Tairō

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Tairō

High-ranking position within the Tokugawa Shogunate

Tairō (Japanese: 大老, "great elder")[1] was a high-ranking official position in the Tokugawa shogunate government of Japan, roughly comparable to the office of prime minister.[2] The tairō presided over the governing rōjū council in the event of an emergency. A tairō was nominated from among the fudai daimyōs, who worked closely with the Tokugawa traditionally.[3] Generally, the office holder was the shogunate's chief policy maker, and provided Japan with a capable temporary leader in the absence of a shōgun, or in the event that the shōgun was incapacitated.

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  1. [1]
    Deal, William E. (2007). Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533126-4.
  2. [2]
    Shiba, Ryotaro; Hori, Tadashi (1986). "Japanese History: From a Personal Viewpoint". Review of Japanese Culture and Society. 1 (1): 40–45. ISSN 0913-4700. JSTOR 42800063.
  3. [3]
    Reiko, Tanimura (2013). "Tea of the warrior in the late Tokugawa period". In Pitelka, Morgan (ed.). Japanese Tea Culture. doi:10.4324/9781315888071. ISBN 9781134535316.
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    Sansom, George. (1963). A History of Japan: 1615–1867, p. 22., p. 22, at Google Books
  5. [5]
    Sansom, p. 63., p. 63, at Google Books
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    Sansom, p. 131–132., p. 131, at Google Books
  7. [7]
    Sansom, p. 137., p. 137, at Google Books
  8. [8]
    Cullen, Louis. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582–1941, p. 180–186.

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