Shinpan (daimyo)

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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 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. Shinpan included the Gosanke, the Matsudaira clan of Aizu, the Matsudaira clan of the Fukui Domain, and others.

[edit] See also

• Fudai
• Tozama

[edit] References

• (Japanese) Japanese Wiki article on Shinpan (15 Sept. 2007)

[edit] Further Reading

• Totman, Conrad. (1967). Politics in the Tokugawa bakufu, 1600-1843. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.