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==Daimyo Classes==

==Daimyo Classes==

[[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] divided the daimyo into two groups depending on their relationship to him at the time of the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]]. Those that were already his vassals at the time of the battle were considered fudai daimyo 譜代大名, (vassal daimyo).<ref> "Fudai" first meant generation after generation or a family tree, then someone one serving a lord generation after generation.</ref> All others were tozama daimyo 外様大名, "outside lords." Thus allies, enemies, and neutrals at the time of Sekigahara were all tozama daimyo. One often reads, at least in English, that the tozama were the enemies of Ieyasu in 1600, but that is simply wrong.  

[[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] divided the daimyo into two groups depending on their relationship to him at the time of the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in [[1600]]. Those who were already his vassals at the time of the battle were considered ''fudai daimyô'' 譜代大名, (vassal daimyo).<ref> "Fudai" first meant generation after generation or a family tree, then someone one serving a lord generation after generation.</ref> All others were ''tozama daimyo'' 外様大名, or "outside lords." The ''tozama'' are often said to have been exclusively those who sided with Ieyasu's enemies at Sekigahara, but this is a misconception, and is strictly speaking incorrect. The ''tozama'' in fact included both the enemies of the Tokugawa, and those who were neutral in the Tokugawa-Ishida conflict, as well as the Tokugawa's most powerful allies; the latter were powerful enough to have not been ''subordinate'' to the Tokugawa in 1600, and should instead be seen as having been ''allies'' on a more or less equal basis with the Tokugawa.

These classes were fixed for the duration of the Edo period; daimyo were not moved around from one class to another. Ieyasu also set up a class of daimyo consisting of his descendants,<ref>Of course, "descendants" in the Edo period meant descendants in the male line, including adopted heirs. Adoption of close relatives was preferred though, so even adopted heirs were often descendants of the same person.</ref> the shinpan daimyo 親藩大名, "collateral daimyo."

These classes of ''daimyô'' were fixed for the duration of the Edo period; the shogunate altered ''daimyô'' ranking and territory at times, but ''daimyô'' were never shifted from one ''daimyô'' category to another. Ieyasu also set up a third class of ''daimyô'' consisting of his descendants,<ref>Of course, "descendants" in the Edo period meant descendants in the male line, including adopted heirs. Adoption of close relatives was preferred though, so even adopted heirs were often descendants of the same person.</ref> the ''shinpan daimyô'' 親藩大名, or "collateral daimyô."

==Fudai Daimyo==

==Fudai Daimyo==