侯

native state (of pre-independence India)

all daimyo

marchioness

princes and marquises

marquisate

duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)

local ruler

high status does not depend on birth

Lord of Sendai

royalty and titled nobility

feudal lords

many daimyo

marquis

the king and his feudal lords

nobles

wooden target holder (in archery)

feudal lord

marquis