2) daimyo. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Variant of daimio....

3) daimio. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. daimio or daiˇmiˇos also daimyo or daiˇmyˇos A feudal lord of Japan who was a large landowner. Japanese daimyo : dai, great; see daikon + myo,...

4) samurai. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...samurai, (sa´moori´) (KEY) , knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira...

5) Nobunaga. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Oda) (noboona´ga oda´) (KEY) , 1534-82, Japanese military commander. The son of a daimyo, Nobunaga greatly expanded his father's holdings, becoming master of three...

6) ronin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...who were deprived of their place in the usual loyalty patterns of Japanese feudalism. The daimyo they had served might have died, been exiled, or become so poor that...

7) Sharaku Toshusai. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Extant sources indicate that he was either Saito Jurobei, a Noh dancer in the employ of the Daimyo of Awa, or that his name was Toshusai and he lived in Hatchobori....

8) Tokugawa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...located parcels, which they governed directly through a feudal bureaucracy. To control the daimyo [lords], who owed allegiance to the Tokugawa but were permitted...

9) Chiba. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of steel, textiles, paper products, and plastics. It was the residence of the Chiba daimyo from the 12th to the 16th cent. The city retains an 8th-century Buddhist...

10) hara-kiri. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...into enemy hands. Around 1500, it became a privileged alternative to execution, granted to daimyo and samurai guilty of disloyalty to the emperor. The condemned man...