11) Ieyasu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...he later made Edo his capital. After Hideyoshi's death (1598), he became the most powerful daimyo by defeating rival barons in the battle of Sekigahara (1600). He...
12) Yoritomo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...located throughout the country. These fiefs later became the basis of the power of the daimyo. Aided by scholars drawn from the imperial court, which Yoritomo controlled,...
13) Meiji restoration. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...excluded from the Tokugawa governing councils because of their status as tozama, or outside daimyo, then demanded creation of a new government loyal to the emperor...
14) bushido. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...did not come into use until the 17th cent. It became the standard of conduct for the daimyo and samurai under the Tokugawa shoguns and was taught in state schools...
15) shogun. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of the shogun in 1867 brought the Meiji restoration and the beginning of modern Japan. See daimyo. 1See J. P. Mass and W. B. Hauer, The Bakufu in Japanese History...
16) 1688-1704. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...occurred. Kira Yoshinaka was killed by a group of former retainers of Asano Naganori, daimyo of Ako, whose execution in 1701 they felt to be Yoshinaka's fault. The...
17) 1600-1867. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...made the perpetuation of the rule of his family his major objective. The feudal lords, or daimyos, were divided into three groups: shinpan, fudai, and tozama. The...
18) Japan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...power. The next 250 years were marked by civil wars, during which the feudal barons (the daimyo) and the Buddhist monasteries built up local domains and private armies....
19) 1336-1568. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...the old feudal families, and the emergence of a new group of territorial lords, now known as daimyo. 12 1488 The True Pure Land sect followers north of Kyoto defeated...
20) feudalism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the 10th cent., and it persisted with modifications until the 19th cent. (see bushido; daimyo). In other areas, as in China, where feudal practices were in existence...
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