daimyos
Feudal Japanese rulers
Daimyos is the plural of daimyo, a feudal lord in Japan who controlled large territories and commanded samurai warriors.
These powerful landholders operated semi-independently under the shogun from the 12th through 19th centuries.
The word appears in historical contexts and discussions of Japanese feudalism: The daimyos competed for influence at court.
Compulsory government revenue collection
- riceStaple cereal grain
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- lawBinding principle or regulation
courts · edicts · bureaucracy · sankin-kotai · hostages · stipends · revenue · census
Men of high rank
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- domainsAreas of control or expertise
- shogunateMilitary dictatorship in Japan
- vassalsFeudal subordinates owing service
fiefs · retainers · Tokugawa · castles · territories · clans · nobility · warlords
Organized military forces
- warriorsPeople engaged in battle
- battlesMilitary combat events
- campaignsOrganized efforts toward goals
- armorProtective combat covering
swords · fortifications · sieges · alliances · conquests · cavalry · footsoldiers · banners
Supporter's financial backing
- gardensCultivated planting areas
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
temples · artisans · craftsmen · architecture · scholarship · refinement · aesthetics · ceramics
taxation
Compulsory government revenue collection
- riceStaple cereal grain
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
law · courts · edicts · bureaucracy · sankin-kotai · hostages · stipends · revenue · census · infrastructure
lords
Men of high rank
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- domainsAreas of control or expertise
- shogunateMilitary dictatorship in Japan
vassals · fiefs · retainers · Tokugawa · castles · territories · clans · nobility · warlords · hierarchy
armies
Organized military forces
- warriorsPeople engaged in battle
- battlesMilitary combat events
- campaignsOrganized efforts toward goals
armor · swords · fortifications · sieges · alliances · conquests · cavalry · footsoldiers · banners · strategy
patronage
Supporter's financial backing
- gardensCultivated planting areas
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- poetryMetrical literary composition
Buddhism · temples · artisans · craftsmen · architecture · scholarship · refinement · aesthetics · ceramics · screens
daimyosshogun
Japan's military supreme commander
emperor · mikado · central government · overlords · retainers
daimyospeasants
Low-ranking agricultural workers
tenant farmers · serfs · yeomen · smallholders · cottagers