French version
Gosanke御三家alternative words: Three successor houses, 3 successor houses, Vice shogun keywords: family , title related topics: Edo shogunate , Shogun , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Tokugawa Yoshinobu , Tokugawashi explanation: 3 families issued from 3 young children of Tokugawa Ieyasu and allowed to succeed a shogun, if the latter dies without a male successor. They are: Kii domain in Wakayama prefecture, Owari domain in Aichi prefecture and Mito domain in Ibaraki prefecture. They had been also allowed to carry the name of Tokugawa, same as shogun himself and to give advices on the policy of shogunate. | |