Retainers who were no longer employed by members of this class were called ronin.
William Scott Wilson titled a travelogue for a route that members of this class used for biannual travel called the Kiso Route. A member of this class was executed after his methods of torture prompted a rebellion led by a sixteen-year old, whose followers were killed if they didn't step on images of Christ. This class's dominance was opposed by smallholders and monks who organized into ikki leagues. Members of this class were forced to spend several months each year (*) living in the capital under the sankin-kotai system. Retainers who were no longer employed by members of this class were called ronin. The Three Unifiers were each men of this social class, who employed most of the samurai. For 10 points, name this class of landowning nobility in feudal Japan.
William Scott Wilson titled a travelogue for a route that members of this class used for biannual travel called the Kiso Route.
daimyo [prompt on less specific answers like Japanese people or nobility or warlords; do not accept or prompt on "samurai" at any point] 