Kikuma Engawa - Kikuma Engawa

...Perhaps for this reason, the Roju were often chosen from among the daimyo who lived in Ganma. (7) Kikuma Hiroen was also called Kikuma Engawa or Kikuma Enjo, and was staffed by fudai daimyo without castles with 20,000 koku or less of land, and there were 36 of them at the end of the Edo period. In addition, various ranks were established to rank and order the daimyo, such as the Matsudaira-giving surname (the surname Matsudaira was given, but it was mainly given to daimyo who were not related to the shogun) which gave them the treatment of being related to the shogun, and the case where one character of the shogun's name was given to them (if the shogun was Iemitsu, the character Mitsu was given, and they were called Mitsukuni or Mitsumasa) (mainly given to the three families and the related clans of the Echizen Matsudaira clan, and to daimyo who were not related to the shogun). ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Kikuma Engawa" is listed below.

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…そのためか，雁間詰大名から老中が選ばれることが非常に多い。(7)菊間広縁は菊間縁側，菊間縁頰とも呼ばれ，2万石クラス以下の無城の譜代大名が詰め，幕末では36家あった。　さらに将軍と親戚であるという待遇を与えるところの松平賜姓(松平の苗字を与えるがおもに国主外様大名に対してなされる)や，将軍の名前の一字を与えて名のらせる(将軍が家光なら光の字を与え，光圀とか光政と名のらせる)場合(三家や越前松平氏系の親藩，それに国主外様大名におもに与えられる)など，種々な格式をもうけて大名をランクづけし秩序だて，大名統制に利用した。…

※「菊間縁側」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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