making

"Your ancestors who?"　
When the Tokugawa regime began.
A lord was asked like that.
　
"Just a moment please.
I'm making a family tree now."
He replied so.

Meaning of "making" is counterfeit of course.
　

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There is a saying that was popular in the Warring States period of Japan.
　
It was "Gekokujō". (下剋上)
Meaning of gekokujō is "the bottom wins to the top".　

When this word translate by Google translate.
It become "a case of the tail wagging the dog".

The early 13th century，when the first samurai regime inauguration.
Reality of Samurai seems to have been large-scale farmers.
They were presence that were looked down upon from the aristocratic of dynasty.　
　
But era progresses，they also became the aristocratic.

Samurai regime of second called "Muromachi shogunate." (室町幕府)
　
1467 of this period.
Civil war that bisects the Japan was occurred.
Japan became the Warring States period to this opportunity.
　
This troubled times continued more than 100 years.
　
　
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Major samurai family of until then.　
During this time，many of them were ruined.
　
As a corollary，lords of the Tokugawa era.
With some exceptions，it was different from before.
　
From lower class.
They were also many.