How Many Daimyos Are There
Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu Reorganized Roughly 200 Daimyo and Their Territories into Han, Which Were Assessed by Rice Production. Those Heading Han Assessed at...
Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu reorganized roughly 200 daimyo and their territories into han, which were assessed by rice production. Those heading han assessed at 10,000 koku (50,000 bushels) or more were considered daimyo.
How many Daimyos were there?
In the Tokugawa system, there were about 260 daimyo domains, each with its own castle, served and protected by samurai vassals. The distribution of land to the daimyo was based on security considerations, and the government held absolute control over all appointments.
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How many samurai were there?
In the 1870s, samurai comprised five percent of the population, or 400,000 families with about 1.9 million members. They came under direct national jurisdiction in 1869, and of all the classes during the Meiji revolution they were the most affected.
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