| There were some families of daimyo (Japanese territorial lord) during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) forced to become Kaieki or senior vassals who settled and took up farming again, but most of them belonged to the rank of their branch family or jizamurai (local samurai). |
改易された戦国大名の一族や重臣が仕官せず土着・帰農した者も散見されるが、多くはそれらの庶家や地侍クラスである。 |