Shinpan (daimyo)
Shinpan (親藩, Shinpan) is a Japanese term which denotes the status of a domain's ruler as a recognized kinsman of the Tokugawa shogun. While all shinpan were recognized as relatives of the shogun, not all relatives of the shogun were shinpan; an example of this is the Matsudaira clan of the Okutono Domain. The shinpan lords were also known as 家門大名 (Kamon daimyō)-- non-daimyo relatives, such as the Gosankyō were also known as kamon. Shinpan included the Gosanke, the Matsudaira clan of Aizu, the Matsudaira clan of the Fukui Domain, and others.
See also
References
- Template:Ja icon Japanese Wiki article on Shinpan (15 Sept. 2007)
Further reading
- Totman, Conrad. (1967). Politics in the Tokugawa bakufu, 1600-1843. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  | This Japanese history–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |