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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."<ref>The term ''shinpan'' is more common in scholarship today, but was not used at the time; ''kamon'' 家紋 was somewhat more typical in the Edo period. Ravina, ''Land and Lordship'', 234n5.</ref>

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."<ref>The term ''shinpan'' is more common in scholarship today, but was not used at the time; ''kamon'' 家紋 was somewhat more typical in the Edo period. Ravina, ''Land and Lordship'', 234n5.</ref>

Though the categories of ''shinpan'', ''fudai'', and ''tozama'' are quite standard in scholarship today, in the Edo period, ''daimyô'' were more typically categorized and regarded by a variety of different metrics of rank or status. These included ''kokudaka'', [[court ranks|court rank]], relationship with the Tokugawa family, for the lower-ranking ''daimyô'' whether one had a [[castle]] or had one's domain based at a ''[[jin'ya]]'', and finally, by which waiting room in [[Edo castle]] one was assigned to. ''Daimyô'' of different ranks & categories were associated with different waiting rooms, where one would wait until called into the audience hall. For more details on waiting room assignments, see [[Edo castle#Omote|Edo castle]].<ref>Futaki Ken'ichi 二木謙一, ''Buke girei kakushiki no kenkyû'' 「武家儀礼格式の研究」, Yoshikawa Kobunkan (2003), 381.</ref> Further, while many mid-to-high-ranking ''daimyô'' enjoyed the privilege of audiences with the shogun, the lowest-ranking ''daimyô'' did not; even among the former group, there were those who enjoyed individual audiences in the Shiroshoin or Kuroshoin of [[Edo castle]], and those who only received audience among a group, in the Ôhiroma (Great Audience Hall) or elsewhere. Some enjoyed the privilege of actual verbal interactions with the shogun, while others were never able to interact with him beyond being seen by the shogun while they prostrated before him.<ref>Anne Walthall, "Hiding the shoguns: Secrecy and the nature of political authority in Tokugawa Japan," in Bernard Scheid and Mark Teeuwen (eds.), ''The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion'', Routledge (2006), 336-337.</ref>

Though the categories of ''shinpan'', ''fudai'', and ''tozama'' are quite standard in scholarship today, in the Edo period, ''daimyô'' were more typically categorized and regarded by a variety of different metrics of rank or status. These included ''kokudaka'', [[court ranks|court rank]], relationship with the Tokugawa family, for the lower-ranking ''daimyô'' whether one had a [[castle]] or had one's domain based at a ''[[jin'ya]]'',<ref>Castle-holder status was known as ''shiromochi'' (城持, "castle holding") or ''jôshukaku'' (城主格, "castle lord status").</ref> and finally, by which waiting room in [[Edo castle]] one was assigned to. ''Daimyô'' of different ranks & categories were associated with different waiting rooms, where one would wait until called into the audience hall. For more details on waiting room assignments, see [[Edo castle#Omote|Edo castle]].<ref>Futaki Ken'ichi 二木謙一, ''Buke girei kakushiki no kenkyû'' 「武家儀礼格式の研究」, Yoshikawa Kobunkan (2003), 381.</ref> Further, while many mid-to-high-ranking ''daimyô'' enjoyed the privilege of audiences with the shogun, the lowest-ranking ''daimyô'' did not; even among the former group, there were those who enjoyed individual audiences in the Shiroshoin or Kuroshoin of [[Edo castle]], and those who only received audience among a group, in the Ôhiroma (Great Audience Hall) or elsewhere. Some enjoyed the privilege of actual verbal interactions with the shogun, while others were never able to interact with him beyond being seen by the shogun while they prostrated before him.<ref>Anne Walthall, "Hiding the shoguns: Secrecy and the nature of political authority in Tokugawa Japan," in Bernard Scheid and Mark Teeuwen (eds.), ''The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion'', Routledge (2006), 336-337.</ref>

====Fudai Daimyo====

====Fudai Daimyo====

These were descendants of Ieyasu. They were in theory advisors to the shogun, but they did not have a place in the bureaucracy. One main purpose was to provide an heir to the shogunate if necessary.

These were descendants of Ieyasu. They were in theory advisors to the shogun, but they did not have a place in the bureaucracy. One main purpose was to provide an heir to the shogunate if necessary.

The Three Houses (''sanke'' 三家) were descendants of three of Ieyasu's sons, [[Tokugawa Yoshinao|Yoshinao]] ([[Owari Tokugawa clan]]), [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu (of Kii)|Yoshinobu]] ([[Kii Tokugawa clan]]), and [[Tokugawa Yorifusa|Yorifusa]] ([[Mito Tokugawa clan]]).  

The Three Houses (''sanke'' 三家) were descendants of three of Ieyasu's sons, [[Tokugawa Yoshinao|Yoshinao]] ([[Owari Tokugawa clan]]), [[Tokugawa Yorinobu|Yorinobu]] ([[Kii Tokugawa clan]]), and [[Tokugawa Yorifusa|Yorifusa]] ([[Mito Tokugawa clan]]).  

The Three Lords (''sankyô'' 三卿), Tayasu, Hitotsubashi, and Shimizu, were descended from two sons and a grandson of the shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]].

The Three Lords (''sankyô'' 三卿), Tayasu, Hitotsubashi, and Shimizu, were descended from two sons and a grandson of the shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]].