Historical term for a feudal lord, particularly in the Edo period. The kanji 侯 was sometimes used in formal titles for daimyo, but 大名 is the more common term.
His ancestor was the Marquis of Satsuma.
侯 was used as an abbreviation for 侯爵 (marquis).
In the Edo period, the Lord of Kaga ruled over one million koku.
The Lord of Aizu led his domain during the turmoil of the late Edo period.
侯 (marquis, feudal lord) and 候 (sign, season, or classical auxiliary verb) look almost identical and share the reading こう, but are unrelated in meaning.
From Chinese 侯 (hóu), a feudal rank. Adopted into Japanese as a title for nobility and later applied to daimyo.
all daimyo; the feudal lords