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The council met in a room known as the ''goyô beya'', where they discussed both matters of internal (domestic) administration and foreign relations; the council was also responsible for overseeing the [[kuge|court nobility]] and all the [[han|''daimyô'' domains]]/houses, and wielded the ability to dispatch ''[[metsuke|ômetsuke]]'' (inspectors) to the domains to help determine that policy was being observed. Among their many responsibilities and powers, the ''rôjû'' served as regents for young shoguns, and as intermediaries in shogunal audiences (e.g. between the shogun and the ''daimyô'' of [[Tsushima han]] in audiences with [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean emissaries]], and heard and decided petitions and cases regarding domainal politics and policies. The position of chair of the council (''rôjû shuza'') rotated every month, and in addition the post of ''[[tairo|tairô]]'' stood above the ''rôjû'' in rank, but with a few exceptions, the ''tairô'' was a purely honorary position and neither he nor the monthly chairman wielded much actual power. One or two ''rôjû'' assigned ''kattegakari'' (overseer of finance) did wield considerable power, however, as that position was the immediate superior to the ''[[kanjo bugyo|kattekata kanjô bugyô]]'', the Magistrate of Finance, who oversaw the shogunate's administrative budget.

The council met in a room known as the ''goyô beya'', where they discussed both matters of internal (domestic) administration and foreign relations; the council was also responsible for overseeing the [[kuge|court nobility]] and all the [[han|''daimyô'' domains]]/houses, and wielded the ability to dispatch ''[[metsuke|ômetsuke]]'' (inspectors) to the domains to help determine that policy was being observed. Among their many responsibilities and powers, the ''rôjû'' served as regents for young shoguns, and as intermediaries in shogunal audiences (e.g. between the shogun and the ''daimyô'' of [[Tsushima han]] in audiences with [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean emissaries]], and heard and decided petitions and cases regarding domainal politics and policies. The position of chair of the council (''rôjû shuza'') rotated every month, and in addition the post of ''[[tairo|tairô]]'' stood above the ''rôjû'' in rank, but with a few exceptions, the ''tairô'' was a purely honorary position and neither he nor the monthly chairman wielded much actual power. One or two ''rôjû'' assigned ''kattegakari'' (overseer of finance) did wield considerable power, however, as that position was the immediate superior to the ''[[kanjo bugyo|kattekata kanjô bugyô]]'', the Magistrate of Finance, who oversaw the shogunate's administrative budget.

The term was also used at times for senior councillors within domain governments.

 

The term was also used at times for senior councillors within domain governments, figures more often referred to as ''[[karo|karô]]'' today.

==Selected List of Rôjû==

==Selected List of Rôjû==

*[[Mizuno Tadayuki]] (served 1717-?)

*[[Mizuno Tadayuki]] (served 1717-?)

*[[Honda Tadayoshi (1690-1751)|Honda Tadayoshi]] (served [[1734]]-[[1735]])

*[[Honda Tadayoshi (1690-1751)|Honda Tadayoshi]] (served [[1734]]-[[1735]])

*[[Matsudaira Yasuyoshi]]<!--松平康福--> ([[1763]]-[[1788]])

*[[Matsudaira Yasuyoshi]] ([[1763]]-[[1788]])

*[[Abe Masasuke]] (served [[1764]]-?)

*[[Matsudaira Takechika]] (d. [[1779]]).

*[[Matsudaira Takechika]] (d. [[1779]]).

*[[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] (served 1780s-[[1793]])

*[[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] (served 1780s-[[1793]])

*[[Abe Masatomo]] (served 1788-[[1803]])

*[[Torii Tadaoki]] (served c. 1787)

*[[Makino Sadanaga]] (served c. 1787)

*[[Abe Masatomo]] (served 1787/3-1788/2)

*[[Matsudaira Nobuakira]] (served 1788-1803)

*[[Matsudaira Nobuakira]] (served 1788-1803)

*[[Torii Tadataka]] (served c. 1790)

*[[Torii Tadataka]] (served c. 1790)

*[[Sakai Tadakiyo]]

*[[Sakai Tadakiyo]]

*[[Mizuno Tadaakira]] (served [[1818]]-?)

*[[Mizuno Tadaakira]] (served [[1818]]-?)

*[[Manabe Akikatsu]] (served [[1840]]-[[1843]], [[1858]]-[[1859]])

*[[Hotta Masayoshi]] (1850s)

*[[Abe Masahiro]] (1850s)

*[[Mizuno Tadakuni]]

*[[Manabe Akikatsu]] (served [[1840]]-1843, [[1858]]-[[1859]])

*[[Kuze Hirochika]] (served c. 1849-1858, 1860-?)

*[[Matsudaira Noriyasu]] (served c. 1850-1855, 1858-?)

*[[Toda Tadayoshi]] (d. 1851)

*[[Hotta Masayoshi]] (1850s-1858)

*[[Abe Masahiro]] (1850s - d. 1857)

*[[Makino Tadamasa]] (early 1850s)

*[[Ando Nobumasa|Andô Nobumasa]]

*[[Ando Nobumasa|Andô Nobumasa]]

*[[Itakura Katsukiyo]] (ousted [[1864]])

*[[Itakura Katsukiyo]] (ousted [[1864]])

*[[Inaba Masakuni]]

*[[Inaba Masakuni]]

*[[Sakai Tadato]]

*[[Sakai Tadato]]

==References==

==References==