Rōjū
The , usually translated as "Elder", was one of the highest-ranking government posts under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council of Elders as a whole; under the first two "shōguns", there were only two "Rōjū". The number was then increased to five, and later reduced to four. The "Rōjū" were appointed from the ranks of the "fudai daimyōs" with domains of between 25,000 and 50,000 "koku".
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