Beginning with the elder brother of the second Shogun, Hidetada TOKUGAWA, and second son of Ieyasu, Hideyasu YUKI, was sent to the Echizen domain, he placed Tokugawa family members as Daimyo all of the country.
さらに2代将軍徳川秀忠の兄で家康の2男である結城秀康を越前藩に封じたのをはじめ、全国に徳川一門の大名を置いた。