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The 19 pages that link to Daimyo, each with the reason it gives.

• Edo periodRelated: Their domains formed the political structure beneath Tokugawa rule.

• Tokugawa shogunateRelated: Their domains retained local administration while remaining subordinate to Tokugawa rule.

• Tokugawa IeyasuRelated: Managing these lords was central to maintaining Tokugawa authority.

• Sengoku periodBroader topic: Their competing domains formed the political landscape of the period.

• Toyotomi HideyoshiNarrower topic: Hideyoshi consolidated authority by securing the allegiance of these regional rulers.

• SamuraiRelated: Daimyo organized samurai service and commanded them across much of Japan.

• Ashikaga shogunateRelated: Their independent power increasingly eclipsed the Ashikaga shoguns.

• EdoNarrower topic: Their required presence in Edo helped make it a vast administrative and service center.

• Abolition of the han systemRelated: Former daimyo surrendered their domains and were reassigned as governors before prefectural rule took hold.

• Battle of SekigaharaNarrower topic: Ieyasu redistributed domains after victory, remaking the balance among these lords.

• ShogunBroader topic: Daimyo supplied the regional power on which shogunal rule depended.

• Sankin-kōtaiRelated: They had to maintain residences and follow the alternating attendance schedule.

• Ōnin WarNarrower topic: Daimyo rivalries gave the succession dispute armed factions capable of sustaining the war.

• Azuchi–Momoyama periodNarrower topic: Daimyo were the rival power holders whose submission made nationwide reunification possible.

• Ansei PurgeNarrower topic: The campaign reached beyond courtiers to lords whose political influence threatened shogunal policy.

• Uesugi KenshinNarrower topic: Kenshin’s authority in Echigo rested on the military and political role of a daimyo.

• Honda TadakatsuRelated: Tadakatsu served a warlord whose authority grew into that of a national ruler.

• Mōri MotonariNarrower topic: Motonari’s title and authority came from the daimyō system of regional rule.

• Provinces of JapanRelated: Daimyō domains reworked provincial power without simply replacing provincial names.