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DAIMYO of
TANBA PROVINCE
Matsudaira (Katahara)
- Domain: Tanba-Kameyama
- Stipend: 50,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Tanba-Kameyama Castle
Family descended from Okitsugu, son of Nobumitsu, who had settled at
Katahara (Mikawa) and took the name thereof.
Succession
- Ienobu (1569-1638) - Daimyo of Takatsuki (Settsu -- 20,000 koku), 1st
tenure; 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Sakura (Shimosa -- 40,000 koku)
- Yasunobu (1600-1682) - 2nd Matsudaira daimyo of Sakura; daimyo of
Takatsuki (Settsu -- 36,000 koku), 2nd tenure; 1st Matsudaira daimyo of
Sasayama (Tanba -- 50,000 koku)
- Sukenobu
- Nobutoshi
- Nobutsune
- Nobumine - 5th Matsudaira daimyo of Sasayama; 1st Matsudaira daimyo of
Tanba-Kameyama
- Nobunao
- Nobumichi
- Nobukata
- Nobuzane
- Nobuhide
- Nobuyoshi
- Nobumasa
Notable Ancestors
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Matsudaira
Ietada (1547-1582)
Took part in his relative Ieyasu's campaigns.
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Matsudaira
Ienobu (1569-1638)
In 1619 went from Katahara to Takatsuki (Settsu -- 25,000 koku); then in
1635 to Sakura (Shimosa -- 35,000 koku).
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Matsudaira
Yasunobu (1600-1682)
In 1640 came back to Takatsuki; then in 1649 was called to Sasayama (Tanba
-- 50,000 koku).
From 1748 his descendants resided at Kameyama (Tanba -- 50,000 koku).
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Kutsuki
- Domain: Fukuchiyama
- Stipend: 32,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Fukuchiyama Castle (Hilltop)
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Family of daimyo descended from Sasaki Nobutsuna ( -1242) and through him
from the Uda-Genji.
Succession
- Tanetsuna - 1st Kutsuki daimyo of Tsuchiura (Hitachi -- 30,000 koku)
- Tanemasa - 2nd Kutsuki daimyo of Tsuchiura; 1st Kutsuki daimyo of
Fukuchiyama
- Tanemoto
- Tanetsuna ( -1550)
- Taneharu
- Toutsuna
- Tsunasada
- Nobutsuna
- Masatsuna (1750-1802)
- Tomotsuna
- Tsunakata
- Tsunaeda
- Tsunaharu
- Moritsuna
Notable Ancestors
Settled at Kutsuki-dani and took its name.
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Kutsuki
Tanetsuna ( -1550)
Gave hospitality to the Shogun Yoshiharu, who in 1528 was obliged to flee from
Kyoto. In 1539 he saved the son of Yoshiharu, Yoshiteru, then only
5-years-old, and kept him at Yase. Having become Shogun in 1545, Yoshiteru
gave Tanetsuna the title of Minbu-shoyu. The latter died while fighting
against Takashima Etchu no kami.
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Kutsuki
Mototsuna (1549-1632)
Grandson of Tanetsuna. In 1568 supported the Shogun Yoshiaki; in 1570 fought against
Asai; and in 1590 was appointed Kawachi no kami. In 1600 he sided with Ieyasu, and was present at the siege of Osaka (1615); he had then a revenue of
12,000 koku. Shortly afterwards he shaved his head.
In 1627 was transferred to Shikanuma (Shimotsuke -- 20,000 koku).
In 1649 was transferred to Tsuchiura (Hitachi -- 30,000 koku). At last in
1669 the family settled down at Fukuchiyama (Tanba -- 32,000 koku), where it remained.
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Aoyama
- Domain: Sasayama
- Stipend: 60,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 4
- Headquarters: Sasayama Castle (Hilltop)
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Family of daimyo originating in Mikawa and descending from Fujiwara
(Kazan-in) Ietada (1062-1136).
Elder branch. In 1601 ennobled, resided in Edo, where Tadanari was
Machi-bugyo and Kanto-bugyo; next in 1619 in Iwatsuki (Musashi). In 1623
Tadatoshi, Hoki no kami, was deprived of his dignity. In 1649 his son
Munetoshi, Inaba no kami, was re-established at Komoro (Shinano), and the family
was removed successively: in 1678 to Hamamatsu (Totomi); in 1702 to Kameyama (Tanba);
in 1748 to Sasayama (Tanba).
Succession
- Tadanari (1551-1613)
- Tadatoshi (1578-1643)
- Munetoshi - Daimyo of Komoro (Shinano -- 42,000 koku); 1st Aoyama daimyo
of Hamamatsu (Totomi -- 50,000 koku)
- Tadao
- Tadashige - 3rd Aoyama daimyo of Hamamatsu; 1st Aoyama daimyo of Kameyama
(Tanba -- 50,000 koku)
- Toshiharu
- Tadatomo - 3rd Aoyama daimyo of Kameyama; 1st Aoyama daimyo of Sasayama
- Tadataka
- Tadatsugu
- Tadayasu
- Tadanaga
- Tadayuki
Related Branches
- Cadet branch: Hachiman (Mino -- 50,000 koku)
Sources
Tani
- Domain: Yamaga
- Stipend: 10,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Municipal office
Daimyo family descended from Sasaki Nobutsuna ( -1242) (Uda-Genji). From
1600 resided at Yamaga.
Succession
- Moritomo
- Morimasa
- Morihiro
- Moriyori
- Morimichi
- Morimasa
- Morihide
- Morikazu
- Moritaka
- Morimitsu
- Morimitsu
- Morinori
- Morishige
Sources
Koide
- Domain: Sonobe
- Stipend: 26,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Municipal office
Family of daimyo originating in Owari and descended from Fujiwara Muchimaro
(680-737).
Younger branch, resided at Izushi (Tajima), than at Sonobe.
Succession
- Masahide (1539-1604)
- Yoshimasa (1565-1613) - 1st Koide daimyo of Izushi (Tajima - 50,000 koku)
- Yoshifusa
- Yoshichika
- Yoshifusa
- Yoshishige
- Fusayasu
- Fusaeki
- Fusanaga
- Fusatsugu
- Yoshichika - 1st Koide daimyo of Sonobe
- Fusatomo
- Fusatoshi
- Fusasada
- Fusayoshi
- Fusanobu
- Fusatake
- Fusaoki
- Fusanori
- Fusanao
Notable Ancestors
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Koide
Masahide (1539-1604)
Born at Nakamura (Owari), the birthplace of Hideyoshi, he married the
sister of the latter's wife, and thanks to Hideyoshi's influence, was
appointed Harima no kami, and received the fief of Kishiwada (Izumi -- 60,000
koku). He was chosen by Taiko to be with Katagiri Katsumoto, preceptor of
Hideyori. During the campaign of Sekigahara, Masahide, being ill, sent his son
Yoshimasa to fight on the side of Ishida Kazushige.
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Koide
Yoshimasa (1565-1613)
Succeeded his father in the domain of Kishiwada.
Sources
Kuki
- Domain: Ayabe
- Stipend: 19,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Municipal office
Family of daimyo originating in the province of Shima and descended from
Fujiwara Tadahira (880-949).
Younger branch. From 1633 resided at Ayabe.
Succession
- Yoshitaka (1542-1600)
- Moritaka - 1st Kuki daimyo of Toba (Shima 56,000 koku)
- Hisataka
- Takasue - 1st Kuki daimyo of Ayabe
- Takatsune
- Takanao
- Takanobu
- Takasada
- Takayoshi
- Takasato
- Takanori
- Takhiro
- Takatomo
Notable Ancestors
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Kuki Yoshitaka (1542-1600)
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Governed the province of Shima, where he had built the castle of Toba. In
1569 he
submitted to Nobunaga, and served in his campaigns against the bonzes
of Nagashima, etc. Hideyoshi appointed him commander of the fleet which was to
serve in the expedition of Korea (1592). In 1600 he sided against Ieyasu, was
defeated, and killed himself.
Son of Yoshitaka. In 1599 took in hand the government of Shima province, and
served under Ieyasu's colors, whilst his father sided with Ishida Kazushige.
He was confirmed in his possessions, and saw his revenues increased from 26,000
koku to 46,000 koku. On his death, his two sons divided his domains and formed
the two branches of the family.
Related Branches
- Eldest branch: Sanda (Settsu -- 36,000 koku)
Sources
Oda
- Domain: Kaibara
- Stipend: 20,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Municipal office
Family of daimyo originating in Owari, and descended from Taira Sukemori,
son of Shigemori.
Branch of Takanaga ( -1659), 4th son of Nobuo. In 1615 they settled at Uda (Yamato), and at Kashibara.
Succession
- Taira Kiyomori (1118-1181)
- Taira Shigemori (1138-1179)
- Taira Sukemori
- Chikazane
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- Nobuhide (1510–1551)
- Nobunaga (1534-1582)
- Nobukatsu/Nobuo (1558-1630) - 1st Oda daimyo of Uda (Yamato - 28,000
koku)
- Takanaga
- Nagayori
- Nobutake
- Nobuyasu - 5th Oda daimyo of Uda; 1st Oda daimyo of Kaibara
- Nobutomo
- Nobuhisa
- Nobuyori
- Nobumori
- Nobumoto
- Nobusada
- Nobunori
- Nobutami
- Nobushika
Notable Ancestors
Son of Sukemori, established himself at Oda (Echizen) and took its name.
His descendants, vassals of the Shiba family, followed the latter to Owari,
and received the castle of Inuyama in 1435.
Descendant of Chikazane in the 17th generation, witnessed the ruin of his
suzerains, the Shiba lords, and occupied half of Owari province. He fought
against the Saito and defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto in 1542 at Azuki-zaka
(Mikawa).
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2nd son of Nobuhide, was 15-years-old when his father died. Expert in all
kinds of warlike exercises, he gave but little heed to the government of his
domains. In vain, one of his best retainers, Hirade Kiyohide, endeavored to
draw his attention to that point; his remonstrances remained without effect.
Thereupon the faithful servant committed his representations to writing, had
them carried to his lord, and then put an end to his life. Nobunaga, moved by
such devotedness, changed his conduct for the better. In 1557, his younger
brother, Nobuyuki, having treated with the Hayashi, who had invaded a part of
Owari, Nobunaga sent against him Ikeda Nobuteru, who defeated him and put him
to death. Three years afterwards, in 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto, daimyo of Suruga
and of Totomi, entered Owari at the head of a numerous army. All the retainers
of Nobunaga advised him to make overtures with the enemy rather than engage in
an unequal contest; but he rejected their timorous counsels, marched against
his powerful adversary and defeated him completely at Okehazama (Owari).
Yoshimoto fled, but he was pursued by Hattori Koheida and Mori Hidetaka and
put to death. The provinces of Suruga and Totomi, escheated to Nobunaga, who
reputation began to spread far and wide. The emperor Ogimachi sent Tachiiri
Munetsugu secretly to him and commissioned him to put an end to the troubles
so long desolating the capital in 1562. Nobunaga accepted the mission, and in
1564 he entered Mino, defeated Saito Tatsuoki and established himself at Gifu.
Before penetrating into Omi, he secured his family ties, the co-operation of
Asai Nagamasa, Takeda Shingen, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Another letter from the
emperor urged him to hasten the pacification of the land; shortly after,
Ashikaga Yoshiaki asked his support to secure the succession of his brother,
the Shogen Yoshiteru. Nobunaga set to work. He captured 18 castles in Omi and
dispossessed the daimyo Sasaki Yoshikata; after this, in 1568, he entered
Kyoto with Yoshiaki, who received the title of Shogun; again, breaking down
the Miyoshi, he pacified Settsu and Kawachi. Whereupon, Yoshiaki wished to
confer the title of Kanryo on him, but Nobunaga refused. The next year, the
Miyoshi and their vassal, Matsunaga Hisahide, re-entered Kyoto and besieged
the Shogun in the Honkoku-ji: Nobunaga returned in haste to the capital and
defeated the assailants. Then he built the Nijo palace for Yoshiaki, repaired
the Imperial Palace, determined the revenues of the Court, etc. After
that, in 1569, he went to Ise to fight against Kitabatake Tomonori,
defeated him, and gave him as son-in-law and heir his 2nd son Nobuo. The next
year, he vanquished successively the Asakura (Echizen), the Asai (Omi), and
the Miyoshi (Settsu). The bonzes of Hiei-zan having sided against him in 1571,
he lead an army against them, seized their domains, set fire to their temples,
and put them all to the sword. Meanwhile, Yoshiaki plotted with Takeda Shingen
to get rid of his formidable protector. But Nobunaga returned to Kyoto in
1573, deposed the Shogun, and sent him as prisoner to the castle of Wakae
(Kawachi). Thus, after two centuries and a half, ended the Ashikaga Shogunate.
After this, Nobunaga completed the ruin of the Asakura, the Asai, the Miyoshi,
and the Sasaki, and from this time forward, these four families disappear from
history. In the following year, Nobunaga was received in the Seiryoden by the
emperor, who offered him a cup and conferred on him the title of Gon-Dainagon.
Thereupon, he built a superb castle for himself on the shores of lake Biwa at
Awachi (Omi); in 1576, quelled the turbulent bozes of Ikko-shu; in 1579,
besieged and defeated Araki Murashige in his castle of Itami (Settsu); and in
1582, with the help of Ieyasu, crushed the Takeda at Temmokuzan (Kai).
Meanwhile, Hashiba Hideyoshi was fighting with the Mori; he laid siege to the
castle of Takamatsu (Bitchu) and asked for aid. Nobunaga commissioned Akechi
Mitsuhide to bring him reinforcements, whilst he himself made preparations to
direct the campaign in person. Mitsuhide mustered 30,000 men; but instead of
leading them west, he entered Kyoto and suddenly invested the Honno-ji, where
Nobunaga had set up his residence. The latter hearing a tumult, went out to
see what was happening but in a few moments, he fell mortally wounded. It was
the 22nd of June 1582. Nobunaga was only 48 years old; he left 12 sons and 11
daughters. The emperor conferred on him the postumous name of Sogen-in, the
title of Dajo-daijin and the 2nd degree of the first rank (ju-ichi-i).
Nobunaga is one of the greatest figures in Japanese history. Bold and
persevering, he rose from the rank of a petty daimyo, to the highest honors of
the Empire. He put an end to the civil wars that had been ruining the country
for upwards of a century, and resolutely began the work of re-organization,
which the Tokugawa were to complete. He showed himself favorable to the
Europeans, and in the interest of his country, encouraged foreign trade. From
policy, if not from conviction, he supported the Catholic missionaries, who
owed much of their astonishing success to his protection. His aim was to break
down the barrier between Japan and other nations. His plan was delayed for 3
centuries owing to the distrustful policy of the Tokugawa.
2nd son of Nobunaga, was chosen to be the son-in-law of Kitabatake Tomonori
after the latter's defeat (1569). Kitabatake ceded his domains and his title
of Ise-kokushu in 1575. After the death of Nobunaga, all his grand vassals,
assembled at Kiyosu, elected Sanboshi, son of Nobutada, as his heir and
appointed as guardians his two uncles, Nobuo and Nobutaka. Nobuo was intrusted
with the administration of the provinces of Owari, Ise, and Iga, with a
revenue of 1,000,000 koku; he settled in Kiyosu and Nobutada in Gifu.
Contentions arose between the guardians who appealed to the daimyo to defend
their cause. Shibata Katsuie, Takigawa Kazumasu, Sasa Narimasa, Maeda Toshiie,
etc. sided with Nobutaka; Nobuo was supported by Hideyoshi, Niwa Nagahide,
Ikeda Nobuteru, etc. Hideyoshi then commissioned Nobuo to besiege his brother
in the castle of Gifu, whilst he would fight against Katsuie. After resisting
for a while, Nobutaka escaped from Gifu, but was slain in his flight (1583);
Katsuie, defeated at Shizu-ga-take, took his own life in his csatle of Kita no
sho (Echizen). The following year, all the vassals repaired to Azuchi to offer
their young suzerain Sanboshi and his guardian their New Year's wishes.
Hideyoshi alone failed to appear, which greatly incensed Nobuo. He appealed to
Tokugawa Ieyasu, and both mustered troops. Hideyoshi did the same, but in the
very first engagement at Nagakute (Owari), his vanguard was completely
crushed. Meanwhile the bonzes of the Negoro temple (Kii), caused troubles in
the provinces. Hideyoshi perceiving himself in a critical position, had
recourse to diplomacy; he treated successively with his two adversaries and
made them fair promises; he thus avoided certain disaster (1584). During the
campaign against the Hojo of Odawara (1590), Nobuo came at the head of 15,000
men from the provinces of Ise and Owari. But again quarrelling with Hideyoshi,
he was consigned to a small fief of 20,000 koku in Dewa, after which he shaved
his head and took the name of Joshin. Pardoned the following year, he returned
to Ise, and on the death of Hideyoshi (1598), settled in Fushimi. Having sided
against Ieyasu in 1600, he was dispossessed and retired to Osaka. When
Yodo-gimi attempted to enlist him in her projects against Ieyasu, Nobuo always
weak, declined, and returned to Kyoto. After Hideyori's downfall in 1615, he
received from Ieyasu a revenue of 50,000 koku in Yamato, and died at the age
of 73
Nobuo had been baptized in 1588, but is hard to say whether he persevered
to the end in the practice of his religion.
Related Branches
- Branch of Nobuyoshi: Tendo (Dewa -- 20,000 koku)
- Branch of Nagamasa: Shibamura (Yamato -- 10,000 koku)
- Branch of Hisanaga: Yanagimoto (Yamato -- 10,000 koku)
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