o-doshiyori

Updated: May 5, 2025

The duties of the dairo sometimes called karo or o-doshiyori were to preside over the roju and to handle important administrative affairs. To the office of dairo a specially distinguished member of the roju was appointed, and if no one possessing the necessary qualifications was available, that post had to be left vacant.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era