The Sword Hunt also had the effect of separating peasant and warrior in terms of social class. This separation was further enforced by "classfreezing" regulations that Hideyoshi issued in 1591. Among other things these prevented peasants from leaving their fields to take up any other profession, and obliged samourai to in castle-towns that became a feature of this age.
-Kenneth Henshall
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