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...

more were considered daimyo. Ieyasu also categorized the daimyo according to their relation to the ruling Tokugawa family: the shinpan were related to the...

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...

direct retainers, other members of the Tokugawa family (shinpan daimyō), and his vassals (fudai daimyō) controlling a combined total of land producing 12.9...

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

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...

dogmatic insistence on loyalty to the shōgun. Daimyos were classified into three main categories: Shinpan ("relatives" 親藩) were six clans established by...

later. Ii's promotion to the post of Tairō annoyed many of the shinpan daimyōs (daimyōs related to the shōgun, they were unable to be members of the bakufu...

Bakumatsu period and the early to mid Meiji period Japan. He was the 9th daimyō of the Aizu Domain and the Kyoto Shugoshoku (Military Commissioner of Kyoto)...

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...

Tokugawa Munemasa (徳川 宗将, April 6, 1720 – April 14, 1765) was a Japanese daimyō of the mid-Edo period, who ruled the Wakayama Domain. He was the son of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

April 1674) was an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 4th daimyō of Fukui Domain. Mitsumichi was born in Edo in 1636 as the second son of...

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...

Matsudaira Katasada (松平容貞, October 2, 1724 – October 26, 1750) was the 4th daimyō of Aizu Domain in Mutsu Province, Japan (modern-day Fukushima Prefecture)...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

Matsudaira Katanobu (松平容頌, February 22, 1744 – August 22, 1805) was the 5th daimyō of Aizu Domain in Mutsu Province, Japan (modern-day Fukushima Prefecture)...

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

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...

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...

Matsudaira Masakata (松平正容, March 1, 1669 – October 10, 1731) was the 3rd daimyō of Aizu Domain in Mutsu Province, Japan (modern-day Fukushima Prefecture)...

Matsudaira Sadanori (松平定教, May 16, 1857 – May 21, 1899) was the 5th (and last) daimyō of Kuwana Domain in Ise Province (modern-day Mie Prefecture) in early Meiji...