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Shinpan
(
親藩
)
was a class of
daimy?
in the
Tokugawa Shogunate
of
Japan
who were certain relatives of the
Sh?gun
.
While all
shinpan
were relatives of the
sh?gun
, not all relatives of the sh?gun were
shinpan
; an example of this is the
Matsudaira clan
of the
Okutono Domain
. Non-
daimy?
relatives, such as the
Gosanky?
, were also known as
kamon
? thus the
shinpan
lords were alternatively known as
kamon daimy?
(家門大名).
Shinpan
included the
Gosanke
, the Matsudaira clan of
Aizu
and the Matsudaira clan of the
Fukui Domain
. These branch families were created after the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara; there were 23
shinpan
domains, producing a total of approximately 2.6 million
koku
of rice. Because they were family and thus could wield informal power, they were not permitted to hold official positions in the
bakufu.
These families could also provide a shogunal successor if necessary.
See also
[
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]
Further reading
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edit
]
- Totman, Conrad. (1967).
Politics in the Tokugawa bakufu, 1600?1843
. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
.
- Peter Duus. (1976).
The Rise of Modern Japan.
Houghton-Mifflin Company.
- John W. Hall and
Marius Jansen
, eds. 1968.
Studies in the institutional history of early modern Japan.
Princeton, Princeton University Press.