Daimyo (大名, daimyō, Japanese pronunciation: [daimʲoː] ⓘ) were powerful Japanese magnates, [1] feudal lords [2] 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.

daimyo, any of the largest and most powerful landholding magnates in Japan from about the 10th century until the latter half of the 19th century. The Japanese word daimyo is compounded from dai (“large”) and myō (for myōden, or “name-land,” meaning “private land”).

大名是在日本 室町幕府 、 安土桃山时代 、 江户幕府 时期，占据一国或数国的封建武装领主。 大名起源于 名主 一词，名主指有名字的田，即私人土地，大名指拥有大量土地的人。 平安时代后期，大量 国家所有 的土地、庄园被赐予 藤原氏 等贵族或侵占，瓦解了 班田制。 贵族在 京都 执政、玩乐，其拥有的土地、庄园交给家臣打理，他们还通晓武艺骑射，充当贵族的打手，演变为后来的武士。 平安晚期，天皇们退位实行 院政，拉拢武士充当爪牙，对抗藤原氏贵族，贵族的土地 …

The daimyo (大名, daimyō) were powerful feudal rulers from the tenth century to the nineteenth century in Japan. Like feudal Europe, Japan was divided into a number of autonomous territories controlled by feudal lords, with the support of samurai.

The daimyo (大名, daimyō) (daimyō (help·info)) were powerful feudal rulers from the 10th century to the early 19th century in Japan. Each daimyo had control over a part of the country. The Shogun had power over the daimyo. The first daimyo were called the shugo daimyo (守護大名, shugo daimyō). sengoku daimyo (戦国大名, sengoku daimyō)

tozama daimyo, (Japanese: “outside daimyo”), nonhereditary feudal lord or daimyo in Japan during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867), whose house had been equal to the Tokugawa house before the establishment of the shogunate (hereditary military dictatorship).

daimyo , Any of the largest and most powerful landholding magnates in Japan (c. 10th–19th century).

For hundreds of years, daimyo armies were frequently at war. After the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603, the daimyo swore their allegiance to the shogun and promised military …

daimyo (dī´myô) [Jap.,=great name], the great feudal landholders of Japan, the territorial barons as distinguished from the kuge, or court nobles. Great tax-free estates were built up from the 8th cent. onward by the alienation of lands to members of the imperial family who could not be supported at court.

The daimyos were powerful warlords of feudal Japan. They were similar in many ways to the feudal lords of medieval Europe. The daimyos held land, built castles, and employed warriors, craftsmen, and peasants. Their estates were referred to as han 藩 (“domain”).Throughout much of the feudal era, the daimyos warred against each other.