Shinpan (親藩) was a class of daimyō in the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan who were certain relatives of the Shōgun. While all shinpan were relatives of the...

Daimyo (大名, daimyō, Japanese pronunciation: [daimʲoː] ) were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period...

by the shinpan daimyō of the Aizu-Matsudaira clan, a local cadet branch of the ruling Tokugawa clan, but was briefly ruled by the tozama daimyō of the...

Fudai daimyō (譜代大名) was a class of daimyō (大名) in the Tokugawa Shogunate (徳川幕府) of Japan who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa before the Battle...

Iesato, became a prince, the heads of primary Tokugawa branch houses (shinpan daimyō) became marquesses, the heads of the secondary branches became counts...

monastery and became the daimyō of Hikone, a fudai domain, and took the family name of Ii. As the daimyō of Hikone, Ii was one of the daimyōs who were eligible...

shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was ruled for all of its existence by the shinpan daimyō of the Matsudaira clan. The Fukui Domain was assessed under the Kokudaka...

Matsuyama Castle, and was ruled throughout most of its history by the shinpan daimyō Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan. Iyo-Matsuyama Domain was dissolved in the...

always ruled by a fudai daimyō, and from 1823 by the shinpan daimyō Hisamatsu clan. Matsudaira Sadaaki, the next-to-last daimyō of Kuwana served as the...

Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Asano clan, 1600 - 1619 (Shinpan daimyo) 1 Asano Yoshinaga (浅野吉永) 1600 - 1613 Sakyo no daibu (左京大夫) Junior 5th...

who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods. He was the daimyō of Fukui Domain in Echizen. Hideyasu was born as Tokugawa Ogimaru (徳川於義丸)...

headship at age 18. As the 9th daimyō, he was granted the title of Higo-no-kami (肥後守), which was traditionally held by the daimyō of Aizu. He also received...

Matsudaira Naritsugu (松平 斉承, 5 March 1811 – 27 July 1835) was the 14th daimyō of Fukui Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate in Echizen Province...

審判, romanized: Shimpan), ringside judges in sumo Shinpan (daimyo) (Japanese: 親藩), a class of daimyō in the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan This disambiguation...

the country, particularly smaller regions, daimyō, and samurai were more or less identical, since daimyō might be trained as samurai, and samurai might...

Tokugawa Tadanaga (徳川 忠長, 1606 – January 5, 1634) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. The son of the second shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada, his elder...

of Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, daimyō of Takasu Domain. His older brothers included Matsudaira Katamori, who later became daimyō of Aizu and Tokugawa Yoshikatsu...

Tokugawa Yorinobu (徳川 頼宣, April 28, 1602 – February 19, 1671) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. Born under the name Nagatomimaru (長福丸), he was...

the various classes of daimyo. Closest to the Tokugawa house were the shinpan, or "related houses". There were twenty-three daimyo on the borders of Tokugawa...

and their domain every year. The daimyō were separated into the shinpan, relatives of the Tokugawa, the fudai daimyō, who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa...

the Toyotomi clan and the shifting of political power between the various daimyō who participated in it. With the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, his...

Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Matsudaira clan, 1623 - 1633 (Shinpan daimyo) 1 Matsudaira Sadatsuna (松平定綱) 1623 - 1633 Etchu no kami (絵t中 の 髪) Junior...

castle consisted of samurai and daimyō residences, whose families lived in Edo as part of the sankin-kōtai system; the daimyō made journeys in alternating...

1681 – 20 January 1722) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 8th daimyō of Fukui Domain He was famed as a lover of sumo. Yoshikuni was born in Edo...

was a Japanese samurai of the Bakumatsu period and the 10th (and final) daimyō of Aizu Domain. Nobunori was the 19th son of Tokugawa Nariaki of Mito Domain...

His branch of the Matsudaira clan, the "Hisamatsu-Matsudaira" was a shinpan daimyō clan, considered to be closely related to the ruling Tokugawa clan,...

Hoshina Masayuki (保科 正之, June 17, 1611 – February 4, 1673) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who was the founder of what became the Matsudaira...

Matsudaira Sadayasu (松平 定安, May 5, 1835 – December 1, 1882) was a Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period, who ruled the Matsue Domain. Matsudaira Sadayasu...

allies, Abe, to the consternation of the fudai daimyō, had consulted with the shinpan and tozama daimyō, further undermining the already weakened bakufu...

a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the final daimyō of Echizen-Matsuoka Domain and the 9th daimyō of Fukui Domain in Echizen Province of Japan He was...