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Daimyo are Japanese lords with large landholdings and a private samurai army, who paid no taxes to the government. The daimyo controlled the samurai, who protected the daimyo, and therefore are higher than them on the pyramid.
In this chapter: The shoguns essentially ruled Japan from 1185 to 1868. While there was still an emperor, the shogun with the samurai warriors under him had the power. 'Bushido' was the code of honour that the samurai lived by. 'Harakiri' was the name for the suicide ritual of a samurai when he broke the code.