What happened to the strict social class system of the feudal period in Japan?

The Neo-Confucian theory that dominated Japan during the Tokugawa Period recognized only four social classes–warriors (samurai), artisans, farmers and merchants–and mobility between the four classes was officially prohibited. With peace restored, many samurai became bureaucrats or took up a trade.

During the fudal period in Japan, The Neo-Confucian theory that dominated Japan during the Tokugawa Period recognized only four social classes–warriors (samurai), artisans, farmers and merchants–and mobility between the four classes was officially prohibited. With peace restored, many samurai became bureaucrats or took up a trade.

I have no clue if this helps you or not, but another way to put your answer is that the power to the Imperial Court eventually overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate

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