noun
daimyo of a Tokugawa branch domain
Historical term for a daimyo whose domain was held by a branch of the Tokugawa family during the Edo period.
親藩大名は、徳川家の一門によって治められた藩の大名を指す。
Shinpan daimyo refers to the daimyo of domains ruled by branches of the Tokugawa family.
Compound of 親藩 (shinpan, 'relative domain') and 大名 (daimyō, 'feudal lord'). The term was used in the Edo period to classify domains directly related to the Tokugawa shogunate.