Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Shinpan

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Shinpan

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alternative words: Simpan
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related topics: Edo shogunate , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Gosanke , Daimyo , Tozama , Han , Bakumatsu , Tokugawashi
explanation: During Edo period, daimyo descending from Tokugawa Ieyasu were called "shinpan", i.e. relative han (domain). They were Gosanke (3 successor houses, i.e. Ki, Owari and Mito domains), Echizen Matsudaira, Aizu Matsudaira and their sub-branches. They had been installed in different strategic places over Japan to watch Tozama daimyo and defend Edo shogunate but only Aizu domain defended actively shogunate in Bakumatsu period.