WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Because all lords in Japan were supposed to serve the emperor, all samurai were required to be loyal to him. An army of samurai was expensive to support. Few daimyo (land owning lords) could afford to buy armor and weapons for their warriors. As a result, lords paid their samurai with land, gifts, or food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Daimyo were feudal lords who, as leaders of powerful warrior bands, controlled the provinces of Japan from the beginning of the Kamakura period in 1185 to the end of the Edo period in 1868.

Detailed explanation-3: -Feudalism in medieval Japan (1185-1603) is the relationship between lords and vassals where land ownership and its use were exchanged for military service and loyalty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Samurai were employed by feudal lords (daimyo) for their martial skills in order to defend the lord’s territories against rivals, to fight enemies identified by the government, and battle with hostile tribes and bandits.