the daimyo lords of japan
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Japan and its mysteries
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The Daimyo'sthe Samurai lords of
Japan.During the long
Tokugawa Shogunate (1616 - 1867), Japan was divided into fiefs which were presided over by feudal lords known as
daimyo (dime-yo)- which literally translated means,
"great name". The daimyo were divided into two groups based on their relationship with Iwyasu
Tokugawa, the founder of Japan's last great feudal house. In the first group
were those who had been allied with Ieyasu before the battle of Sekigahara
in 1603. The second group was made up of
those who had opposed him or were neutral
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