Daimyo
By Rose H., Kara C., Drew M., and Mariella H.
Facts about the ancient Daimyo people
- OVERTIME, DAIMYO'S BECAME MORE POWERFUL THAN SHOGUNS.
- THEIR JOB IS TO KEEP JUSTICE AND PEACE IN THE TOWN AND TO SERVE THE SHOGUNS.
- DAIMYO'S WERE WARLORDS.
- DAIMYO'S WOULD FIGHT MORE BATTLES THAN SHOGUN
- THEY WOULD LEAD ARMIES INTO BATTLES.
- MOST OF THE TIME THEY WOULD DIE BEFORE THEY MADE IT TO BECOME A SHOGUN.
- DAIMYO'S WERE THE LOCAL LORDS IN JAPAN IN THE ERA OF THE SAMURAI.
-THEY WERE SUPPORTED BY LARGE NUMBERS OF SAMURAIS.
- THEY HAD COMPLETE MILITARY AND ECONOMIC POWER.
- THEY EXPECTED REWARDS FOR OBEDIENCE & LOYALTY WITH LAND, MONEY, AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE------- THE SAMURAIS WANTED THE SAME FROM THE DAIMYO'S THEY SERVED.
- INCREASING POWER OF THE DAIMYOS WEAKENED THE POSITIONS OF THE SHOGUN.
- THEY BEGAN TREATING LAND LIKE INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS.
- DAIMYO'S WARRED WITH EACH OTHER TO OWN LAND AND HAVE POWER.
- SAMURAIS FOUGHT FOR THEIR DAIMYO LORDS.
THE DAIMYO WERE LORDS BETWEEN 900 AND 1600 C.E.
- AFTER PUBLIC LAND HOLDING, DAIMYOS ROSE TO POWER.
- THEY CONTROLLED LANDS SURROUNDING THEIR CASTLES.
- THEY CONTROLLED ARMIES LIVING IN THE LANDS AND DID MANY OTHER THINGS AS WELL.