what is a daimyo
The daimyo (å¤§å, daimyÅ, pronounced dai-myoh (helpÂ·info)) were the powerful feudal lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings.In the term,  dai  (å¤§) literally means large, and  myÅ  stands for myÅden (åç°) , meaning private land.rom the shugo of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku to the daimyo of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied history. The term daimyo is also sometimes used to refer to the leading figures of such clans, also called  lord .