Tradesmen

• kata shi mould maker
• kazari shi metal worker
• kin pun shi gold dust maker
• makie-shi gold lacquerer
• nurimono shi lacquerer
• sen gai shi wire maker
• suzu hari bell maker
• tokei-shi Clock smiths – Parts were hand-filed, and that is the reason the makers were not called “Tokei-ya” (clock makers) but “Tokei-shi” (Clock-smiths).
• yana shi wire maker
• zogan shi inlayer

Wages

Wages for ordinary people were paid mostly in copper and silver coins. Wages for the Samurai class, which accounted for 10% of the total population, were paid in amounts of rice. The Tokugawa shogun granted the Samurai a fief, the stipend was measured by the volume of rice the region could be expected to produce. Three times the year the Samurai sold the rice collected as a land tax to traders – the Samurai were better served with money they could spend on goods – part of the problem Japan’s economy faced.

Ruling Classes

• Emperor Nominal Head of Japan since 1192.
• Shoguns Military Governors / Generals ran the country
• Bakufu Alternative for Shoguns (literally “tent office”) – aka.”Westminster”.
• Daimyo Feudal Rulers reporting to Shoguns. Heridatary land owners of large areas – probably 30+ off.
• Samurai Family clan leaders reporting to Daimyo. Paid by receipt of land as Daimyo had land – not money. Were about 10% of the population.

Chronological Chart Japanese Rulers

Year	Period	Emperor
1532	Tenbun	also Tenmon
1555	Kōji	Emperor Ōgimachi, 1557–1586
1558	Eiroku
1570	Genki
1573	Tenshō	Emperor Go-Yōzei, 1586–1611
1592	Bunroku
1596	Keichō/Kyōchō	Emperor Go-Mizunoo, 1611–1629
1615	Genna/Genwa
1624	Kan’ei	Empress Meishō, 1629–1643 Emperor Go-Kōmyō, 1643–1654
1644	Shōhō
1648	Keian
1652	Jōō/Shōō	Emperor Go-Sai, 1655–1663
1655	Meireki	also Myōryaku or Meiryaku
1658	Manji
1661	Kanbun	Emperor Reigen, 1663–1687
1673	Enpō/Enhō
1681	Tenna/Tenwa
1684	Jōkyō	Emperor Higashiyama, 1687–1709
1688	Genroku
1704	Hōei	Emperor Nakamikado, 1709–1735
1711	Shōtoku
1716	Kyōhō	Emperor Sakuramachi, 1735–1747
1736	Genbun
1741	Kanpō/Kanhō
1744	Enkyō	Emperor Momozono, 1747–1762
1748	Kan’en
1751	Hōreki/Hōryaku	Empress Go-Sakuramachi, 1762–1771
1764	Meiwa	Emperor Go-Momozono, 1771–1779
1772	An’ei	Emperor Kōkaku, 1780–1817
1781	Tenmei
1789	Kansei
1801	Kyōwa
1804	Bunka	Emperor Ninkō, 1817–1846
1818	Bunsei
1830	Tenpō/Tenhō
1844	Kōka	Emperor Kōmei, 1846–1867
1848	Kaei
1854	Ansei
1860	Man’en
1861	Bunkyū
1864	Genji
1865	Keiō
1868	Meiji	Emperor Meiji, 1868–1912
1912	Taishō	Emperor Taishō, 1912–1926
1926	Shōwa	Emperor Shōwa, 1926–1989
1989	Heisei	Emperor Akihito, 1989–present