Template talk:Tokugawa Organization Chart

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[edit] First draft

The first draft of this chart was closely modeled on a published source, as indicated at the bottom of the graphic below; and initial modifications expanded only those areas which were indicated by "etc." The second step incorporated additional offices already listed on the Wikipedia Bugyō page; and the order of bugyō follows the sequence which was previously established in earlier drafts of the article.

Ōmetsuke

Rōjū

Gundai, Saika

Tairō

Kanjō bugyō

Kinza, Ginza

Shoshidai (Kyoto)

Jisha bugyō

SHOGUN

Jodai (Sumpu, Osaka)

Sobayōin (Nagasaki, Yamada, Nikkō, Sadō, etc.)

Ongoku bugyō

Wakadoshiyori

Daimyō (approximately 260-270 families)

• Source: Iwao Seuchi. (1978). Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History. Tokyo: Kodansha

I wonder if perhaps the order or placement of one or more of the cells would be an improvement? Perhaps there is some other change which could improve the overall impression? --Tenmei (talk) 01:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chronology

Some of the positions which are identified in this chart were only created in the late 19th century, in the Bakumatsu period. Maybe it makes sense to add dates to those later additions in order to distinguish them from positions which were consistent throughout the years of the shogunate? Just a thought? --Tenmei (talk) 15:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citations supporting edits to organization tree

Further research has caused me to make edits to the original template I copied in large part from the Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History. My most recent edits have included a cite reference in the edit summary -- pointing to Murdock to explain why the Sakai bugyo is identified as a kind of sub-set or sub-branch of the Kyoto shoshidai, for example. I wonder if there is a better or more preferred way to make this kind of information plain in the context of a template? --19:43, 19 April 2008 (UTC)