A study of the Sokkin(shogunal intimates) in the Edo period.

本研究从江户时期幕府家族的人际关系和地位变迁两方面考察了江户巴库府家族中的幕府家族。它的重点是江户时代中期前桥的汉书（装载）酒井忠孝。他与有影响力的幕府家族成员柳泽义康有婚姻关系。他们相互依赖，在很多情况下互相帮助。他们与其他大名（军事领主）和霸本（封臣）有着各种复杂的关系。通过对这些关系的分析，本研究揭示了索金在江户时代的地位和作用。

This study examines the Sokkin (shogunal intimates) in the Edo Bakufu regime from two points of view : their human relations and the change of their position in the Edo period. It focuses on Sakai Tadataka, the Hanshu (load) of Maebashi in the middle of the Edo period. He had a matrimonial relation to Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa, an influential Sokkin of Shogun. They were mutually dependent helping each other in many cases. They had various complicated relationship with other Daimyo (military lords) and Hatamoto (bannermen). By analyzing these relationships, this study demonstrates the position and role of the Sokkin in the Edo period.