御ご三さん卿きょう

noun

three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)

Historical term referring to the three cadet branches of the Tokugawa shogunate, established to provide heirs to the main line. Often contrasted with the 御三家 (gosanke).

See also: 三卿

• 御ご三さん卿きょうは、田た安やす・清水しみず・一ひとつ橋ばしの三さん家けから成なる。

  The Gosankyō consists of the three families: Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、御ご三さん卿きょうは将しょう軍ぐん家けの後こう継けい者しゃを出だす役やく割わりを担になった。

  During the Edo period, the Gosankyō played the role of providing successors to the shogun family.