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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.
Samurai women. Japan under samurai rule was male-dominated. Before this, there were a small number of female rulers and some women were allowed to inherit property. From the time of the civil wars fought in the Heian Period (794-1185), it was thought that a man should be at the head of the family to protect the house and land.