The 7.19.0.377 version of EXFO ToolBox Office is available as a free download on our software library. This software was originally designed by EXFO Inc. The EXFO ToolBox Office installer is commonly called Otdr.exe, HHDataTransfer.exe, Osa5230.exe, Osa52xx.exe or WizardBatchPro.exe etc.
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.
As agricultural production lagged in comparison to the mercantile and commercial sectors, samurai and daimyo did not fare as well as the merchant class. Despite efforts at fiscal reform, mounting opposition seriously weakened the Tokugawa shogunate from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century, when years of famine led to increased peasant uprisings.