chivalry
The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
warrior aristocrat
A vassal is someone in a feudal system who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch.So while a warrior in feudal Japan might be someone's vassal, the word vassal does not define him as a warrior.
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A Japanese feudal lord is called a daimyo. Daimyo were powerful landholding nobles who ruled over territories in feudal Japan. They maintained their own samurai warriors and owed allegiance to the shogun, the supreme military leader of Japan.
Europe and Japan were both feudal societies. Feudal systems contain hierarchies. The hierarchies in Japan and Europe were similar: king/emperor on the top, nobles next, then knights/samurai, then merchants and craftsmen, and lastly, peasants and serfs.
They have a system of government that is almost exactly the same. JPN EURO Emperor - God Shogun - King Daimyo - Nobles Samurai - Knights Peasants - Serfs
The daimyos don't exist in modern times, but they were around in feudal Japan. The daimyos were their word for "lords" or "nobles". Basically to say, daimyos today really don't have much power and therefore aren't important. (though they were in feudal times...)
The warrior class of Japan were known as the Bushi. They are more commonly referred to as Samurai.
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