Fudai daimyō (譜代大名) was a class of daimyō (大名) in the Tokugawa Shogunate (徳川幕府) of Japan who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa before the Battle...

sengoku-daimyo, who arose from the ranks of the shugodai and jizamurai. Among the sengoku daimyō (戦国大名) were many who had been shugo-daimyō, such as...

Tozama daimyō (外様大名, "outside daimyō") was a class of powerful magnates or daimyō (大名) considered to be outsiders by the ruler of Japan during the Edo...

were granted an increase in income and thus promoted to the rank of fudai daimyō. One example of such a promotion is the case of the Hayashi family of...

the country, particularly smaller regions, daimyō, and samurai were more or less identical, since daimyō might be trained as samurai, and samurai might...

power was unquestioned) were known as tozama daimyō. Tozama daimyō were considered inferior to fudai daimyō.[citation needed] On March 24, 1603, Tokugawa...

and their domain every year. The daimyō were separated into the shinpan, relatives of the Tokugawa, the fudai daimyō, who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa...

vassals of the Tokugawa clan. The Miyake were classified as one of the fudai daimyō clans. The clan was descended from the Uda-Genji. The Miyake claimed...

Kakegawa-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō clans who ruled over Kakegawa Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now...

what is now the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture. It was controlled by a fudai daimyō clans throughout its history. During the late Heian period and Muromachi...