FUN FACTS
1. Buddhism was a religion in medieval Japan.
2. The more colours people had on their clothes the more important they were. However this didn't include merchants because they were from different countries.
3. The daimyo were warlords in medieval Japan.
4. Samurai commited seppuku (suicide) to keep their honor. They also did this if their daimyo had been killed.
5. It isnt common but seppuku could be used as a punishment.
6. Merchants were low in hierachy but they were also very wealthy.
7. One of the ways ninjas assasinated people was to drip nicotine down a string onto their forehead while they were sleeping.
8. Samurai swords were tested for sharpness and strength and strength on the corpses of criminals.
9. Japanese family names are shown first and their first names second.
10. Priests and scholars were the lowest of hierachy because the were outside the system.
2. The more colours people had on their clothes the more important they were. However this didn't include merchants because they were from different countries.
3. The daimyo were warlords in medieval Japan.
4. Samurai commited seppuku (suicide) to keep their honor. They also did this if their daimyo had been killed.
5. It isnt common but seppuku could be used as a punishment.
6. Merchants were low in hierachy but they were also very wealthy.
7. One of the ways ninjas assasinated people was to drip nicotine down a string onto their forehead while they were sleeping.
8. Samurai swords were tested for sharpness and strength and strength on the corpses of criminals.
9. Japanese family names are shown first and their first names second.
10. Priests and scholars were the lowest of hierachy because the were outside the system.