What roles did the sogun , daimyo , and samurai have in feudal japanese society

The samurai were the soldier-nobles of feudal Japan, similar to the knights of feudal European society. Their position was hereditary and they served a daimyo in return for land. Below the samurai were foot soldiers. From 1603 to 1867, the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled Japan.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.