Rōjū

[松平定信] Daimyo and Roju (1759-1829)

The , usually translated as Elder, was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council of Elders as a whole; under the first two shōguns, there were only two Rōjū. The number was then increased to five, and later reduced to four. The Rōjū were usually appointed from the ranks of the fudai daimyōs with domains of between 25,000 and 50,000 koku.

Japanese politician (1819-1857)

daimyo (1719-1788)

daimyo

daimyo (1810-1864)

daimyo

Military commander and daimyo in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu

daimyo who ruled the Matsumae Domain

daimyo (1820–1871)

[松平信綱] Roju of Tokugawa shogunate; daimyo of Kawagoe

daimyo

daimyo of the early Edo period, Tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate; 1st lord of Obama

Japanese daimyo

daimyo

Japanese Daimyo (1823–1889)

daimyo

daimyo

rōjū to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna

daimyo

daimyo

daimyo

Daimyo in the Tokugawa shogunate

daimyo (1819-1864)

daimyo

Seventeenth century daimyō

daimyo

daimyo (1650-1732)

Daimyo served in a variety of positions in the Tokugawa Shogunate

daimyo (1804–1884)

daimyo

daimyo

Daimyo in the early Edo period; son of Honda Masanobu

[松平乗寿] daimyo of Iwamura, Hamamatsu and Tatebayashi

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daimyo

Japanese noble

daimyo (1805–1847)

Japanese noble

Japanese Daimyo (1809-1874)

daimyo (1822–1891)

Samurai, Roju (1731-1802)

daimyo

daimyo (1782-1840)

Daimyo who ruled the Obama Domain

daimyo who ruled the Yoshida Domain (1793-1844)

daimyo

Japanese noble

15 Feb 1828 - 20 Apr 1887

daimyo of the late Edo period, lord of Tabnagura, Kawagoe. Roju of the Tokugawa shogunate (1830-1904)

[松平忠周] daimyo of the middle Edo period; 1st lord of Ueda. Roju of Tokugawa shogunate

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daimyo

daimyo (1683-1744)

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daimyo (1782-1837)

daimyo of Odawara, Takata and Sakura

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daimyo (1809–1873)