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Japanese Feudal System

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Shogun

Military dictator, top of the samurai hierarchy

Daimyo

Feudal lord, landowner, power beneath the Shogun

Samurai

Warrior class, served the Daimyo or Shogun

Ronin

Masterless samurai, lower status without a lord to serve

Emperor

Ceremonial figurehead, considered the sovereign but with little political power

Ashigaru

Foot soldiers recruited from peasant class, ranked below Samurai

Hatamoto

Direct retainers of the Shogun, higher status than regular samurai

Shoya

Village headman, tax collector and local administrator

Jito

Estate stewards or managers, oversaw the manors of the nobility

Ninja

Espionage agents, not an official rank but had a noteworthy role

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