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DAIMYO of
SHIMOTSUKE PROVINCE
Toda
 
- Domain: Ashikaga
- Stipend: 11,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Municipal office
Daimyo family from Mikawa and descended from Fujiwara (Sanjo) Sanefusa
(1146-1224)
Branch which from 1682 resided at Ashikaga.
Succession
- Munemitsu
- Norimitsu
- Masamitsu
- Yasumitsu
- Mitsutada
- Tadatsugu (1532-1598)
- Kiyomitsu
- Takatsugu (1565-1615)
- Tadayoshi
- Tadatoki/Tadazono - 1st Toda daimyo of Ashikaga
- Tadasono
- Tadataka
- Tadatoki
- Tadataka
- Tadatomi
- Tadafumi
- Tadayuki
Notable Ancestors
1st lord of Ueno (Mikawa). Towards 1495, he constructed the castle of Tawara (Mikawa), which his descendants kept for several generations.
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Toda
Tadatsugu (1532-1598)
Served Ieyasu. In 1590 received a revenue of 5,000 koku at Shimoda (Izu).
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Toda
Takatsugu (1565-1615)
In 1601 received the fief of Tawara (Mikawa -- 10,000 koku).
Related Branches
- Senior branch: Matsumoto (Shinano -- 60,000 koku)
- Junior branch: Utsunomiya (Shimotsuke -- 77,000 koku)
- Branch: Ogaki (Mino -- 100,000 koku)
- Branch: Nomura (Mino -- 13,000 koku)
Sources
Hotta
- Domain: Sano
- Stipend: 16,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Sano Castle (Hilltop)
Daimyo family of Owari, descended from Takeshiuchi no Sukune.
2nd junior branch, which in 1698 settled at Katata (Omi), and in 1812
was transferred to Sano.
Succession
- Masamori (1606-1651)
- Masatoshi (1631-1684)
- Masataka - 1st Hotta daimyo of Katada (Omi -- 10,000 koku)
- Masanaga
- Masazane
- Masatomi
- Masaatsu - 5th Hotta daimyo of Katada; 1st Hotta daimyo of Sano
- Masahira
- Masatsugu
Notable Ancestors
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Hotta
Masamori (1606-1651)
Kaga no kami, had great influence over the Shogun Iemitsu. In 1635, he was
made daimyo of Kawagoe (Musashi -- 26,000 koku); in 1638, of Matsumoto (Shinano
-- 95,000 koku); and in 1642, of Sakura (Shimosa -- 145,000 koku). At the
death of Iemitsu, he committed suicide (junshi) in order not to survive the
Shogun.
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Hotta
Masatoshi (1631-1684)
Son of Masamori. In 1651, at the death of his father, he received a
revenue of 13,000 koku at Moriya (Shimosa); thence in 1667 he passed to Annaka
(Kozuke -- 20,000 koku). He was successively Waka-doshiyori and Roju; in 1681,
was
nominated Tairo and Chikuzen no kami , and transferred to Koga (Shimosa
-- 115,000 koku).
Related Branches
- Elder branch: Miyagawa (Omi -- 13,000 koku)
- Junior branch: Sakura (Shimosa -- 115,000 koku)
Sources
Okubo
- Domain: Karasuyama
- Stipend: 30,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Karasuyama Castle
Family of daimyo originating in Mikawa and descended from the Utsunomiya,
who were themselves descendants of Fujiwara Michikane (955-995).
Branch coming from Tadatame, 6th son of Tadakazu, resided from 1725 at
Karasuyama.
Succession
- Tadakazu (1510-1582)
- Tadatame (1554-1616)
- Tadatomo
- Tadataka
- Tsuneharu - 1st Okubo daimyo of Karasuyama
- Tadatane
- Tadaaki
- Tadayoshi
- Tadashige
- Tadayasu
- Tadayoshi
- Tadayori
Notable Ancestors
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Okubo
Tadakazu (1510-1582)
Served the Tokugawa and helped in the defeat of Imagawa Yoshimoto (1555).
Related Branches
- Branch: Odawara (Sagami -- 116,000 koku)
- Branch: Ogino (Sagami -- 13,000 koku)
Sources
Otawara
- Domain: Otawara
- Stipend: 12,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Otawara Castle
Family of Daimyo originating in Shimotsuke and descended from the emperor
Heijo-tenno. At first vassals of the Nasu daimyo, they became independent in
consequence of the civil wars of the 16th century, and built the castle of
Otawara.
Succession
- Harukiyo (1567-1631)
- Masakiyo
- Takakiyo
- Norikiyo
- Sumikiyo
- Kiyonobu
- Sukekiyo
- Tomokiyo
- Tsunekiyo
- Mitsukiyo
- Yoshikiyo
- Hirokiyo
- Tomikiyo
- Kazukiyo
Notable Ancestors
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Otawara
Harukiyo (1567-1631)
In 1602, was raised by Ieyasu to the rank of daimyo.
His descendants continued to reside at Otawara (Shimotsuke -- 12,000 koku).
Sources
Oseki
- Domain: Kurobane
- Stipend: 18,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Municipal office
Family of daimyo descended from Tajihi Shima (624-701) and through him,
from the emperor Senka. From 1542, they resided at Kurobane.
Succession
- Sukemasu (disgraced)
- Masamasu (disgraced)
- Takamasu
- Masuchika
- Masunaga
- Masutsune
- Masuoki
- Masutomo
- Masusuke
- Sukeharu
- Masunari
- Masunori
- Masuakira
- Masuyoshi
- Masuhiro
- Masunori (1849-1905, daimyo 1868- )
Sources
Kitsuregawa (Ashikaga)
- Domain: Kitsuregawa
- Stipend: 5,000 koku (10,000 koku status)
- Class: Tozama (non-ranked)
- Headquarters: Unknown castle
Branch of the Kamakura Ashikaga family descended from Yoshiuji.
NOTE: Also known as the Kitsuregawa Ashikaga clan.
Succession
- Minamoto Ninmyo
- Minamoto Montoku
- Minamoto Seiwa
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- Minamoto Sadazumi
- Minamoto Tsunemoto (894-961)
- Minamoto Mitsunaka (912-997)
- Minamoto Yorinobu (968-1048)
- Minamoto Yoriyoshi (995-1082)
- Minamoto Yoshiie (1041-1108)
- Minamoto Yoshikuni ( -1155)
- Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (1126-1157)
- Ashikaga Yoshikane (1147-1196)
- Ashikaga Yoshiuji (1189-1254)
- Ashikaga Yasuuji
- Ashikaga Yoriuji
- Ashikaga Ietoki
- Ashikaga Sadauji
- Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358) - 1st Ashikaga shogun (1338-1358)
- Ashikaga Motouji (1340-1367)
- Ashikaga Ujimitsu (1357-1398)
- Ashikaga Mitsukane (1376-1409)
- Ashikaga Mochiuji (1398-1439)
- Ashikaga Shigeuji (1434-1497)
- Ashikaga Masauji ( -1531)
- Ashikaga Takamoto
- Ashikaga Haruuji ( -1560)
- Ashikaga Yoshiuji
- Kunitomo - 1st Kitsuregawa daimyo of Kitsuregawa
- Yoriuji
- Takanobu
- Akiuji
- Ujiharu
- Sigeuji
- Ujitsura
- Yasuuji
- Chikauji
- Hirouji
- Yoshiuji
- Tsunauji
- Satouji
Notable Ancestors
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Minamoto
Tsunemoto (894-961)
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Son of Sadazumi-shinno. Took part in the campaign against Taira Masakato
(940), against Fujiwara Sumitomo (941) and was named Chinjufu-Shogun. In the
year of his death, he received for himself and for his descendants the name of
Minamoto.
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Minamoto
Mitsunaka (912-997)
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Son of Tsunemoto, was Chinjufu-Shogun. He retired to Tada (Settsu): for
this reason, he is often called Taira Manju and one of the branches of his
family bears to this day the name of Tada.
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Minamoto
Yorinobu (968-1048)
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Brother of Yorimitsu, showed great valor and was named Chinjufu-Shogun. In
1031, he repressed the revolt of Taira Tadatsune in Shimosa.
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Minamoto
Yoriyoshi (995-1082)
Son of Yorinobu, accompanied his father to the war against Taira Tadatsune
and was named Sagami no kami, then Mutsu no kami. He was ordered to fight
against Abe no Yoritoki, who had rebelled in Mutsu: the war lasted nine years
(1055-1063) and finished with the defeat and death of Yoritoki and his sons.
Yoriyoshi was then named Iyo no kami, and is known as Iyo-nyudo because he had
his head shaved soon after this occurence.
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Minamoto
Yoshiie (1041-1108)
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Oldest son of Yoriyoshi, when a boy, was called Genda. At the age of 7, he
performed the ceremony of the genbuku in the temple of Hachiman at Iwashimizu
(Yamashiro) and was from that moment called Hachiman Taro. Having mastered in
a very short time all the branches of the military art, in 1064, he made his
first experiment at arms during the expedition conducted by his father against
Abe Yoritoki, distinguished himself, and on this account received the name of
Dewa no kami. In 1081, ths bonzes of the Mii-dera temple came to besiege
Hiei-zan: Yoshiie was asked to repulse them. Named Chinjufu-Shogun, in 1087,
he had to repress the Kiyowara revolt; at first defeated, he at last succeeded
in his endeavors, owing to the timely help his brother Yoshimitsu brought him
from Kyoto. Yoshiie has remained one of the most renowned heroes of the Middle
Ages and legend has added some marvellous details to his eventful life.
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Minamoto Yoshikuni ( -1155)
Son of Yoshiie, settled in the district of Nitta (Kozuke). He was Kebiishi
and repressed a sedition of Satake Masayoshi in Hitachi. After a quarrel with
the Udaijin Fujiwara Saneyoshi, this latter's house was burned by the servants
of Yoshikuni, who on that account, in 1150, was obliged to retire to Ashikaga
(Shimotsuke), where he died. He is the forefather of the Nitta and the
Ashikaga families.
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Ashikaga
Yoshiyasu (1126-1157)
Mutsu no kami, a grandson of Minamoto Yoshiie and a son of Yoshikuni, was
the first to bear the name of Ashikaga, from the the village where, in 1150, his father
had established his residence. In the civil war of Hogen (1156), he
was on the side of Taira Kiyomori and guarded the imperial palace with
Minamoto Yoshitomo. He died the following year.
Yoshiyasu is the ancestor, not only of the Ashikaga, but also of several
families that played an important part in the events of the 14th, 15th, and
16th centuries.
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Ashikaga
Yoshikane (1147-1196)
3rd son of Ashikaga Yoshikasu, Kazusa no suke, had married a daughter of Hojo Tokimasa and was thus a
brother-in-law of Yoritomo. For that reason he sided with the latter against
the Taira. He took part in the campaign of Noriyori in Kyushu (1185) and in
that of Toritomo in Mutsu (1189), and defeated a certain Okawa Kaneto, who
pretended to be Yoshitsune having escaped from the disaster of Koromogawa.
Soon afterwards he became a bonze.
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Ashikaga
Yoshiuji (1189-1254)
Sama no suke, repressed the revolt of Wada Yoshimori against the Hojo
(1213). During the Shokyu war (1221), he contributed greatly to the defeat of
the troops of the emperor Go-Toba.
Iyo no kami, descendant in the 7th generation of Yoshiie. A writing of the
latter said that the empire would governed by his descendants in the 7th
generation. Seeing that the prophecy of his ancestor was not realized, he went
to the temple of Hachiman, the tutelary god of the Minamoto, and, offering up
his life that the oracle might be fulfilled within three generations, he
committed suicide.
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Ashikaga
Takauji (1305-1358)
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1st Ashikaga shogun, was a son of Sadauji. His mother was of the Hojo
family.
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Ashikaga Motouji (1340-1367)
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1st Kamakura Kanryo, was a son of Takauji.
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Ashikaga Ujimitsu (1357-1398)
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2nd Kamakura Kanryo, a son of Motouji, was only 10 years old when he
succeeded his father in 1367.
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Ashikaga Mitsukane (1376-1409)
3rd Kamakura Kanryo, a son of Ujimitsu, was 22 years old when his father
died. Uesuji Tomomune was his minister.
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Ashikaga Mochiuji (1398-1439)
4th Kamakura Kanryo, a son of Mitsukane, was 11 years old when he succeeded
his father. Uesugi Norisada, shitsuji, ruled for him at the beginning and, at
his death, was replaced by his son Ujinori in 1411.
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Ashikaga Shigeuji (1434-1497)
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4th son of Mochiuji, was taken to Shinano after his father's death, into
his mother's family. He was then 5 years old. His uncle, Oi Mochimitsu,
applied to Nagao Kagenobu, who obtained for Shigeuchi the title of Kanryo in
1449: Uesugi Noritada, a son of Norizane, was shitsuji.
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Ashikaga Masauji ( -1531)
Was a son of Shigeuji and likewise lived in Koga (Koga-kubo). In 1506, his
son Takamoto tried to revolt against him; but peace was restored owing to the
intervention of Nagao Kageharu.
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Ashikaga Haruuji ( -1560)
A grandson of Masauji and a son of Takamoto, married the daughter of Hojo
Ujitsuna, and afterwards took side with the Uesugi. When the latter waged war
against Ujitsuna and besieged the castle of Kawagoe (Musashi), he was defeated
with them.
Was the last Koga-kubo. He had a daughter known by the name of Koga-himegimi,
for whom he adopted Kunitomo, who in 1590 established himself at Kitsuregawa,
where his descendants resided.
Sources
Toda
- Domain: Utsunomiya
- Stipend: 77,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Utsunomiya Castle (Flatland)
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Daimyo family from Mikawa and descended from Fujiwara (Sanjo) Sanefusa
(1146-1224).
Junior branch.
Succession
- Munemitsu
- Norimitsu
- Masamitsu
- Yasumitsu
- Mitsutada
- Tadatsugu (1532-1598)
- Kiyomitsu
- Takatsugu (1565-1615) - 1st Toda daimyo of Tahara (Mikawa -- 10,000 koku)
- Tadayoshi
- Tadaharu/Tadamasa (1632-1699) - 3rd Toda daimyo of Tahara; daimyo
of Iwatsuki (Musashi -- 51,000 koku); 1st Toda daimyo of Sakura (Shimosa --
71,000 koku)
- Tadazane (1651-1729) - 2nd Toda daimyo of Sakura; daimyo of
Takada (Echigo -- 68,000 koku); 1st Toda daimyo of Utsunomiya (Shimotsuke -- 77,000
koku), first tenure
- Tadami
- Tadamitsu - 3rd Toda daimyo of Utsunomiya; 1st Toda daimyo of Shimabara
(77,000 koku)
- Tadatoo - 2nd Toda daimyo of Shimabara; 1st Toda daimyo of Utsunomiya,
second tenure
- Tadanaka
- Tadanobu
- Tadaharu
- Tadaaki
- Tadayuki
- Tadatomo
Notable Ancestors
1st lord of Ueno (Mikawa). Towards 1495, he constructed the castle of
Tahara (Mikawa), which his descendants kept for several generations.
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Toda
Tadatsugu (1532-1598)
Served Ieyasu, and in 1590 received a revenue of 5,000 koku at Shimoda (Izu).
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Toda
Takatsugu (1565-1615)
In 1601 received the fief of Tahara (Mikawa -- 10,000 koku).
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Toda
Tadamasa (1632-1699)
Was transferred in 1664 to Tomioka (Higo); in 1676 to Shimodate (Hitachi);
in 1682 to Iwatsuki (Musashi); in 1686 to Sakura (Shimosa -- 72,000 koku). He
was also Jisha-bugyo, Shoshidai or Kyoto, Roju, etc.
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Toda
Tadazane (1651-1729)
Daimyo of Takata (Echigo) (1701), then in 1710 of Utsunomiya (Shimotsuke).
His descendants transferred in 1749 to Shimabara (Hizen); in 1774 returned to
Utsunomiya (77,000 koku) and resided in that place.
Related Branches
- Senior branch: Matsumoto (Shinano -- 60,000 koku)
- Branch: Ashikaga (Shimotsuke -- 10,000 koku)
- Branch: Ogaki (Mino -- 100,000 koku)
- Branch: Nomura (Mino -- 13,000 koku)
Sources
Torii
- Domain: Mibu
- Stipend: 30,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Mibu Castle
Daimyo family descended from Fujiwara Moromasa ( -969) and coming from
Mikawa.
Succession
- Tadayoshi ( -1571)
- Mototada (1539-1600)
- Tadamasa (1567-1628) - Daimyo of Iwakitaira (Mutsu -- 12,000 koku); 1st
Torii daimyo of Yamagata (Dewa -- 22,000 koku)
- Tadatsune ( -1636)
- Tadaharu (1608-1651) - 1st Torii daimyo of Takato (Shinano -- 8,000 koku)
- Tadanori
- Tadateru - Daimyo of Minakuchi (Omi -- 30,000 koku); 1st Torii daimyo
of Mibu
- Tadaakira
- Tadaoki
- Tadateru
- Tadaakira
- Tadahira
- Tadatomi
- Tadafumi (1847-1914, daimyo 1870- )
Notable Ancestors
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Torii
Mototada (1539-1600)
Son of Tadayoshi. In 1590 he received the domain of Yahagi (Shimosa --
40,000 koku). When Ieyasu entered on a campaign against Uesugi Kagekatsu, he
requested Mototada to defend the castle of Fushimi, where, being besieged by
the troops of the Shimazu and the Ukita, he died at the moment when the place
was reduced.
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Torii
Tadamasa (1567-1628)
In 1603 received the fief of Iwakidaira (Mutsu -- 100,000 koku); then in 1622
was
transferred to Yamagata (Dewa -- 260,000 koku).
In 1636, died without an heir and his domains returned to the Shogun.
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Torii
Tadaharu (1608-1651)
Brother of Tadatsune, was chosen to perpetuate the name, and in 1636 received
the fief of Takato (Shinano -- 30,000 koku).
His descendants afterwards resided: in 1689 at Shimomura (Noto); in 1695 at
Minakuchi (Omi); and from 1712 at Mibu (Shimotsuke -- 30,000 koku).
Sources
Arima
- Domain: Fukiage
- Stipend: 10,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Municipal office
Family of daimyo descending from the Akamatsu, and by them from the
Murakami-Genji.
Cadet branch ennobled in 1726, resided first at Saijo (Ise), then from 1841
at Fukiage.
Succession
- Ujinori - 1st Arima daimyo of Nishijou (Ise -- 10,000 koku)
- Ujihisa
- Ujitsune
- Ujifusa (disgraced)
- Ujishige
- Ujiyoshi - 1st Arima daimyo of Goi (Kazusa -- 10,000 koku)
- Ujiyasu
- Hisayasu
- Ujisada
- Ujishige - 5th Arima daimyo of Goi; 1st Arima daimyo of Fukiage
- Ujihiro
Related Branches
- Kurume (Chikugo -- 210,000 koku)
Sources
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