iCe (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ice_of_dreams) wrote,@ 2005-12-21 20:55:00 |
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| Entry tags: | fic : rendezvous with fate, fic resource, resource |
Heirarchy of Feudal Japan :: Resource
Just finished with chapter 9 and 10 edit.
But since this is also a resource post:
This is a little something to help you
understand the hierarchy of feudal Japan (Tokugawa Era... yeah I know my story
is pre-Tokugawa era) Although I did not strictly adhere to this since I didn't
have a copy of this when I started out four years ago, there is a semblance of
it, and it might make you understand things a little better </span>
Or start your own fanfic :p (In which case tell me about
it... (siuane@gmail.com)
I love reading as much as writing :))
(c/o 'Queer Things About Japan', Introduction copyright
1918) -- I don't own it!!! :)
Picture c/o Edo Japan - A virtual tour... I'll link as soon
as I find where I actually placed that link....
The Mikado
The Shogun (Commander in Chief)
THE MILITARY CLASSES
Daimyo or Buke
The Go-Sanke |
Three Exalted Families |
350,000 - 610,500 koku |
|
Kokushiu |
Lord of Provinces |
18 in number |
200,000 - 1,000,000 |
Kamon |
Members of the Family ie, the Tokugawa |
18 in number |
10,000 - 200,000 |
Tozama |
Outside Lords ie, not of the Tokugawa family |
10,000 - 200,000 |
|
Fudai |
Successful Races |
About 115 |
10,000 - 200,000 |
Samurai
Hatamoto |
Banner Supporters |
80,000 families forming principally the functionaries (Yakunin) of the Shogun |
500 - 9,999 |
Gokekenin |
the common soldier |
... a lot ... :p |
up to 500 koku of rice |
Nota Bene : Just so you remember a koku is what
they paid their underlings back then. It's a measure of rice.
For the purposes of Rendezvous with Fate, I have placed the character as
follows:
Happosai around the Kokushiu
The Highest member of the Tendos, Ikkaseis and Kunos as Tozama
Ranma as Tozama/Fudai.
Nabiki as Hatamoto when within Saotome ranks. (When she's outside
she's just a plain woman... sad isn't it??)
If you remember, Tokugawa still isn't the supreme ruler in my fic yet... so
there might not be a Tozama or Kamon... so I changed the history around a
bit... it's called creative license
HEIMIN (or Common People)
Haikasho or farmers
Shokunin or artisans
Akindo or commercial class, the keeper of the smallest stall being
called a merchant.
Besides these five classes (the mikado, the shogun, daimyo, samurai,
heimin) there were, not worth of classification, being considered as pariahs :
The Eta (unclean) leather-dressers and grave-diggers
The Hinin (not-men) paupers
The Geisha dancing and singing girls
and Joro prostitutes
The Yamabushi a lower order of medicant monks
After the abolition of feudalism in 1869, the population was thus
classified:
The Tenshi or Kotei Emperor
The Shinno Imeperial Family
The Kazoku the nobility, consisting of former
Kuge and
Daimyo without Reference
to previous rank
The Shizoku Formerly the samurai
The Heimin Still the commoners
Rendezvous with Fate: A Ranma 1/2 Alternate Universe Fanfic
Extra:
Ryu Kumon Excerpt
Chapter 13 Extra A (the caldera we climbed that inspired the fic)
Chapter 13 Extra B (insights on some of the things in Chapter 13 so that you'd
understand why I wrote the story better)
Heirarchy of
Feudal Japan
Original Fics
External Fic Links:
For the people uncomfortable reading in LJ:
Fanfiction.net : iCe
Fanfictionpress: iCeDreams
nFiction.net: iCe
mediaminer.org : iCe An6el
own site: iCe.esmartdesign.com (needs
HEAVY fixing, wait until I finish rend... I'm having a headache trying to fix
this site.)
in other words it's crossposted everywhere
