Daimyo
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The [feudal] [lords] who [the samurai] served under.
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(in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun.
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A warlord and a high ranking individual in Medieval and [Tokugawa] Japan, a person of power and great wealth, were kept powerless when in Edo, by of [Tokugawa Ieyasus] will, and were an ally to the [Shogunates] advantage, there were 260 daimyo in all of Japan in the Tokugawa period, and were kept in their place, and were all kept pleased by the Shogun, or rebellion would be a major factor in Japan. Owned vast armies of samurai, and lands, and a castle estate.
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A [Lord] In [Feudal] [Japan].
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A person of high social status in Japan. One who had access and control over both samurai and [shinobi], sometimes in vast numbers. If a daimyo gave an order to one of his samurai or shinobi warriors, then that warrior must complete that order or commit sepokku ([ritualistic] suicide performed when one is [dishonored])
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