由于不断争战,大名的数量逐渐变少,所控制的领地愈来愈大。公元1603年德川家康完成日本统一时,约有两百个大名归于德川霸权。

• "Gradually, through constant Battles, fewer and fewer daimyo came to hold increasing amounts of territory. When Tokugawa Ieyasu completed unification of Japan in 1603, roughly 200 daimyo had been Brought under Tokugawa hegemony. "