Rōjū
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The , usually translated as Elder, was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council of Elders as a whole; under the first two shōguns, there were only two Rōjū. The number was then increased to five, and later reduced to four. The Rōjū were usually appointed from the ranks of the fudai daimyōs with domains of between 25,000 and 50,000 koku.
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- Duties
- List of ''Rōjū''
- Under [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Hidetada]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Ienobu]] and [[Tokugawa Ietsugu|Ietsugu]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Ieshige]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Ieharu]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Ienari]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Iesada]]
- Under [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] and [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu|Yoshinobu]]
- Notes
- References
The , usually translated as Elder, was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council of Elders as a whole; under the first two shōguns, there were only two Rōjū. The number was then increased to five, and later reduced to four. The Rōjū were usually appointed from the ranks of the fudai daimyōs with domains of between 25,000 and 50,000 koku.
==Duties==