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Japanese: 大老 ''(tairou)''
Japanese: 大老 ''(tairou)''
English translations: senior counsellor, etc.
English translations: Great Elder, senior counsellor, etc.
In [[1598]], [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] appointed five major lords as tairô to govern the country until his son [[Toyotomi Hideyori|Hideyori]] came of age. The go-tairô 五大老 were headed by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
In [[1598]], [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] appointed five major lords as ''tairô'' to govern the country until his son [[Toyotomi Hideyori|Hideyori]] came of age. The ''go-tairô'' (五大老) were headed by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
During the Edo period, the tairô was the chief official under the shogun. The post was often unfilled, however. The most famous holder of the post was [[Ii Naosuke]].
During the [[Edo period]], the ''tairô'' was the chief official under the shogun. The post was often unfilled, but at other times, the ''tairô'' managed to claim considerable power. The most famous holder of the post was [[Ii Naosuke]].
==List of Edo period Tairô==
*[[Sakai Tadayo]] - [[1636]]/3/12-1636/3/19
*[[Doi Toshikatsu]] - [[1638]]/11/7-[[1644]]/7/10
*[[Sakai Tadakatsu]] - 1638/11/7-[[1656]]/5/26
*[[Sakai Tadakiyo]] - [[1666]]/3/29-[[1680]]/12/9
*[[Ii Naozumi]] - [[1668]]/11/19-[[1676]]/1/3
*[[Hotta Masatoshi]] - [[1681]]/12/12-[[1684]]/8/28
*[[Ii Naooki]] - [[1697]]/6/13-[[1700]]/3/2; (as Ii Naomori) [[1711]]/2/13-[[1714]]/2/13
*[[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu]] - [[1706]]/1/11-[[1709]]/6/3
*[[Ii Naohide]] - [[1784]]/11/28-[[1787]]/9/1
*[[Ii Naoaki]] - [[1835]]/12/28-[[1841]]/5/15
*[[Ii Naosuke]] - [[1858]]/4/23-[[1860]]/3/3
*[[Sakai Tadashige]] - [[1865]]/2/1-1865/11/12
==References==
*''Rekishi techô'' 歴史手帳 (2004), 42.
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