| In that case, this branch family was officially a direct vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun family and not a retainer of the head family, but the head family tended to disdain its branch family. |
その場合、分家側は徳川将軍家の家臣になるから、本家の家臣ではないと言えることになるが、本家の側では何かと分家を卑下しようとする。 |