Tokugawa Japan Based on "Life in traditional Japan" by Charles Dunn Ancient Japan

Charles Dunn's book Everyday Life in Traditional Japan is extremely detailed in every aspect of Tokugawa Japan. It portrays Japanese society as divided by social classes, but also I think it was this particular division that made Japan the cohesive nation that it was. Dunn also portrays how each class was divided within itself and how it was also a well oiled machine. The importance's of each class in Japan at the time was different …

…the scum of the nation to a higher level beyond expectations in an instant. I think the topic of social division and social cohesion goes hand in hand in the Tokugawa Japan aspect. If there was no social division of classes there would not be the prosperity that Japan exhibited, and the fact that the regime had a close knit on organization, and on the people also played a big role on the nation's stability.