摘要：Tokugawa governance is military rezime government in Japan during 17th to 19th century. Thegovernance was led by a general or known as shogun helped by daimyo or the head of district governance orhan. Shogun was held hereditary by Tokugawa family. Japan military governance applied tightened inspectionfor the people to maintain the power. One of well-known stratification community social system is shinokosho,which divided people into four social classes: military, farmer, trader, and artisan. The research will discussproblems in the effects of feodalism governance system towards the formation of social stratification systemshinokosho. The research methods used are descriptive, analitic and qualitative. The result is that theapplication in this tightened system made people could not change status that finally made Tokugawa familyhereditary could have the governance power for more than 250 years
