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