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Did Japan ever have a caste system?
While India’s social hierarchies are well-known, Japan’s hidden divisions remain less discussed. Long before it became a modern nation, Japanese society was organized through rigid feudal classes that defined every aspect of life — from privilege and profession to purity and exclusion.

In this special Hindi episode of The Academic Man Podcast, We decode the evolution of Japan’s social order — from the samurai-dominated Edo era to the egalitarian promises of the Meiji Restoration.

🔍 Key Themes & Discussions

🏯 Feudal Japan & the Hierarchy of Four Classes
How samurai, peasants, artisans, and merchants shaped Japan’s pre-modern identity.

⚖️ The Myth of Equality – “四民平等の世”
What “All four classes are equal” truly meant — an ideal or illusion during modernization?

🚶‍♂️ The Burakumin Communities
Understanding Japan’s invisible outcast groups and the long shadow of social stigma.

🔧 Modernization & Hidden Inequalities
Did the Meiji reforms really dismantle class barriers, or simply rebrand them?

🌏 Caste vs Class – India and Japan Compared
Drawing cultural and sociological parallels between two Asian civilizations.