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Daimyo大名alternative words: Daimyou, Japanese seignior, Japanese lord, Feudal lord keywords: title , war lord related topics: Edo period , Edo shogunate , Battle of Sekigahara , Sankinkotai , Koku , Fudai , Tozama , Shugo daimyo related web sites: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/ explanation: During Edo period, It designated the seignior who owned the lands of which total rice production surpassed 10,000 koku (1 koku is about 180 liters of rice grains). Their existed about 300 daimyo and the biggest was 1,200,000 koku of Kaga domain but the most of daimyo owned only between 10,000 and 30,000 koku. They were classed to 3 categories: "shinpan" are relatives of shogun, "fudai" were already allied before the battle of Sekigahara and "tozama" are someone else. | |