Daily life of Japanese samurai

The complete symbol of samurai system is Tokugawa shogunate system. The ruling class of the whole Japanese society is composed of senior samurai represented by generals and famous soldiers to the lowest light (infantry) junior samurai. Since Toyotomi Hideyoshi's time, the system of separating soldiers from farmers has been implemented. Samurai completely stopped production. However, the living standards of samurai are quite different. Even if they are lords, Nagasaki's and Yamagata's are very different.

Samurai are mostly lower-middle-class people. If they can't rely on a rich and powerful master, their lives are often barely maintained in poverty. A joke in the Edo era said, "In addition to the quilt and pot, the little warrior has a big stone at home, because when he feels cold, he can lift it to keep warm." If the attached master is dismissed for committing a crime, or the master has to reduce his manpower due to financial difficulties, then the junior soldiers can only become ronins, and some will become thugs of the underworld and other forces and become "heart sticks." Although the "ronin" in modern Japanese refers to students who have not been admitted to a suitable university, at that time, ronin was an important unstable factor in Japanese society. In order to avoid the intensification of domestic contradictions, officials often acquiesce or encourage ronin to commit armed aggression abroad. The ronin is full of ambitions for foreign wars. Zheng Chenggong sent troops to Japan to fight against the Qing Dynasty and regain the light. Although the shogunate refused, the following warriors played well. In the film and television works reflecting the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the Japanese ronin wandered in China, which was the result of the Meiji Restoration reform hierarchy.