A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, an yi amfani da tsarin Tokugawa na samurai, manoma, masu sana'a, da kuma 'yan kasuwa, duk da cewa tsohuwar ra'ayi da matsayi na ci gaba, duk sun kasance daidai da doka. A gaskiya ma, don taimakawa wajen ci gaba da rikice-rikicen zamantakewa, gwamnati ta kira sabon rabuwa na zamantakewa: tsohon daimyage ya zama mai daraja, ya zama samurai, da daimyō ya zama manyan mutane, da daimyō da sauran mutane.
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