived in the cities that were built around "daimyō" castles, each restricted to their own quarter. Edo society had an elaborate social structure, in which every family knew its place and level of prestige.
What made up the top tier of the three tiers of the japanese political system around 1600?
court nobles emperor kuge
Edo period
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What made up the middle tier of the three tiers of the japanese political system around 1600?
shōgun
Ieyasu's victory over the western "daimyō" at the Battle of Sekigahara (October 21, 1600, or in the Japanese calendar on the 15th day of the ninth month of the fifth year of the Keichō era) gave him control of all Japan. He rapidly abolished numerous enemy "daimyō" houses, reduced others, such as that of the Toyotomi, and redistributed the spoils of war to his family and allies. Ieyasu still failed to achieve complete control of the western "daimyō", but his assumption of the title of "shōgun" helped consolidate the alliance system. After further strengthening his power base, Ieyasu installed his son Hidetada (1579–1632) as "shōgun" and himself as retired "shōgun" in 1605. The Toyotomi were still a significant threat, and Ieyasu devoted the next decade to their eradication. In 1615, the Tokugawa army destroyed the Toyotomi stronghold at Osaka.
What made up the lower tier of the three tiers of the japanese political system around 1600?
daimyō
Edo period
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Daimyo
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Edo period
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The Tokugawa (or Edo) period brought 250 years of stability to Japan. They were subordinate to the shōgun and nominally to the emperor and the kuge.
Edo period
The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai) is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
Edo period
Shogun (将軍, shōgun, Japanese: [ɕoːɡɯɴ] (About this soundlisten); English: /ˈʃoʊɡʌn/ SHOH-gun[1]) was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
Shogun
Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country,[2] though during part of the Kamakura period, shoguns were themselves figureheads.
Shogun
They were subordinate to the shōgun and nominally to the emperor and the kuge.
Daimyo
Daimyo (大名, Daimyō, Japanese pronunciation: [daimʲoː] (About this soundlisten)) were powerful Japanese magnates,[1] feudal lords[2] who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. 
Daimyo
The Tokugawa (or Edo) period brought 250 years of stability to Japan between 1603 and 1867. The periods social order, based on inherited position rather than personal merits, was rigid and highly formalized. At the top were the emperor and court nobles (kuge). The next tier was made up of the shōgun, military dictators appointed by the Emperor, shōgun were usually the de facto rulers. Daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.