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Under the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'', ''[[hatamoto]]'', other retainers, and others in service to the shogunate<ref>Including [[court painters]], [[Noh]] performers, priests and monks of certain temples and shrines, and artisans & merchants who were official providers of goods to the shogunate.</ref> were obliged to appear at [[Edo castle]] to pay obeisances, and/or to offer gifts, on certain occasions of every year.

Under the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'', ''[[hatamoto]]'', other retainers, and others in service to the shogunate<ref>Including [[court painters]], [[Noh]] performers, priests and monks of certain temples and shrines, and artisans & merchants who were official providers of goods to the shogunate.</ref> were obliged to appear at [[Edo castle]] to pay obeisances, and/or to offer gifts, on certain occasions of every year.

These included the New Year, five occasions marking the turn of seasons, and a number of days marking events related to [[Tokugawa clan]] history; among these was 6/1, an auspicious day in the East Asian tradition generally, but also said to mark the date of the Tokugawa entry into the [[Kanto|Kantô]]. The shogun also held audiences with certain categories or individuals on the 1st, 15th, and 28th days of each month.

These included the New Year, five occasions marking the turn of seasons, and a number of days marking events related to [[Tokugawa clan]] history; among these was 6/1, an auspicious day in the East Asian tradition generally, but also said to mark the date of the Tokugawa entry into the [[Kanto|Kantô]]. The shogun also held audiences with certain categories or individuals on the 1st, 15th, and 28th days of each month.<ref>At some point in the early 19th century, this third monthly audience, held on the 28th, was reduced from taking place every month, to instead taking place only in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 12th months of the year. Asao Naohiro (ed.), ''Fudai daimyô Ii ke no girei'', Hikone Castle Museum (2004), 57.</ref>

==New Year==

==New Year==