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Banners
Manchu military units (8 total)
Dyarchy
administrative system in which all important positions were shared equally between the Manchus and the Chinese
Kowtow
ritual of prostration and touching forehead to the ground
Fudai daimyo
Direct translation: inside daimyo

small daimyo who were subordinate to the shogunate
Tozama daimyo
Direct translation: outside daimyo

larger, more independent lords who were more distant from the centre of shogunate power
Ronin
unemployed warriors aka "wave men"
Yangban
aristocratic class composed of two groups: civilian and military
Chonmin
slave class