[daimyo] The 親藩 daimyo were certain relatives of the Tokugawa shoguns of Japan. While all shinpan were relatives of the shogun, not all relatives of the shogun were shinpan; an example of this is the Matsudaira clan of the Okutono Domain. The shinpan lords were also known as kamon daimyō (家門大名) — non-daimyo relatives, such as... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinpan_(daimyo)
[daimyō] The English spelling does not use the macron, even though the macron is correct when writing Japanese in romaji. ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinpan_(daimyō)