1. chief retainer; daimyo's ministerHistorical term
2. Karōwere top-ranking samurai officials and advisors in service to the daimyo of feudal Japan. In the Edo period, the policy of sankin kōtai (alternate attendance) required each daimyo to place a karō in Edo and another in the home han (feudal domain). A karō who was in charge of a castle was called the jōdai karō (城代家老), while the one in Edo was called the Edo karō (江戸家老). A general term for a domain-based karō is kunigarō (国家老).
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