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Rōjū

The Rōjū (老中), 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…

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Duties

Under Tokugawa Ieyasu

Under Tokugawa Hidetada

Under Tokugawa Iemitsu

Under Tokugawa Ietsuna

Under Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

Under Tokugawa Ienobu and Ietsugu

Under Tokugawa Yoshimune

Under Tokugawa Ieshige

Under Tokugawa Ieharu

Under Tokugawa Ienari

Under Tokugawa Ieyoshi

Under Tokugawa Iesada

Under Tokugawa Iemochi and Yoshinobu

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Rōjū

Nodes191
Edges190
Triples26
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010471
Components1

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Rōjū

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related to References · 15
Rōjū → George Bailey, History, Isaac Titsingh, ISBN, Japan, Japanese Wikipedia, London, RoutledgeCurzon, Sansom, Secret Memoirs, Shoguns, Stanford, Stanford University Press, The, Timon
related to Duties · 11
Rōjū → Coinage, Compilation, Court, Emperor, Governmental, Managing, Prince-Abbots, Relations, Shogun's, Supervision, The Rōjū

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served government tokugawa japan council usually list shōguns koku supervision shogun power held hotta masayoshi abe posts edo period number

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Rōjūrelated to DutiesThe Rōjū0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesRelations0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesEmperor0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesCourt0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesPrince-Abbots0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesSupervision0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesManaging0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesShogun's0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesCoinage0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesGovernmental0.60section
Rōjūrelated to DutiesCompilation0.60section
Rōjūrelated to ReferencesThe0.60section

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