candidate, contender, prospect...

marquis, second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility, daimyo

marquis, marquess

the king and his feudal lords

marquisate, marquessate, principality

nobles, feudal lords

wooden target holder (in archery)

princes and marquises, great feudal lords

feudal lords, barons, princes

feudal lord, daimyo

local ruler

many daimyo

Lord of Sendai

marchioness

native state (of pre-independence India), princely state

royalty and titled nobility

duke, marquis, count...

duke, marquis, count...

high status does not depend on birth, every man can achieve great power if he exerts himself

all daimyo