Category:Sankin kōtai

**sankin-kōtai**
	daimyō's alternate-year residence in Edo, a policy of the Tokugawa shogunate
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Instance of	policy;
Subclass of	gun'yaku;
Location	Japan;
Applies to jurisdiction	Tokugawa shogunate;
Start time	1635;
End time	1862;
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	Q1151844; Library of Congress authority ID: sh2008001301; NDL Authority ID: 00570161; J9U ID: 987007542578405171
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English: Sankin kōtai (参勤交代) ("alternate attendance") was a policy of the shogunate during most of the Edo period of Japanese history. The purpose was to control the daimyo. In adopting the policy, the shogunate was continuing and refining similar policies of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1635, a law required sankin kotai, which was already an established custom. The law remained in force until 1862.