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. The, or domains, were the Fiefs of Feudal Lords of Japan that were created by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and existed until their The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the, and the, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the Shoguns of 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 Okudono 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. The were three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan. They were descended from the eighth of the fifteen Tokugawa shoguns Yoshimune (1684&ndash1751 Shinpan included the Gosanke, the Matsudaira clan of Aizu, the Matsudaira clan of the Fukui Domain, and others. The were three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan. They were descended from Tokugawa Ieyasu through younger brothers of his heir Tokugawa Hidetada is an area comprising the westernmost third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The was a Feudal domain in Echizen Province of Japan (present-day Fukui Prefecture) during the Edo period.
See also
References
- (Japanese) Japanese Wiki article on Shinpan (15 Sept. A was a Daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan. 2007)
Further Reading
- Totman, Conrad. (1967). Politics in the Tokugawa bakufu, 1600-1843. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Harvard University Press ( HUP) is a Publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in Academic publishing.
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