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''Daimyô'' and others were divided, by rank, into association with sixteen waiting rooms, where they would be escorted upon entering the ''honmaru'' palace, and where they would wait until they were called upon, e.g. in the case of coming up to the castle for a formal audience with the shogun.<ref>Gallery label, "[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/11269336136/ Daimyô no kakushiki]," Edo-Tokyo Museum.; Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Edo jidai - shôgun bushi tachi no jitsuzô'', Tokyo Shoseki (2008), 67.</ref> These room assignments were known as ''shikôseki'' 伺候席, or "seats [where one sat] in attendance." Though ''daimyô'' were called upon for their audiences in a set order in accordance with rank and status, they were not actually assigned seats within each of these waiting rooms; while waiting, they arranged themselves freely.<ref>Ogawa Kyôichi 小川恭一, ''Shogun omemie sahô'' 将軍お目見え作法, ''Tokyojin'' 東京人 (1995/1), 82.</ref> The shogun's ability to keep even powerful ''daimyô'' waiting, whether in these waiting rooms, or in the audience hall itself, further impressed upon the ''daimyô'' their submission to his power.<ref>Walthall, 342.</ref>
''Daimyô'' and others were divided, by rank, into association with sixteen waiting rooms, where they would be escorted upon entering the ''honmaru'' palace, and where they would wait until they were called upon, e.g. in the case of coming up to the castle for a formal audience with the shogun.<ref>Gallery label, "[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/11269336136/ Daimyô no kakushiki]," Edo-Tokyo Museum.; Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Edo jidai - shôgun bushi tachi no jitsuzô'', Tokyo Shoseki (2008), 67.</ref> These room assignments were known as ''shikôseki'' 伺候席, or "seats [where one sat] in attendance." Though ''daimyô'' were called upon for their audiences in a set order in accordance with rank and status, they were not actually assigned seats within each of these waiting rooms; while waiting, they arranged themselves freely.<ref>Ogawa Kyôichi 小川恭一, ''Shogun omemie sahô'' 将軍お目見え作法, ''Tokyojin'' 東京人 (1995/1), 82.</ref> The shogun's ability to keep even powerful ''daimyô'' waiting, whether in these waiting rooms, or in the audience hall itself, further impressed upon the ''daimyô'' their submission to his power.<ref>Walthall, 342.</ref>
#Tenjô no ma: Envoys from the imperial court and from the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyu]] and [[Joseon]] (Korea) were given use of the ''Tenjô no ma'' as their waiting room.
#Tenjô no ma: Envoys from the imperial court and from the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyu]] and [[Joseon]] (Korea) were given use of the ''Tenjô no ma'' as their waiting room.
#Ôrôka: Members of the ''gosanke'' and ''gosankyô'', along with a few of the highest-ranking ''daimyô'' (such as the [[Maeda clan]] of [[Kaga han]], [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]], and [[Matsudaira clan (Echizen)|Matsudaira clan]] of [[Fukui han]]) were associated with the ''Ôrôka'', or "great corridor."
#Ôrôka: Members of the ''gosanke'' and ''gosankyô'', along with four of the highest-ranking ''daimyô'' (incl. the [[Maeda clan]] of [[Kaga han]], [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]], and [[Matsudaira clan (Echizen)|Matsudaira clan]] of [[Fukui han]]) were associated with the ''Ôrôka'', or "great corridor." While the Gosanke lords had the ''Ôrôka ue no heya' (Great Corridor Upper Room) as their waiting room, the other lords associated with the Great Corridor used the ''Ôrôka shita no heya'' (Great Corridor Lower Room).<ref name=edotokyo>Gallery labels, Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/32273532307/sizes/3k/]</ref>
#Tamari-no-ma: Collateral houses of the Tokugawa, typically known as ''shinpan'' or ''kamon'', including the various [[Matsudaira clan]] branch families of [[Aizu han]], [[Kuwana han]], and [[Takamatsu han]], sat with the [[Ii clan]] of [[Hikone han]] and up to six other ''fudai daimyô'' and ''rôjû'' in the ''tamari no ma'', adjacent to the ceremonial chambers, and closest of all the ''daimyô'' waiting rooms to the shogunal residence.
#Tamari-no-ma: Collateral houses of the Tokugawa, typically known as ''shinpan'' or ''kamon'', including the various [[Matsudaira clan]] branch families of [[Aizu han]], [[Kuwana han]], and [[Takamatsu han]], sat with the [[Ii clan]] of [[Hikone han]] and up to six other ''fudai daimyô'' and ''rôjû'' in the ''tamari no ma'', adjacent to the ceremonial chambers, and closest of all the ''daimyô'' waiting rooms to the shogunal residence.
#Ôhiroma: Around thirty lords were associated with the audience hall itself. These included ''shinpan/kamon'' collateral families not included in the higher ranks, as well as ''tozama daimyô'' above 110,000 ''[[kokudaka|koku]]''.
#Ôhiroma: Around thirty lords were associated with the audience hall itself. These included ''shinpan/kamon'' collateral families not included in the higher ranks, as well as ''tozama daimyô'' above 110,000 ''[[kokudaka|koku]]''.