Click here to go to the YouTube Video When you think of Japanese history, you probably think of the bushi, or the samurai warrior. What were they like during the Edo period ? According to data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan’s population was approximately 32 million from the 18th century to the mid-19th century, or the end of the Edo period. The bushi population was 7% of the total population, so it was roughly 2.2 million. The vast majority of the Japanese population was peasantry. As the ruling class, the bushi had high status in the society. Among the bushi class, there was a strict…