Durante el gobierno del shogunato Tokugawa, en el Japón del siglo XVII, Tairō (大老 Tairō? lit. "gran anciano") era una posición gubernamental de alto rango. El tairō, un samurái veterano, usualmente presidiría el concejo de ancianos en caso de una emergencia. Generalmente, la función del tairō era proveer al Japón de un líder temporal capaz en caso de que el shōgun estuviera ausente o incapacitado.

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Tairō (大老, lit. "great elder") was a high-ranking official position in the Tokugawa shogunate government of Japan, roughly comparable to the office of prime minister. The tairō would preside over the governing Rōjū council in the event of an emergency. A tairō would be nominated from among the fudai daimyo, who worked closely with the Tokugawa traditionally. Generally, the office holder was the shogunate's chief policy maker, and provided Japan with a capable temporary leader in the absence of a shogun, or in the event that the shogun was incapacitated.

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