Tairō


Tairō was a high-ranking official position in the Tokugawa shogunate government of Japan, roughly comparable to the office of prime minister. 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. 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.

List of ''tairō''

NameDomainFromTo
Sakai TadayoHarimaMarch 12, 1636March 19, 1636
Doi ToshikatsuShimōsaNovember 7, 1638July 10, 1644
Sakai TadakatsuObamaNovember 7, 1638May 26, 1656
Sakai TadakiyoHarimaMarch 29, 1666December 9, 1680
Ii NaozumiŌmiNovember 19, 1668January 3, 1676
Hotta MasatoshiShimousaNovember 12, 1681August 28, 1684
Ii NaookiŌmiJune 13, 1696March 2, 1700
Yanagisawa YoshiyasuYamatoJanuary 11, 1706June 3, 1709
Ii NaookiŌmiFebruary 13, 1711February 23, 1714
Ii NaoyukiŌmiNovember 28, 1784September 1, 1787
Ii NaoakiŌmiDecember 28, 1835May 13, 1841
Ii NaosukeŌmiApril 23, 1858March 24, 1860
Sakai TadashigeHarimaFebruary 1, 1865November 12, 1865