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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.
These small land owners, who, in return for protection, give military service or food, are called vassals. The more vassals a daimyo had, the more power and wealth he had. They were feudal lords, meaning that their offspring would be heirs of their grand wealth and power. By the end of the feudal era in Japan, there were around 260 daimyo left. Every one of them owned a large stretch of land, and a whole army of samurai. The shogun was the most powerful daimyo, and was a military leader.