Tairō
High-ranking position within the Tokugawa Shogunate
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::summary High-ranking position within the Tokugawa Shogunate ::
Tairō (, "great elder") was a high-ranking official position in the Tokugawa shogunate government of Japan, roughly comparable to the office of prime minister. The tairō presided over the governing rōjū council in the event of an emergency. A tairō was nominated from among the fudai daimyōs, who worked closely with the Tokugawa traditionally. Generally, the office holder was the shogunate's chief policymaker, and provided Japan with a capable temporary leader in the absence of a shōgun, or in the event that the shōgun was incapacitated.
List of ''tairō''
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| Name | From | To | Shogun | Sakai Tadayo | Doi Toshikatsu | Sakai Tadakatsu | Sakai Tadakiyo | Ii Naozumi | Hotta Masatoshi | Ii Naooki | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | Ii Naooki | Ii Naoyuki | Ii Naoaki | Ii Naosuke | Sakai Tadashige |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 12, 1636 | March 19, 1636 | Tokugawa Iemitsu | ||||||||||||||
| November 7, 1638 | July 10, 1644 | Tokugawa Iemitsu | ||||||||||||||
| November 7, 1638 | May 26, 1656 | Tokugawa Iemitsu | ||||||||||||||
| Tokugawa Ietsuna | ||||||||||||||||
| March 29, 1666 | December 9, 1680 | Tokugawa Ietsuna | ||||||||||||||
| November 19, 1668 | January 3, 1676 | Tokugawa Ietsuna | ||||||||||||||
| November 12, 1681 | August 28, 1684 | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi | ||||||||||||||
| June 13, 1696 | March 2, 1700 | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi | ||||||||||||||
| January 11, 1706 | June 3, 1709 | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi | ||||||||||||||
| February 13, 1711 | February 23, 1714 | Tokugawa Ienobu | ||||||||||||||
| Tokugawa Ietsugu | ||||||||||||||||
| November 28, 1784 | September 1, 1787 | Tokugawa Ieharu | ||||||||||||||
| Tokugawa Ienari | ||||||||||||||||
| December 28, 1835 | May 13, 1841 | Tokugawa Ienari | ||||||||||||||
| Tokugawa Ieyoshi | ||||||||||||||||
| April 23, 1858 | March 24, 1860 | Tokugawa Iesada | ||||||||||||||
| Tokugawa Iemochi | ||||||||||||||||
| February 1, 1865 | November 12, 1865 | Tokugawa Iemochi | ||||||||||||||
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Notes
References
- Cullen, Louis M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ; ; OCLC 442929163
- Sansom, George Bailey. (1963). A History of Japan: 1615-1867. Stanford: Stanford University Press. OCLC 36820228
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- Sansom, {{Google books. Oul3FkdYxR0C. p. 131–132.
- Sansom, {{Google books. Oul3FkdYxR0C. p. 137.
- Cullen, Louis. (2003). ''A History of Japan, 1582–1941'', p. 180–186.
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