During Japan's Sengoku period is it known what proportion of the Daimyo were descended from earlier imperial bureaucrats or land administrators that had taken over power locally? Or were the Daimyo composed entirely of new upstart families after the collapse of central authority?
by /u/Seswatha in /r/AskHistorians
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