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Daimyō

Index Daimyō

The were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. [1]

82 relations: Abolition of the han system, Aizu, Akamatsu clan, Amago clan, Asakura clan, Ashikaga shogunate, Awa Province (Tokushima), Ōnin War, Ōuchi clan, Battle of Sekigahara, Chōsokabe clan, Daimyo Clock Museum, Date clan, Edo, Edo period, Feudalism, Fudai daimyō, Fukui Prefecture, Hachisuka clan, Han system, Hatakeyama clan, Hikone, Shiga, History of Japan, Hosokawa clan, Ii clan, Ikkō-ikki, Imagawa clan, Ishikawa Prefecture, Jizamurai, Kaga Domain, Kazoku, Kii Province, Koku, Kokushi (official), Kuge, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Later Hōjō clan, Lord, Maeda clan, Matsudaira clan, Mōri clan, Meiji period, Meiji Restoration, Mito, Ibaraki, Miyoshi clan, Morihiro Hosokawa, Muromachi period, Nagao clan, Nagato Province, ..., Nagoya, Oda clan, Owari Province, Prefectures of Japan, Provinces of Japan, Rōjū, Rōnin, Regent, Rokkaku clan, Ryūzōji clan, Saitō clan, Samurai, Sankin-kōtai, Satake clan, Satsuma Province, Sendai, Sengoku period, Shōgun, Shiba clan, Shimazu clan, Shinpan (daimyo), Shugo, Shugodai, Takeda clan, Tamura clan, Toki clan, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tozama daimyō, Uesugi clan, Wakayama Prefecture, Yamana clan, Yonezawa, Yamagata. Expand index (32 more) »

Abolition of the han system

The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, starting year of Meiji period (currently, there are 47 prefectures from Hokkaido to Okinawa in Japan).

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Aizu

is the westernmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two regions being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Hamadōri in the east.

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Akamatsu clan

is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji.

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Amago clan

The, descended from the Emperor Uda (868–897) by the Sasaki clan (Uda Genji).

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Asakura clan

The is a Japanese kin group.

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Ashikaga shogunate

The, also known as the,Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric.

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Awa Province (Tokushima)

was an old province of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku.

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Ōnin War

The was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan.

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Ōuchi clan

was one of the most powerful and important families in Japan during the reign of the Ashikaga shogunate in the 12th to 14th centuries.

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Battle of Sekigahara

The was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month), that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.

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Chōsokabe clan

, also known as, was a Japanese samurai kin group.

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Daimyo Clock Museum

The Daimyo Clock Museum (大名時計博物館) is a small community-run museum in Yanaka 2-chōme, Tokyo.

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Date clan

The is a Japanese samurai kin group.

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Edo

, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

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Edo period

The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

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Feudalism

Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.

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Fudai daimyō

was a class of daimyōs who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa in Edo-period Japan.

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Fukui Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island.

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Hachisuka clan

The are descendants of Emperor Seiwa (850-880) and are a branch of the Ashikaga clan and the Shiba clan (Seiwa Genji).

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Han system

The or domain is the Japanese historical term for the estate of a warrior after the 12th century or of a daimyō in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912).

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Hatakeyama clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan.

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Hikone, Shiga

is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

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History of Japan

The first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times.

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Hosokawa clan

The was a Japanese samurai kin group or clan.

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Ii clan

is a Japanese clan which originates in Tōtōmi Province.

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Ikkō-ikki

were mobs of peasant farmers, Buddhist monks, Shinto priests and local nobles who rose up against daimyō rule in 15th- and 16th-century Japan.

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Imagawa clan

was a Japanese noble military clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji.

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Ishikawa Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island.

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Jizamurai

The were lords of smaller rural domains in feudal Japan.

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Kaga Domain

The, also known as,; retrieved 2013-4-9.

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Kazoku

The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947.

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Kii Province

, or, was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture.

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Koku

The is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku.

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Kokushi (official)

were officials in Classical Japan sent from the central government to oversee a province from around the 8th century, after the enactment of the Ritsuryō system.

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Kuge

The was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese imperial court in Kyoto.

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Kumamoto

is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Later Hōjō clan

The Later was one of the most powerful warrior clans in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region.

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Lord

Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others acting like a master, a chief, or a ruler.

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Maeda clan

was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled most of the Hokuriku region of central Honshū from the end of the Sengoku period through the Meiji restoration of 1868.

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Matsudaira clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan.

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Mōri clan

The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto.

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Meiji period

The, also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Meiji Restoration

The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Mito, Ibaraki

is the capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan.

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Miyoshi clan

is a Japanese family descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and the Minamoto clan (Seiwa-Genji).

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Morihiro Hosokawa

is a Japanese politician who was the 50th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 August 1993 to 28 April 1994.

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Muromachi period

The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573.

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Nagao clan

is a Japanese samurai kin group.

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Nagato Province

, often called, was a province of Japan.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Oda clan

The was a family of Japanese daimyōs who were to become an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century.

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Owari Province

was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya.

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Prefectures of Japan

Japan is divided into 47, forming the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

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Provinces of Japan

were administrative divisions before the modern prefecture system was established, when the islands of Japan were divided into tens of kuni (国, countries), usually known in English as provinces.

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Rōjū

The, usually translated as Elder, was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan.

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Rōnin

A was a samurai without lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan.

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Regent

A regent (from the Latin regens: ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.

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Rokkaku clan

The was a Japanese samurai clanPapinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph.

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Ryūzōji clan

was a Japanese kin group which traces its origin to Hizen Province on the island of Kyushu.

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Saitō clan

The was a Japanese samurai kin group from Echizen Province.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Sankin-kōtai

was a policy of the Tokugawa shogunate during most of the Edo period of Japanese history.

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Satake clan

Family crest of the Satake clan The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan.

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Satsuma Province

was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.

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Sendai

is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the largest city in the Tōhoku region, and the second largest city north of Tokyo.

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Sengoku period

The is a period in Japanese history marked by social upheaval, political intrigue and near-constant military conflict.

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Shōgun

The was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions).

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Shiba clan

was a Japanese clan.

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Shimazu clan

The were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.

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Shinpan (daimyo)

The daimyōs were lords who were certain relatives of the Tokugawa ''shōguns'' of Japan.

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Shugo

was a title, commonly translated as "(military) governor", "protector" or "constable", given to certain officials in feudal Japan.

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Shugodai

were officials during feudal Japan.

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Takeda clan

The was a Japanese clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century.

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Tamura clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled Ichinoseki Domain in Mutsu Province during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.

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Toki clan

The is a Japanese kin group.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

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Tozama daimyō

A was a daimyō who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan.

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Uesugi clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan, descended from the Fujiwara clan and particularly notable for their power in the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (roughly 14th through 17th centuries).

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Wakayama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region on Honshū island.

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Yamana clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan which was one of the most powerful of the Muromachi period (1336-1467); at its peak, members of the family held the position of Constable (shugo) over eleven provinces.

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Yonezawa, Yamagata

is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimyō

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