Assertion: samurai | /r/MadeOf | closed caste
Facets:
value: as part of a larger effort
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In the early part of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867), the samurai, who accounted for less than 10 percent of the population, were made a closed caste as part of a larger effort to freeze the social order and stabilize society.