Glossary of Japanese History - T

T

• taikō (太閤) - a title frequently taken on by retired kampaku (Imperial regents). The term is most commonly used in reference to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
• tairō (大老) - the highest-ranking government post of the Tokugawa shogunate. There was usually only one tairō, or, at times, none.
• tandai (探題) - during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, tandai was a colloquialism for a high-ranking official (for example a shikken or rensho) with governmental, judiciary or military responsibilities within a certain area.
• Tokugawa (徳川) - Tokugawa Ieyasu united Japan through force, becoming its shogun in 1603. His family ruled in that position until 1867.
• tokusō (得宗) - the head of the mainline Hōjō clan, who monopolized the position of shikken (see above) during the Kamakura shogunate.
• tozama (外様) - a daimyo who had become a vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu after the Battle of Sekigahara (see fudai). There were tozama who had fought both for and against Ieyasu.