Trivia: Who directly hired samurai for protection?
Shogun
Ninja
Daimyo
Tokugawa
The correct answer is Daimyo
So why is this answer correct? : If the shogun was the head of feudal Japan, daimyo were the limbs. Known as vassals of the shogun, these daimyo (meaning “great land owners”) controlled land and therefore political power. But with this power came friction and, eventually, war among the various daimyo, who turned to samurai to protect both their land and their lives.