Editing Daimyo (section)

==''Shugo-daimyō''==
[[File:斯波義将.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Shiba Yoshimasa]] of [[Shiba clan]], one of the ''shugo-daimyō'']]

The {{nihongo|''shugo daimyō''|守護大名}} were the first group of men to hold the title ''daimyō''. They arose from among the ''[[shugo]]'' during the [[Muromachi period]] (approximately 1336–1573). The ''shugo-daimyo'' held not only military and police powers, but also economic power within a [[Provinces of Japan|province]]. They accumulated these powers throughout the first decades of the Muromachi period.

Major ''shugo-daimyō'' came from the [[Shiba clan|Shiba]], [[Hatakeyama clan|Hatakeyama]], and [[Hosokawa clan]]s, as well as the [[tozama]] clans of [[Yamana clan|Yamana]], [[Ōuchi family|Ōuchi]], [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] and [[Akamatsu clan|Akamatsu]]. The greatest ruled multiple provinces.

The [[Ashikaga shogunate]] required the ''shugo-daimyō'' to reside in [[Kyoto]], so they appointed relatives or retainers, called ''[[shugodai]]'', to represent them in their home provinces. Eventually, some of these in turn came to reside in Kyoto, appointing deputies in the provinces.

The [[Ōnin War]] was a major uprising in which ''shugo-daimyō'' fought each other. During this and other wars of the time, ''kuni [[Ikkō-ikki|ikki]]'', or provincial uprisings, took place as locally powerful warriors sought independence from the ''shugo-daimyo''. The deputies of the ''shugo-daimyō'', living in the provinces, seized the opportunity to strengthen their position. At the end of the fifteenth century, those ''shugo-daimyō'' who succeeded remained in power. Those who had failed to exert control over their deputies fell from power and were replaced by a new class, the ''sengoku-daimyō'', who arose from the ranks of the ''shugodai'' and ''[[jizamurai]]''.