In Feudal Japan, the merchants were among the lower class and place below the peasants due to: a. Merchants did not earn a living due to isolationism & lack of new buyers b. Japanese culture did not respect the merchant class who were mostly foreigners c. Merchant class were seen as unskilled and not as honorable as skilled tradesmen d. A large percentage of merchants lived as outcasts and travelled to china to get traded goods 4.

In Feudal Japan, the merchants were among the lower class and place below the peasants due to: a. Merchants did not earn a living due to isolationism & lack of new buyers b. Japanese culture did not respect the merchant class who were mostly foreigners c. Merchant class were seen as unskilled and not as honorable as skilled tradesmen d. A large percentage of merchants lived as outcasts and travelled to china to get traded goods 4.