The Shogun,Tokugawa Ieyasu and Court Ranking at Edo

Author: * Miyako Shizuko No Sa Mutemwiya - 6 Posts on this thread out of 38 Posts sitewide.
Date: Jan 13, 2004 - 19:49

"do not forget, the two Swords are the heart of the samurai; if it forgets them or if it loses them, it is never forgiven "

Shôgun Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 - 1616.

Few leaders in Japanese history are as difficult to gauge as Tokugawa Ieyasu.Japanese military leader and statesman, founder of the Tokugawa dynasty of shoguns. Born Matsudaira, Tokugawa Ieyasu was the last of the three unifiers who put Japan together again after the Warring States Period Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the shogunate in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1603 that endured for 15 generations and over 260 years.

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Clasification of Daimyo Ranksaccording to the Audience Room at the Shoguns Court at Edo

Rank	Audience Room	Catigory of Daimyo
1^st	Grand Corridor (o-roka-zumi)	Members of the three exaulted families ( sanke)
2^nd	Lounge ( tama-rima -zume )	Members of the Masudaira families ( gokamon ) and the heriditary daimyo ( fudai )
3^rd	Main Hall ( o-hiroma-zume )	Members of the Masudaira families ( gokamon ) , the heriditary daimyo ( fudai ), and of the "outside" daimyo ( tozama ) with over 100,000 koku in yearly income
4^th	Reception Hall ( teikannoma-zume )	Members of the daimyo families of the third rank with less than 100,000 koku in yearly income
5^th	Willow Room ( yanaginoma-zume 0	"Outside" daimyo ( tozama ) with less than 50,000 koku in yearly income
6^th	Wild Goose Room ( karinoma-zume )	Hereditary daimyo with ( fudai ) with less than 50,000 koku in yearly income
7^th	Crysanthemum Room ( kikunoma-zume )	Daimyo with out castles ( mujo daimyo ) with a yearly income between 10,00 and 20,000 koku
8^th	Other less celibrated halls	other lords