士し農のう工こう商しょう

noun

four-class system of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants

Historical term for the idealized social hierarchy in the Edo period, though actual social mobility existed. Often used in discussions of pre-modern Japanese society.

• 士し農のう工こう商しょうは江え戸ど時じ代だいの身み分ぶん制せい度どを表あらわす言こと葉ばだ。

  Shinōkōshō is a term that describes the class system of the Edo period.

• 歴れき史しの授じゅ業ぎょうで士し農のう工こう商しょうについて学まなんだ。

  We learned about the four-class system in history class.