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DAIMYO of
ECHIZEN PROVINCE
Matsudaira (Echizen)
- Domain: Fukui
- Stipend: 320,000 koku
- Class: Shinpan 4
- Headquarters: Fukui Castle (Flatland)
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Family issued from Hideyasu, 2nd son of Ieyasu.
Junior branch.
NOTE: Also known as the Yuki clan.
Succession
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616)
- Hideyasu (1574-1607)
- Tadanao (1595-1650)
- Tadamasa (1597-1645) - Daimyo of Shimotsuma (Hitachi) (1615-1616); daimyo of Matsushiro (Shinano) (1616-1618);
daimyo of Takada (Echigo -- 259,000 koku) (1618-1623); 1st Matsudaira daimyo
of Fukui (1623-1645)
- Mitsumichi (1636-1674; daimyo 1645-1674)
- Masachika (1640-1711; daimyo 1674-1676)
- Tsunamasa (1661-1699; daimyo 1676-1686)
- Yoshinori/Masachika (1640-1711; daimyo 1686-1710, second tenure)
- Yoshikuni (1681-1722; daimyo 1710-1721)
- Munemasa (1675-1724; daimyo 1721-1724)
- Munenori
- Shigemasa (1743-1758; daimyo 1749-1758)
- Shigetomi
- Haruyoshi (1768-1826; daimyo 1799-1825)
- Naritsugu (1811-1835; daimyo 1826-1835)
- Narisawa (1820-1838; daimyo 1835-1838)
- Yoshinaga (1829-1890; daimyo 1838-1858)
- Mochiaki (1836-1890; daimyo 1858- )
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Notable Ancestors
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Matsudaira
Hideyasu (1574-1607)
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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 the 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 Kitanosho (Echizen --
670,000 koku). He died at the age of 33, leaving five sons, whose descendants
formed the eight branches of Matsudaira of Echizen.
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Matsudaira
Tadamasa (1597-1645)
Took part in the siege of Osaka (1615), from thence he brought 57 heads of
his enemies as a trophy. He obtained the fief of Kawanakajima (Shinano --
150,000 koku), and in 1619 was transferred to Takata (Echigo -- 250,000 koku).
In 1622, when Tadanao, the head of the senior branch, was deprived of the daimyoate of
Fukui, Tadamasa took his place, and his descendants kept it.
Related Branches
- Senior branch: Tsuyama (Mimasaka -- 100,000 koku)
- Junior branch issued from Tadamasa: Itoigawa (Echigo -- 10,000 koku)
- Branch issued from Naomasa: Matsue (Izumo -- 186,000 koku)
- Branch: Hirose (Izumo -- 30,000 koku)
- Branch: Mori (Izumo -- 10,000 koku)
- Branch issued from Naomoto: Umayabashi (Kozuke -- 170,000 koku)
- Branch issued from Naoyoshi: Akashi (Harima -- 100,000 koku)
Sources
Sakai
- Domain: Tsuruga
- Stipend: 10,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Kanagasaki Castle
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.
Branch from 1682 resided at Tsuruga.
Succession
- Chikauji
- Hirochika
- Ietada
- Nobuchika
- Ietsugu
- Kiyohide
- Masachika ( -1576)
- Tadatoshi (1562-1627) - Daimyo of Tanaka (Suruga -- 10,000
koku); 1st Sakai daimyo of Kawagoe (Musashi -- 37,000 koku)
- Tadakatsu (1587-1662) - 2nd Sakai daimyo of Kawagoe; 1st Sakai daimyo of
Obama
- Tadanao
- Tadashige - 1st Sakai daimyo of Tsuruga
- Tadagiku
- Tadatake
- Tadaka
- Tadanobu
- Tadae
- Tadamasu
- Tadatsune
Notable Ancestors
Served the Tokugawa, Nobutada, Kiyoyasu and Hirotada. In 1561, he took the
castle of Nishio (Mikawa), which was afterwards entrusted to his care.
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Sakai
Tadatoshi (1562-1627)
In 1601, received the fief of Tanaka (Suruga -- 10,000 koku); then in 1609,
was
transferred to Kawagoe (Musashi -- 30,000 koku).
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Sakai
Tadakatsu (1587-1662)
In 1634, was transferred to Obama (Wakasa -- 103,500 koku), where his
descendants remained.
Related Branches
- Senior branch: Tsurugaoka (Dewa -- 120,000 koku)
- Branch: Matsumine (Dewa -- 20,000 koku)
- Branch: Himeji (Harima -- 150,000 koku)
- Branch: Isezaki (Kozuke -- 20,000 koku)
- Branch: Katsuyama (Awa -- 12,000 koku)
- Branch: Obama (Wakasa -- 103,500 koku)
Sources
Arima
- Domain: Maruoka
- Stipend: 50,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Maruoka Castle
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Family of daimyo descending from Fujiwara Sumitomo ( -940).
Succession
- Hirotaka - 1st Arima daimyo of Nobeoka (Hyuga --
53,000 koku)
- Kyozumi (son of Hirotaka)
- Kyozumi (son of previous Kyozumi) - 3rd Arima daimyo of Nobeoka; daimyo of Itoigawa (50,000 koku); 1st Arima daimyo
of Maruoka
- Kazunori
- Tadazumi
- Masazumi
- Shigezumi
- Norizumi
- Haruzumi
- Michizumi
Notable Ancestors
Descendant of Sumitomo in the 8th generation, served the Shogun Tanetomo
and built a castle at Arima, from which he took the name.
Was Shobanshu of the Shogun Yoshiharu and governed six districts of Hizen.
He was defeated by Otomo Yoshinori.
Shuri-tayu, a son of Haruzumi, made peace with the Otomo; but having turned
his arms against Ryuzoji Takanobu, he was not more successful than his father:
he was defeated, and had to submit to the conditions of the conqueror; in
order to cement peace, he gave his granddaughter in marriage to Masaie, a son
of Takanobu. By the advice of his brother Bartholomew Omura Sumitada,
Yoshisada was baptized under the name of Andrew. He had given the government
of his domains to his eldest son Yoshizumi; but the latter, having died in
1571, was succeeded by his brother Harunobu.
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Arima
Harunobu (1567-1612)
United with the Shimazu of Satsuma against Ryuzoji Takanobu, who was
defeated and killed at Shimabara (1584). After the campaign in Kyushu (1587),
Hideyoshi confirmed Harunobu in the possession of his domains, and he occupied
the two castles of Hara (also called Arima) and Hinoura or Hinoe (Hizen) with
a revenue of 40,000 koku. He took part in the expedition to Korea under the
command of Konishi Yukinaga. At the time of the campaign of Sekigahara (1600),
he sent his son Naozumi with 2,000 men to fight for the cause of Hideyori,
and, nevertheless, was able to keep his fief. In 1608, a ship sent by Harunobu
to Macao spent the winter in that port. A dispute having arisen between the
crew and the people of the port, the governor, Andrew Pessoa, repressed it
with much severity; on their return, the sailors carried their complaints to
the Shogun. The following year, this same Pessoa commanded the vessel Madrew
de Dios, which came to Nagasaki. He sent to Sunpu explanations which were
accepted; but Harunobu made Ieyasu revoke the decision and obtained from him
an order to seize the Portuguese ship. He had it surrounded by numerous boats
carrying 1,200 men, and it took him three days to reduce his adversary.
Pessoa, seeing that all was lost, set fire to the powder-magazine, and blew up
his ship, involving in her destruction many Japanese boats. That act of
revenge did not profit Harunobu: having been denounced to the Shogun for being
a Christian (he had been baptized in 1579 under the name of John-Protasius)
and accused of intending to seize the castle of Isahaya (Hizen), he was
banished to Yamura (Kai) and afterwards condemned to death and executed.
Having been baptized under the name of Michael; but having married the
great-granddaughter of Ieyasu, he openly apostatized and became a persecutor
of the Christians. After having been deprived of his domains by the disgrace
of his father (1612), at the beginning of 1615, he received the fief of
Nobeoka (Hyuga -- 53,000 koku).
Was a grandson of Naozumi. In 1691, he was dispossessed on account of his
bad administration; but four years later he was transferred to Maruoka
(Echizen -- 50,000 koku), where
his descendants resided.
Sources
Doi
- Domain: Ono
- Stipend: 40,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Echizen Ono Castle (aka Ono Castle or Kameyama
Castle) (Mountaintop)
Family of daimyo, native to Mikawa.
Youngest branch descended from Toshifusa, the 3rd son of Toshikatsu. In
1682, it was
established at Ono.
Succession
- Toshikatsu (1573-1644)
- Toshifusa - 1st Doi daimyo of Ono
- Toshitomo
- Toshihiro
- Toshisada
- Toshinori
- Toshikata
- Toshitada
- Toshitsune
Notable Ancestors
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Doi
Toshikatsu (1573-1644)
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Son of Mizuno Nobumoto and an uncle of Ieyasu. He was adopted by Doi
Toshimasa and brought up with Hidetada. In 1601, he was made daimyo and
received a revenue of 10,000 koku in Shimosa; afterwards he successively
passed to Sakura (Shimosa -- 30,000 koku) and to Koga (Shimosa -- 132,000 koku). Together with Sakai
Tadayo and Aoyama Tadatoshi, he was chosen counselor of Iemitsu. Toshikatsu
had three sons, hence the three branches of the family.
Related Branches
- Elder branch: Koga (Shimosa -- 132,000 koku)
- Younger branch founded by Toshinaga: Kariya (Mikawa -- 23,000 koku)
Sources
Manabe
- Domain: Sabae
- Stipend: 40,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Municipal office (was to be castle lord but never
succeeded)
Daimyo family from Mikawa, descended from Fujiwara Takafusa.
Succession
- Akifusa/Norifusa - Daimyo of Takasaki (Kozuke -- 50,000 koku); 1st
Manabe daimyo of Murakami (Echigo -- 50,000 koku)
- Akikoto - 2nd Manabe daimyo of Murakami; 1st Manabe daimyo of Sabae
- Akimichi
- Akinaka
- Akitoo
- Akihiro
- Akizane
- Akikatsu/Norikatsu (1802-1884)
- Akizane
- Akimichi
Notable Ancestors
The first raised to the rank of a daimyo (1707), receiving in 1710 the
fief of Takasaski (Kozuke -- 50,000 koku).
In 1717, the family was transferred to Murukami (Echigo); and in 1720 to
Sabae (Echizen), where it remained.
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Manabe
Akikatsu (1802-1884)
Roju. In October 1858, was sent to Kyoto by the Tairo Ii Naosuke, in order
to defend the political views of the Bakufu and the conclusion of the
treaties. He was successful in his endeavors to obtain the imperial sanction
and to check the enemies of the shogunate; but after the assassination of the
Tairo, he saw his revenues reduced to 40,000 koku.
Sources
Ogasawara
- Domain: Katsuyama
- Stipend: 22,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Katsuyama Castle
Family of daimyo originating in Shinano, and descended from Takeda
Yoshikiyo (Seiwa-Genji).
Branch allied to the Ogasawara of Karatsu (Hizen) and also descended from
Sadamune. Established in 1590 at Honjo (Musashi); in 1608 they moved to Koga
(Shimosa); in 1619 to Sekiyado (Shimosa); in 1637 to Takasu (Mino); and in
1691 to Katsuyama.
Succession
- Nobumine
- Nobuyuki - 1st Ogasawara daimyo of Koga (Shimosa -- 20,000 koku)
- Masanobu - 2nd Ogasawara daimyo of Koga; 1st Ogasawara daimyo of Sekiyado
(Shimosa -- 22,000 koku)
- Sadanobu - 2nd daimyo of Sekiyado; daimyo of Takasu (Mino -- 22,000 koku);
1st Ogasawara daimyo of Katsuyama
- Nobutoki
- Nobunari
- Nobutane
- Nobufusa
- Nagamichi
- Nagataka
- Nagamori
Notable Ancestors
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Ogasawara
Nagakiyo (1162-1242)
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.
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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.
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.
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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 lost both his life and his
domains (1553). 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.
Related Branches
- Senior branch: Kokura (Buzen -- 150,000 koku)
- Cadet branch: Chizuka (Buzen -- 10,000 koku)
- Cadet branch: Anshi (Harima -- 10,000 koku)
- Cadet branch: Karatsu (Hizen -- 60,000 koku)
Sources
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