noun
Tokugawa branch domain
Historical term for a feudal domain (han) ruled by a branch family of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period.
親藩は、徳川家の一族が治めた藩です。
Shinpan were domains governed by branches of the Tokugawa family.
水戸藩は親藩の一つだった。
The Mito domain was one of the shinpan.
外様 were domains held by daimyo who submitted to the Tokugawa after the Battle of Sekigahara, contrasting with the trusted 親藩.
From 親 (shin, 'parent' or 'close relative') and 藩 (han, 'domain'), referring to domains held by relatives of the Tokugawa shogun.