Daimyo

1. Oda Nobunaga (1534)

Daimyo

16th century Japanese figure who played a key role in leading his country to unification. He was a territorial lord who ruled most of the country from his large, hereditary...

2. Honda Tadakatsu (1548)

Daimyo

Honda Tadakatsu also called Honda Heihachirō was a Japanese general of the late Sengoku through early Edo period who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Honda Tadakatsu was one of the Tokugawa Four...

3. Mizuno Tadakuni (1794)

Daimyo

Mizuno Tadakuni was a daimyō during late-Edo period Japan who later served as chief senior councilor in service to the Tokugawa Shogunate. He is remembered for having instituted the Tenpo...

4. Tanuma Okitsugu (1719)

Daimyo

Tanuma Okitsugu was a rōjū of the Tokugawa shogunate who introduced monetary reform. He was also a daimyo and ruled the Sagara han. He used the title Tonomo-no-kami. His...

5. Ii Naosuke (1815)

Daimyo

Ii Naosuke was daimyo of Hikone and also Tairō of Tokugawa Shogunate Japan a position he held from April 23 1858 until his death on March 24 1860. He is...

6. Tokugawa Tadanaga (Unknow)

Daimyo

Tokugawa Tadanaga was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period. The son of the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada his elder brother was the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu.

7. Inoue Masashige (1585)

Daimyo

Inoue Masashige was an important figure during the early Edo period in Japan. He played a role in the persecution and eradication of Christians in Japan and he was commissioner...

8. Tokugawa Nariaki (1800)

Daimyo

Tokugawa Nariaki was a prominent Japanese daimyo who ruled the Mito domain and contributed to the rise of nationalism and the Meiji restoration.

9. Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534)

Daimyo

Hosokawa Fujitaka also known as Hosokawa Yūsai was a Japanese samurai daimyo of the Sengoku period. Fujitaka was a prominent retainer of the last Ashikaga shoguns. When he joined the...

10. Imagawa Sadayo (Unknow)

Daimyo

Imagawa Sadayo also known as Imagawa Ryōshun was a renowned Japanese poet and military commander who served as tandai of Kyūshū under the Ashikaga bakufu from 1371 to 1395. His...

11. Matsudaira Katamori (1836)

Daimyo

Matsudaira Katamori was a samurai who lived in the last days of the Edo period and the early to mid Meiji period. He was the 9th daimyo of the Aizu...

12. Ikeda Mitsumasa (1609)

Daimyo

Ikeda Mitsumasa was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period.

13. Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759)

Daimyo

Matsudaira Sadanobu Japanese daimyo of the mid-Edo period famous for his financial reforms which saved the Shirakawa Domain and the similar reforms he undertook during his tenure as chief senior...

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