Artisans and merchants

BY ARI K. AND TOMMY B.

WORLD CULTURES
PERIOD 2
 Types of Artisans

• There were many different types of Artisans

• Each Artisan has a different specialty

• There were Carpenters, Sawyers, Plasterers, Coopers,

Shinglers, Thatcher's, Paper Makers, Tobacco Cutters,
Tillers, Mat Makers, a Worker in Cypress wood, and
lacquers

• A lot of the Artisans made objects that help the Samurai

• The Artisans made buildings, such as castles for the

Samurai and other high ranked people
 The Samurai Swords: Made by Artisans

Making the sword took months

Personality of Sword Smith shows up in sword
Blade is made by combining metals of different
hardness'
Blade has a soft core, and hard edge to hold razor
sharp cutting surface
A Samurai sword weighs less than 3 pounds
 The Samurai Armor: Made by Artisans

Made from Leather, Iron, Bamboo, and Silk

Designed to be flexible enough to wear even in
unarmed combat
Each rawhide plate overlaps with the next to make
flexible panels
Took 1 year to make 1 suit of armor
 Artisans and Merchants Interact

Artisans made goods and sold them to merchants

Low in social class
Because they didn’t make things to eat
Made other things
Just not edible things