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Sakai

 

  • Domain: Himeji
  • Stipend: 155,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 4
  • Headquarters: Himeji Castle (Hilltop)

Daimyo family coming from Mikawa and descended from Minamoto Arichika. Arichika had two sons: one, Yasuchika, took the name of Matsudaira; the other, Chikauji, that of Sakai, and is the ancestor of the family of that name. Hirochika, son of Chikauji, also had two sons who were the head of the two principal branches of the family.

Succession

  • Chikauji
  • Hirochika
  • Ietada
  • Nobuchika
  • Ietsugu
  • Kiyohide
  • Masachika ( -1576)
  • Shigetada - Daimyo of Kawagoe (Musashi -- 10,000 koku); 1st Sakai daimyo of Maebashi (Kozuke -- 150,000 koku)
  • Tadayo (1572-1636)
  • Tadayuki
  • Tadakiyo (1624-1681)
  • Tadataka
  • Tadami
  • Chikayoshi
  • Chikatomo
  • Tadazumi - 9th Sakai daimyo of Maebashi; 1st Sakai daimyo of Himeji
  • Tadazane
  • Tadahiro
  • Tadamitsu
  • Tadanori
  • Tadatomi
  • Tadateru
  • Tadashige
  • Tadatou
  • Tadakuni

Notable Ancestors

  • Sakai Masachika ( -1576)

Served the Tokugawa, Nobutada, Kiyoyasu, and Hirotada. In 1561 he took the castle of Nishio (Mikawa), which was afterwards entrusted to his care.

  • Sakai Shigetada

Son of Masachika. In 1590 received the fief of Kawagoe (Musashi -- 15,000 koku), and in 1601 that of Maebashi (Kozuke -- 35,000 koku). During the Osaka campaign (1615) he guarded the castle of Edo.

  • Sakai Tadakiyo (1624-1681)

Governed during the illness of the Shogun Ietsuna (1675-1680) and showed great talents for administration.

In 1749 his descendants were transferred to Himeji (Harima -- 150,000 koku), where they remained.

Related Branches

  • Senior branch: Tsurugaoka (Dewa -- 120,000 koku)
  • Branch: Matsumine (Dewa -- 20,000 koku)
  • Branch: Isezaki (Kozuke -- 20,000 koku)
  • Branch: Katsuyama (Awa -- 12,000 koku)
  • Branch: Obama (Wakasa -- 103,500 koku)
  • Branch: Tsuruga (Echizen -- 10,000 koku)

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Honda

 

  • Domain: Yamasaki (Shisou)
  • Stipend: 10,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 5
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Daimyo family originating in Mikawa and descended from Fujiwara Kanemichi (925-977).

Younger branch of Masanaga. From 1639 resided at Yamasaki.

Succession

  • Tadakatsu (1548-1610) - 1st Honda daimyo of Otaki (Kazusa - 100,000 koku); 1st Honda daimyo of Kuwana (Ise -- 100,000 koku)
  • Tadamasa - 2nd Honda daimyo of Kuwana; 1st Honda daimyo of Himeji (Harima -- 150,000 koku)
  • Masatomo
  • Masakatsu (1614-1671) - 3rd Honda daimyo of Himeji; 1st Honda daimyo of Koriyama (Yamato -- 90,000 koku)
  • Masanaga
  • Masatoshi/Masanobu
  • Masatoshi - 1st Honda daimyo of Koriyama (Yamato -- 10,000 koku), sub-lineage
  • Tadahide - 2nd Honda daimyo of Koriyama; 1st Honda daimyo of Yamasaki
  • Tadakata
  • Tadatoki
  • Tadatou
  • Tadayoshi
  • Tadaoki
  • Tadataka
  • Tadachika
  • Tadaaki

Notable Ancestors

  • Honda Tadakatsu (1548-1610)

Was a companion of Ieyau in all his campaigns. When in 1590 the latter received Kanto as a fief, he nominated Tadakatsu daimyo of Otaki (Kazusa -- 100,000 koku), and after Sekigahara (1600) transferred him to Kuwana (Ise -- 150,000 koku).

  • Honda Masakatsu (1614-1671)

In 1639 was selected to continue the elder branch and made daimyo of Koriyama (Yamato -- 90,000 koku).

  • Honda Masanaga

In 1679 was transferred to Fukushima (Mutsu), and in 1684 to Himeji (Harima -- 150,000 koku).

Related Branches

  • Elder branch: Himeji (Harima -- 250,000 koku)
  • Branch: Izumi (Mutsu -- 20,000 koku)
  • Branch: Okazaki (Mikawa -- 50,000 koku)

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Mori

 

  • Domain: Ako
  • Stipend: 20,000 koku
  • Class: Tozama 5
  • Headquarters: Ako Castle (Flatland)

Daimyo family coming from Mino and descended from Minamoto Yoshitaka ( -1159), 7th son of Yoshiie (Seiwa-Genji).

Elder branch.

Succession

  • Yoshinari (1523-1570)
  • Tadamasa (1570-1634) - Daimyo of Matsushiro (Shinano -- 137,000 koku); 1st Mori daimyo of Tsuyama (Mimasaka -- 185,000 koku)
  • Nagatsugu
  • Nagatake
  • Naganari
  • Atsutoshi (Tadatsugu) - 5th Mori daimyo of Tsuyama
  • Naganao - 1st Mori daimyo of Ako
  • Nagataka
  • Naganari
  • Masafusa
  • Tadahiro (daimyo 1747-1769)
  • Tadaoki
  • Tadasuke
  • Tadaakira
  • Tadataka
  • Tadanori
  • Tadatsune
  • Tadanori

Notable Ancestors

  • Mori Yoshinari (1523-1570)

Son of Yoshiyuki, Echigo no kami, first served Saito Toshimasa, then Oda Nobunaga, and was killed whilst fighting against Asai Nagamasa and Asakura Yoshikage.

  • Mori Nagayoshi/Nagakazu (1558-1584)

Succeeded his father as lord of Kanayama (Mino) and took part in Nobunaga's campaigns against the bonzes of Nagashima (Ise) (1575) and against the Takeda (1582); after the destruction of the latter, he received 100,000 koku as revenue in Shinano. He was killed at the battle of Nagakute, whilst opposing Ieyasu.

  • Mori Tadamasa (1570-1634)

Younger brother of Nagayoshi, succeeded him in his fief of Matsushiro (Shinano -- 120,000 koku). In 1603 he was transferred to Tsuyama (Mimasaka -- 185,000 koku) with the title of Mimasaka no kami.

In 1697, his great-grandson having died without issue in, his domains returned to the Shogun; then a relative, Tadatsugu, was chosen to perpetuate his name and received 20,000 koku income; in 1706 he settled at Ako, where his descendants remained.

Related Branches

  • Junior branch: Mikazuki (Harima -- 15,000 koku)

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Mori

 

  • Domain: Mikazuki
  • Stipend: 10,000 koku
  • Class: Tozama 5
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Daimyo family coming from Mino and descended from Minamoto Yoshitaka ( -1159), 7th son of Yoshiie (Seiwa-Genji).

Junior branch, which from 1697 resided at Mikazuki.

Succession

  • Yoshinari (1523-1570)
  • Tadamasa (1570-1634) - Daimyo of Matsushiro (Shinano -- 137,000 koku); 1st Mori daimyo of Tsuyama (Mimasaka -- 185,000 koku)
  • Nagatsugu
  • Nagatoshi - 1st Mori daimyo of Mikazuki
  • Naganori
  • Toshiharu
  • Toshitsugu
  • Hayaatsu
  • Nagayoshi
  • Nagaatsu
  • Nagakuni
  • Toshishige

Notable Ancestors

  • Mori Yoshinari (1523-1570)

Son of Yoshiyuki, Echigo no kami, first served Saito Toshimasa, then Oda Nobunaga, and was killed whilst fighting against Asai Nagamasa and Asakura Yoshikage.

  • Mori Nagayoshi/Nagakazu (1558-1584)

Succeeded his father as lord of Kanayama (Mino) and took part in Nobunaga's campaigns against the bonzes of Nagashima (Ise) (1575) and against the Takeda (1582); after the destruction of the latter, he received 100,000 koku as revenue in Shinano. He was killed at the battle of Nagakute, whilst opposing Ieyasu.

  • Mori Tadamasa (1570-1634)

Younger brother of Nagayoshi, succeeded him in his fief of Matsushiro (Shinano -- 120,000 koku). In 1603 he was transferred to Tsuyama (Mimasaka -- 185,000 koku) with the title of Mimasaka no kami.

In 1697, his great-grandson having died without issue in, his domains returned to the Shogun; then a relative, Tadatsugu, was chosen to perpetuate his name and received 20,000 koku income; in 1706 he settled at Ako, where his descendants remained.

Related Branches

  • Elder branch: Ako (Harima -- 20,000 koku)

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Wakisaka

 

  • Domain: Tatsuno
  • Stipend: 53,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 5
  • Headquarters: Tatsuno Castle (Mountaintop)

Daimyo family descended from the Fujiwara.

Succession

  • Yasuharu (1554-1626) -  1st Wakisaka daimyo of Osu (Iyo -- 53,000 koku)
  • Yasumoto (1581-1654) - 2nd Wakisaka daimyo of Osu; 1st Wakisaka daimyo of Iida (Shinano -- 55,000 koku)
  • Yasumasa - 2nd Wakisaka daimyo of Iida; 1st Wakisaka daimyo of Tatsuno
  • Yasuteru
  • Yasuzumi
  • Yasuoki (1809-1874, daimyo 1841-1862)
  • Yasuhiro
  • Yasuzane
  • Yasuchika
  • Yasutada
  • Yasuori
  • Yasuaya

Notable Ancestors

  • Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554-1626)

Served Akechi Mitsuhide, then Hideyoshi. In 1585 he received the island of Awaji in fief and established himself in the castle of Sumoto (30,000 koku). During the Korean expedition he commanded a part of the Japanese fleet. In 1600 he placed himself under the command of Kobayakawa Hideaki, whom he followed when the latter, in the midst of the Battle of Sekigahara, passed to the side of Ieyasu. He contributed to the defeat of Ishida Kazushige, and then stormed the castle of Sawayama. In 1609 he was transferred to Osu (Iyo -- 50,000 koku), and in 1617 to Iida (Shinano).

  • Wakisaka Yasumoto (1581-1654)

Son of Yasuharu. He took part in the siege of Osaka (1615), replacing his father, who refused to go under the plea that he had been a kerai of Hideyoshi. He inherited the fief of Iida.

In 1672 the family was transferred to Tatsuno, where it resided.

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Hitotsuyanagi

 

  • Domain: Ono
  • Stipend: 10,000 koku
  • Class: Tozama 5
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Daimyo family native of Mino which descended from Kono Michinao. It was divided into two branches for the two sons of Naomori (1565-1636).

Elder branch. Resided successively at Kanbe (Ise), Saijo (Iyo), and since 1670 at Ono.

Succession

  • Naoie
  • Naotsugu
  • Suehiro
  • Suehide
  • Suenaga
  • Suefusa
  • Nobuyoshi
  • Suechika
  • Suenobu
  • Sueyoshi
  • Suenori

Related Branches

  • Younger branch: Komatsu (Iyo -- 10,000 koku)

Sources

 


 

Matsudaira (Echizen)

 

  • Domain: Akashi
  • Stipend: 80,000 koku (100,000 status)
  • Class: Shinpan 4
  • Headquarters: Akashi Castle (Hilltop)

Family issued from Hideyasu, 2nd son of Ieyasu.

Branch issued from Naoyoshi, 5th son of Hideyasu, who resided: in 1624 at Kinomoto (Echizen -- 25,000 koku); in 1635 at Katsuyama (Echizen -- 35,000 koku); in 1644 at Ono (Echizen -- 60,000 koku); then from 1682 at Akashi.

Succession

  • Hideyasu (1574-1607)
  • Naoyoshi - Daimyo of Katsuyama (Echizen -- 35,000 koku); 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Ono (Echizen -- 60,000 koku)
  • Naoakira - 2nd Matsudaira daimyo of Ono; 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Akashi
  • Naotsune
  • Naozumi
  • Naohiro/Naoyasu
  • Naoyuki
  • Naochika
  • Naritsugu
  • Narikoto
  • Yoshinori
  • Naomune

Notable Ancestors

  • Matsudaira Hideyasu (1574-1607)

Was brought up by Hideyoshi, and took part in his campaign in Kyushu against the Shimazu (1587). In 1590 Yuki Harumoto, daimyo of Shimosa, having no children, asked Hideyoshi to get him an adoptive son; Hideyoshi selected Hideyasu, who from that moment bore the name of Yuki and entered into possession of the fief of Yuki (100,000 koku). In 1600 he accompanied his father in the war against Uesugi Kagekatsu, then assisted at the battle of Sekigahara, after which he received the daimyoate of Kita-no-sho (Echizen -- 670,000 koku). He died at the age of 33, leaving five sons, whose descendants formed the eight branches of Matsudaira of Echizen.

Related Branches

  • Senior branch: Tsuyama (Mimasaka -- 100,000 koku)
  • Junior branch: Fukui (Echizen -- 320,000 koku)
  • Junior branch: Itoigawa (Echigo -- 10,000 koku)
  • Branch of Naomasa: Matsue (Izumo -- 186,000 koku)
  • Branch: Hirose (Izumo -- 30,000 koku)
  • Branch: Mori (Izumo -- 10,000 koku)
  • Branch of Naomoto: Umayabashi (Kozuke -- 170,000 koku)

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Tatebe

 

  • Domain: Hayashida
  • Stipend: 10,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 5
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Daimyo family descended from Sasaki Yaritsuna (Uda-Genji). From 1617 it resided at Hayashida.

Succession

  • Masanaga - Daimyo of Amagasaki (Settsu -- 10,000 koku); 1st Tatebe daimyo of Hayashida
  • Masaaki
  • Masanoki
  • Masachika
  • Masatami
  • Naganori
  • Masakata
  • Masaatsu
  • Masayo

Sources

 


 

Ogasawara

 

  • Domain: Anshi
  • Stipend: 10,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 5
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Family of daimyo originating in Shinano, and descended from Takeda Yoshikiyo (Seiwa-Genji).

Branch which fixed its residence: in 1617 at Tatsuno (Harima); in 1632 at Nakatsu (Buzen); finally from 1716 at Anshi.

Succession

  • Hidemasa (1569-1615)
  • Tadanaga
  • Nagatsugu - Daimyo of Tatsuno (Harima -- 60,000 koku); 1st Ogasawara daimyo of Nakatsu (Buzen -- 40,000 koku)
  • Nagakatsu
  • Nagatane
  • Naganobu
  • Nagasato
  • Nagaoki - 1st Ogasawara daimyo of Anshi (unranked)
  • Nagamichi
  • Nagatame
  • Nagayoshi
  • Nagatake
  • Sadayoshi
  • Sadachika

Notable Ancestors

  • Ogasawara Nagakiyo

Great-grandson of Yoshikiyo. He was the first to take the name of Ogasawara. His descendants became by degrees masters of the whole province of Shinano.

  • Ogasawara Sadamune (1294-1350)

Was governor of Shinano, and at the same time had the administration of the provinces of Hida and Totomi. At first he fought for Hojo Takatoki, then, after the fall of Kamakura, joined the Imperial party. He levied troops in Shinano and Hida, and supported Nitta Yoshisada, but afterwards sided with the Ashikaga. In 1336 he was sent by Takauji to besiege the castle of Kanagasaki (Echizen), where Yoshisada had intrenched himself but he was unable to take it; thereupon he attempted to check Kitabatake Akiie in his march to Kyoto, but was again defeated in Mino.

  • Ogasawara Nagahide

Grandson of Sadamune and son of Nagamoto, was a famous master in the art of bow-shooting, horse-riding, etc. While a professor of the Shogun Yoshimitsu, he was asked to compose with Ise Mitsutada and Imagawa Ujiyori a code of ceremonial for the samurai. These rules of etiquette were Ogasawara-ryu.

  • Ogasawara Nagatoki (1519-1583)

Descendant of Sadamune, was lord of Fukashi (later on, Matsumoto), and incessantly at war with the Takeda of Kai. When Shingen succeeded his father, Nagatoki formed a league against him with Suwa Yorishige, but the latter let himself be duped by his powerful adversary, and in 1553 lost both his life and his domains. Nagatoki too was soon defeated and compelled to seek refuge near Murakami Yoshikiyo in Echigo. The latter furnished him with an army. He then attempted to recover his castle of Fukashi, but being beaten, he sought shelter with Uesugi Kenshin. Thence he repaired to Kyoto, where he taught the Shogun Yoshiteru the rules of archery and horsemanship, in which accomplishments his ancestors had excelled for centuries. He returned to Shinano after the death of Yoshiteru, but was assassinated by his servants.

  • Ogasawara Hidemasa (1569-1615)

Grandson of Nagatoki, served Ieyasu, and in 1590 received from him the fief of Koga (Shimosa -- 20,000 koku). In 1601 he was transferred to Iida (Shinano -- 50,000 koku); and in 1613 he recovered the castle of his ancestors at Fukashi (80,000 koku).

Related Branches

  • Senior branch: Kokura (Buzen -- 150,000 koku)
  • Cadet branch: Chizuka (Buzen -- 10,000 koku)
  • Cadet branch: Karatsu (Hizen -- 60,000 koku)
  • Cadet branch: Katsuyama (Echizen -- 22,000 koku)

Sources

 


 

Niwa

 

  • Domain: Migusa
  • Stipend: 10,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 5
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Family of daimyo originating in Owari and descending from Minamoto Yoshiuji (Seiwa-Genji).

They resided successively: from 1603-1638 at Ibo (Mikawa); from 1638-1742 at Iwamura (Mino); and from 1742 at Migusa.

Succession

  • Ujinobu - 1st Niwa daimyo of Iwamura (Mino -- 20,000 koku)
  • Ujisada
  • Ujizumi
  • Ujiakira
  • Ujioto
  • Shigeuji - 1st Niwa daimyo of Migusa
  • Ujihide
  • Ujiyoshi
  • Ujiteru
  • Ujimasa
  • Ujinaka

Sources

 

 


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