Daimyo were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan ...

Daimyo, any of the largest and most powerful landholding magnates in Japan from about the 10th century until the latter half of the 19th century.

After the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603, the daimyo swore their allegiance to the shogun and promised military service on demand. To keep the daimyo ...

The Tokugawa shoguns governed Japan in a feudal system, with each daimyō administering a han (feudal domain), although the country was still nominally organized ...

Aug 10, 2019 · A daimyo was a feudal lord in shogunal Japan from the 12th century to the 19th century. The daimyos were large landowners and vassals of the ...

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Daimyo were loyal followers of the shogunate or military dictatorship. They became mighty feudal lords who utilized the support of samurai to achieve and ...

The daimyo were lords in feudal Japan, sitting just below the shoguns, and working alongside them. The daimyo were typically land owners and therefore held ...