譜ふ代だい大だい名みょう

noun

hereditary daimyo (Tokugawa loyalist)

Historical term for daimyo whose families had served Tokugawa Ieyasu before the Battle of Sekigahara (1600). They formed a core of trusted vassals in the Edo-period feudal hierarchy.

• 譜ふ代だい大だい名みょうは江え戸ど幕ばく府ふの重じゅう要ような役やく職しょくに就つくことが多おおかった。

  Fudai daimyo often held important posts in the Edo shogunate.