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Chapter 20 Notes Northern Eurasia, 1500-1800 Japanese Reunification Civil War and the Invasion of Korea, 1500-1603 daimyo ? Literally, great name(s). Japanese warlords and great landowners They had armed samurai and gained control of the Japanese islands from the 8th to the later 19th centuries. During the tokugawa shogunate, they were subordinated to the imperial govt. samurai ? literally ?those who serve?, they were the hereditary elite of the Tokugawa There was a civil war due to political controversy surrounding the daimyo The leader whose side won, Hideyoshi, wanted to conquer Korea to eventually make himself the emperor of China He was mentally ill and was brutal during the invasion of korea however, after his death in 1598, Japan made peace with Korea in 1606