Linked from

The 15 pages that link to Sankin-kōtai, each with the reason it gives.

• Edo periodBroader topic: This costly obligation kept daimyo close to the shogun and constrained their autonomy.

• Tokugawa shogunateRelated: It made regional lords spend heavily in Edo and tied their households to the shogun.

• Tokugawa IeyasuRelated: This later policy constrained regional lords and strengthened the regime Ieyasu founded.

• Toyotomi HideyoshiCompared with: This later Tokugawa control mechanism contrasts with Hideyoshi’s own methods of managing regional lords.

• EdoRelated: Daimyo travel and household maintenance kept regional lords tied to the capital.

• DaimyoRelated: It monitored daimyo and imposed substantial travel and household costs.

• Battle of SekigaharaRelated: The political order secured after Sekigahara later enabled this system of control.

• ShogunBroader topic: This policy let Tokugawa shoguns monitor and constrain regional lords.

• TōkaidōRelated: Its processions repeatedly moved lords and large retinues along the Tōkaidō.

• Japanese castleRelated: Travel and residence obligations tied castle-owning lords to the shogunate’s political order.

• Tokugawa HidetadaRelated: Hidetada required the western daimyo to participate, extending central oversight.

• Emperor NinkōRelated: This shogunal policy structured political life during Ninkō’s reign.

• KitamaebuneRelated: The policy generated transport demand and commercial activity across Japan’s regional routes.

• TenpōRelated: Its costs burdened domain finances, one source of the fiscal pressures confronting reformers.

• History of TokyoRelated: The system drew lords, retainers, and commerce into the growing city.