Daily life in Feudal Japan
Women: Women in the lower classes had freedom but not as much as the men. They had jobs as farm laborers, shopkeepers, or they helped their husbands. Women servants were cooks, cleaners, or housemaids. The women in the lower classes had more freedom when finding a husband. The women in the upper classes had to marry someone in their same class. There were some lower class women who worked as companions for the samurai. These women were called a Geisha.
Food: Japan is a mountainous country and because of this farm lands were scarce. This caused fish to be a key part of the Japanese diet. The Japanese ate dishes that contained seafood and rice . Seafood was either cooked or eaten raw like sashimi or on top of rice. Popular dishes included octopus, squid, tuna, salmon, crab, lobster, shrimp, eel, shark, and whale.
Clothes: People in feudal Japan wore kimonos. The kimonos for women included an obi which was a giant sash that they wrapped around their waist and was elaborately tied in the back. Almost everyone in feudal Japan wore a kimono. The peasants, merchants and artisans wore rough kimonos made out of cotton. The upper class would wear elaborate kimonos made of silk.
The samurai wore woodblock pattern on their armor and their daily clothing. The samurai wore hakamas( which were like skirts) and baggy pants underneath the hakama. They would occasionally wear a winged vest on top of a robe.
Food: Japan is a mountainous country and because of this farm lands were scarce. This caused fish to be a key part of the Japanese diet. The Japanese ate dishes that contained seafood and rice . Seafood was either cooked or eaten raw like sashimi or on top of rice. Popular dishes included octopus, squid, tuna, salmon, crab, lobster, shrimp, eel, shark, and whale.
Clothes: People in feudal Japan wore kimonos. The kimonos for women included an obi which was a giant sash that they wrapped around their waist and was elaborately tied in the back. Almost everyone in feudal Japan wore a kimono. The peasants, merchants and artisans wore rough kimonos made out of cotton. The upper class would wear elaborate kimonos made of silk.
The samurai wore woodblock pattern on their armor and their daily clothing. The samurai wore hakamas( which were like skirts) and baggy pants underneath the hakama. They would occasionally wear a winged vest on top of a robe.