Tairō

founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

general of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period

daimyo

daimyo (1815-1860)

form of government in feudal Japan

Daimyo of Bizen and Mimasaka provinces

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.

daimyo during the Sengoku and Edo periods

daimyo

samurai

daimyo (1658-1714)

daimyo of the early Edo period, Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate; 1st lord of Obama

daimyo

daimyo

rōjū to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna