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Definition of Daimyo
1. daimio [n -MYOS] - See also: daimio
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daimyo
Literary usage of Daimyo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Press and Politics in Japan: A Study of the Relation Between the by Kisaburō Kawabé (1921)
"Many of his faithful daimyo, who were the hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa
Clan, however, began to feel uneasy and indignant when they saw the new ..."
2. Our Neighbors: The Japanese by Joseph King Goodrich (1913)
"This was, originally, a fashion that was adopted, for convenience, by the daimyo
in the Middle Ages. It was imitated by the retainers, the Samurai, ..."
3. Samurai of Japan: A Chronology From Their Origin in the Heian Era (794-1185 by Dorothy Perkins (1998)
"He forced each daimyo in Japan to swear loyalty to him. After he founded the
Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603, every time a new daimyo or a new shogun took office ..."
4. In Togo's Country: Some Studies in Satsuma and Other Little Known Parts of Japan by Henry B. Schwartz (1908)
"Along this highway, in April of each year, the daimyo of Tsugaru used to pass
with his retainers. He was required to spend at least half his time with his ..."
5. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1905)
"... when a daimyo d>ed away from home, he was considered a deserter, and his
estates were forfeited to the Crown. So, in the event of his being assassinated ..."
6. An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsurō Hara (1920)
"As there was then no system in our country of gradating the daimyo by titles,
such as dukes, counts, and so forth, the estimated annual yield of rice in ..."
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