owever the serfs were kept silence because the Buddhist faith forbids violence. The emperors took great advantage of their positions and began creating monopolies especially with exporting companies. The emperors placed such high taxes on privately owned exporting companies that the only jobs that the Japanese could afford were working for the emperor. As a result violence, riots, and chaos were always an issue during the ancient periods. Kings and emperors would become greedy and almost steal from the poor. When violence and chaos increased, warrior-land-lords bonded in alliance with more powerful warrior chiefs in attempt to establish order. Out of this system of loyalty emerged the samurai ("one who serves") who vowed to protect his or her personal chief and the peasants who worked the land. The division of labor widened the gap between ruling and subject classes at this time in Japan.Unlike Europe, Japan's economy relied on internal money flow:The rest of the world had no need or interest for Japanese products. European countries, on the other hand, relied heavily upon exporting. The British relied upon exporting sugars, coffee, tea, and in the later part of the eighteenth century textiles. France had founded industries in silk, tapestries, and china. Colonization for Europe was not only about expanding territory. It was about exploiting the resources in new territory in order to increase their exports, and decrease imports. Japan had a very unique style that was not readily accepted by the Western European world. Within Japan the cultivation of rice, and metalworking were of great importance. Unlike Europe, Japan was not harmed by the Black Death:Between 1347 and 1350, it is estimated that the Black Death took twenty-five million lives, at a time when Europe's total population was only around sixty million . By the fourteenth century, a heavily declining population resulted in the shrinking of markets, a decrease in fertile land an...
