Life In The Sengoku Period: Social Classes And The Struggle For Survival

alt_text: A vibrant Sengoku scene showing social classes: a Daimyo, Samurai, Farmer, Merchant, and Woman.

Introduction: An Age of Constant War From the mid-15th to early 17th century, Japan was enveloped in chaos during the Sengoku period—aptly termed the “Age of Warring States.” The collapse of authority under the Ashikaga shogunate set off a spiral of rivalries and ambition, fracturing the land into countless feudal domains. Each was ruled by […]