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 policymaker, 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''

NameFromToShogun
Sakai TadayoMarch 12, 1636March 19, 1636Tokugawa Iemitsu
Doi ToshikatsuNovember 7, 1638July 10, 1644Tokugawa Iemitsu
Sakai TadakatsuNovember 7, 1638May 26, 1656Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Sakai TadakiyoMarch 29, 1666December 9, 1680Tokugawa Ietsuna
Ii NaozumiNovember 19, 1668January 3, 1676Tokugawa Ietsuna
Hotta MasatoshiNovember 12, 1681August 28, 1684Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Ii NaookiJune 13, 1696March 2, 1700Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Yanagisawa YoshiyasuJanuary 11, 1706June 3, 1709Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Ii NaookiFebruary 13, 1711February 23, 1714Tokugawa Ienobu
Tokugawa Ietsugu
Ii NaoyukiNovember 28, 1784September 1, 1787Tokugawa Ieharu
Tokugawa Ienari
Ii NaoakiDecember 28, 1835May 13, 1841Tokugawa Ienari
Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Ii NaosukeApril 23, 1858March 24, 1860Tokugawa Iesada
Tokugawa Iemochi
Sakai TadashigeFebruary 1, 1865November 12, 1865Tokugawa Iemochi