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.
Shinpan daimyo refers to the daimyo of domains ruled by branches of the Tokugawa family.
Fudai daimyo were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa, while shinpan daimyo were blood relatives.
Tozama daimyo were outside lords who submitted to the Tokugawa after the Battle of Sekigahara, unlike the familial shinpan daimyo.
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.