What's a Daimyo Lord?

Daimyo (大名, Daimyō, Japanese pronunciation: [daimʲoː] ( listen)) were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

What do Daimyos do?

A daimyo was a feudal lord in shogunal Japan from the 12th century to the 19th century. The daimyos were large landowners and vassals of the shogun. Each daimyo hired an army of samurai warriors to protect his family's lives and property.

What is the difference between a lord and daimyo?

As nouns the difference between lord and daimyo

is that lord is (obsolete) the master of a household while daimyo is a lord during the japanese feudal period.