Definition of Daimyo. Meaning of Daimyo. Synonyms of Daimyo

- Daimyo (大名, daimyō, ****anese pronunciation: [daimʲoː] ) were powerful ****anese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period...
- Ashikaga shogunate, the de facto central government, declined and the sengoku daimyo (戦国大名, feudal lord of Sengoku period), a local power, rose to power. The...
- Tozama daimyō (外様大名, "outside daimyō") was a class of powerful magnates or daimyō (大名) considered to be outsiders by the ruler of ****an during the Edo...
- ****an from Edo Castle in the eastern city of Edo (Tokyo) along with the daimyō lords of the samurai class. The Tokugawa shogunate organized ****anese society...
- under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized...
- Shinpan (親藩) was a class of daimyō in the Tokugawa Shogunate of ****an who were certain relatives of the Shōgun. While all shinpan were relatives of the...
- Fudai daimyō (譜代大名) was a class of daimyō (大名) in the Tokugawa Shogunate (徳川幕府) of ****an who were hereditary v****als of the Tokugawa before the Battle...
- rulers to propagate Catholicism within their domains. As a result, several daimyō became Christians, soon to be followed by many of their subjects as the...
- retainers or mercenaries. Many served as retainers to lords (including daimyo).[citation needed] There was a great increase in the number of men who styled...
- son of a minor daimyo, Ieyasu once lived as a hostage under daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto on behalf of his father. He later succeeded as daimyo after his father's...