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Under this system, peasants lived on a manor presided over by a lord or a bishop of the church. Peasants paid rent or labor services to the lord in exchange for their right to cultivate the land. Fallowed land, pastures, forests, and wasteland were held in common. The open field system required cooperation among the peasants of the manor. It was gradually replaced by individual ownership and management of land.
Farmers. The peasants who farmed the daimyo's estates were often poor, but ranked next after the samurai because of their importance as producers of rice for the towns. Officials were assigned to manage the farmers' rice and land, and about half of their harvests were taken away by the lord of the castle.