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*''Japanese'': 付家老 ''(tsuke garou)''
''Tsukegarô'' were House Elders (''[[karo|karô]]'') associated with the three [[Gosanke]] branch houses of the main [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunal]] [[Tokugawa clan]] lineage, i.e. the [[Owari Tokugawa clan|Owari Tokugawa]], [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa]], and [[Mito Tokugawa clan|Mito Tokugawa]] houses. Due to the extremely high status of their lords, the ''tsukegarô'' themselves enjoyed considerable status within the larger overall samurai hierarchies. In the last years of the [[Edo period]], many were granted ''daimyô'' status and [[han|domains]] of their own (including [[Inuyama han]] in [[Owari province]], [[Imao han]] in [[Mino province]], [[Shingu han|Shingû han]] and [[Kii Tanabe han]] in [[Kii province]], and [[Hitachi Matsuoka han]] in [[Hitachi province]]). However, in the decade or two before that, if not earlier, the ''tsukegarô'' of the Gosanke houses regularly petitioned the shogunate for privileges equivalent to those enjoyed by ''daimyô'', such as the privilege of participating in special audiences on [[Tokugawa seasonal observances|seasonal occasions]] such as New Year's alongside the ''daimyô''; such requests were regularly denied.
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 382.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
''Tsukegarô'' were House Elders (''[[karo|karô]]'') associated with the three [[Gosanke]] branch houses of the main [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunal]] [[Tokugawa clan]] lineage, i.e. the [[Owari Tokugawa clan|Owari Tokugawa]], [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa]], and [[Mito Tokugawa clan|Mito Tokugawa]] houses. Due to the extremely high status of their lords, the ''tsukegarô'' themselves enjoyed considerable status within the larger overall samurai hierarchies. In the last years of the [[Edo period]], many were granted ''daimyô'' status and [[han|domains]] of their own (including [[Inuyama han]] in [[Owari province]], [[Imao han]] in [[Mino province]], [[Shingu han|Shingû han]] and [[Kii Tanabe han]] in [[Kii province]], and [[Hitachi Matsuoka han]] in [[Hitachi province]]). However, in the decade or two before that, if not earlier, the ''tsukegarô'' of the Gosanke houses regularly petitioned the shogunate for privileges equivalent to those enjoyed by ''daimyô'', such as the privilege of participating in special audiences on [[Tokugawa seasonal observances|seasonal occasions]] such as New Year's alongside the ''daimyô''; such requests were regularly denied.
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 382.
[[Category:Ranks and Titles]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]