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In Feudal Japan, did people see themselves as part of an overarching Japanese nation headed by the Emperor (or Shogun) or did they primarily see themselves as subjects of the local daimyo, seeing neighboring (Japanese) people as foreigners?

by /u/Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX in /r/AskHistorians

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