DAIMYO of
HYUGA PROVINCE
Naito

- Domain: Nobeoka
- Stipend: 27,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquarters: Nobeoka Castle
Family of daimyo, native of Mikawa and descended from Fujiwara Hidesato.
Eldest branch.
Succession
- Yoshikiyo
- Kiyonaga
- Ienaga (1546-1600) - 1st Naito daimyo of Sanuki (Kazusa -- 20,000 koku)
- Masanaga (1568-1634) - 2nd Naito daimyo of Sanuki; 1st Naito daimyo of
Iwakidaira (Mutsu -- 70,000 koku)
- Tadaoki
- Yoshimune
- Yoshitaka
- Yoshishige
- Masaki - 6th Naito daimyo of Iwakidaira; 1st Naito daimyo of Nobeoka
- Masaaki
- Masanori
- Masatsugu
- Masatomo
- Masayori
- Masayoshi
- Masataka
Notable Ancestors
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Served Ieyasu, who in 1590 gave him the fief of Sanuki (Kazusa -- 20,000
koku). Charged with the guard of the castle of Fushima, he killed himself
rather than surrender.
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Naito
Masanaga (1568-1634)
For his services at the siege of Osaka (1615), saw his revenues raised to
50,000 koku, was then in 1622 transferred to Iwakidaira (Mutsu -- 70,000 koku).
Related Branches
- Younger branch: Unagaya (Mutsu -- 14,000 koku)
- Branch: Koromo (Mikawa -- 20,000 koku)
- Branch: Murakami (Echigo -- 50,000 koku)
- Branch: Takato (Shinano -- 33,000 koku)
- Branch: Iwamurata (Shinano -- 15,000 koku)
- Branch: Toba (Shima -- 32,000 koku)
Sources
Shimazu

- Domain: Sadowara
- Stipend: 27,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Sadowara Castle
Daimyo family since the end of the 12th century governed Satsuma.
Minamoto Yoritomo having had relations with the sister of Hiki Yoshikazu,
she was found with child and the jealousy of Masako forced her to seek refuge
in Kyushu, where she brought forth a child, which received the name of
Tadahisa and was the ancestor of the Shimazu.
Succession
- Tadahisa ( -1227)
- Tadayoshi
- Hisatsune
- Tadamune
- Sadahisa
- Ujihisa
- Hisatoyo
- Tadakuni
- Tomohisa
- Tadayuki
- Tadayoshi (1493-1568)
- Tadamasa
- Mochihisa/Mamahisa - 1st Shimazu daimyo of Sadowara
- Tadaoki
- Hisataka/Hisao
- Tadataka
- Hisatoshi
- Korehisa
- Tadamasa
- Hisamoto
- Tadamochi
- Tadayuki
- Tadahiro
Notable Ancestors
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Shimazu
Tadahisa ( -1227)
Married the daughter of Koremune Hironobu, whose name he at first took. In
1186 he received the domain of Shioda (Shinano), and then was named governor
of Satsuma. He sent Honda Sadachika to take possession of the province in his
name, and in 1189 accompanied Yoritomo in his expedition to Mutsu. In 1196 he went to
Satsuma, subdued Hyuga and Osumi, and built a castle in the domain of
Shimazu (Hyuga), which name he also adopted.
Related Branches
- Branch: Kagoshima (Satsuma -- 770,000 koku)
Sources
Ito

- Domain: Obi
- Stipend: 51,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Obi Castle (Hilltop)
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Daimyo family descended from Fujiwara Korekimi (727-789) by Kudo Ietsugu.
Senior branch.
Succession
- Kudo Ietsugu
- Kudo Suketsugu
- Kudo Suketsune ( -1193)
- Suketoki
- Mitsusuke
- Sukemune
- ...
- Yoshisuke (1512-1584)
- Suketaka (1541-1600)
- Sukeyoshi (1588-1636)
- ...
- Suketake - 1st Ito daimyo of Obi
- Sukenori
- Sukehisa
- Sukemichi
- Sukezane
- Sukenaga
- Sukeyuki
- Sukeoki
- Sukeyoshi
- Sukeatsu
- Suketami
- Sukehiro
- Suketomo
- Sukeyori
Notable Ancestors
Son of Suketsugu and nephew of Shigemitsu. Was despoiled of his domains by
his uncle Ito Sukechika and shut up in Kyoto. He revenged himself by wounding
his uncle severely, and killing his son Sukeyasu. In 1193 the sons of the
latter, Soga Sukenari and Tokimune, after having long waited for a favorable
opportunity, at last succeeded in assassinating Suketsune in the very camp of
Yoritomo. This is the famous vengeance of the Soga brothers.
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Ito
Yoshisuke (1512-1584)
Descendant of Suketsune. In 1533 he inherited the fief of Agata (Hyuga). In
1541 he defeated Satsuma: the war continued for 10 years, and he increased
his domains by a part of Osumi (1551) and Satsuma (1557), but in 1576 he was finally
defeated by Shimazu Yoshihisa and fled into Bungo, to the residence of
Otomo Sorin, thence he went to Kyoto, where he died.
Eldest son of Yoshisuke, died before his father. In 1582 his two sons, Yoshikata
and Yoshikatsu, were baptized under the name of Bartholomew and
Jerome.
Another son of Yoshisuke. Was defeated together with his father, and with
him, in 1577 fled into Bungo, and then in 1579 to Kyoto. After the death of
Nobunaga he adhered to Hideyoshi, who appointed him Minbu-osuke and gave him
estates in Kawachi. After the campaign in Kyushu (1587), he was reinstated in
Hyuga at the castle of Obi (50,000 koku). He took part in the expedition to
Korea, and in 1599 was nominated Bungo no kami.
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Ito
Sukeyoshi (1588-1636)
Son of Suketaka. Served his first campaign when only 12 years old at the
battle of Sekigahara (1600); then, having returned into Hyuga, he joined the campaign
of Kuroda Yoshitaka and Kato Kiyomasa against the Shimazu. He had the title of
Shuritayu.
His descendants resided at Obi (Hyuga -- 50,000 koku).
Related Branches
- Junior branch: Okada (Bitchu -- 10,000 koku)
Sources
Akizuki

- Domain: Takanabe
- Stipend: 27,000 koku
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquarters: Takanabe Castle
Family of daimyo descending from Achi-no-Omi.
Succession
- Taneo
- Tanemichi
- ...
- Tanezane ( -1588)
- Tanenaga (1567-1614) - 1st Akizuki daimyo of Takanabe
- Taneharu
- Tanenobu
- Tanemasa
- Tanehiro
- Tanemi
- Taneshige
- Tanenori
- Tanetada
- Tanetomi
Notable Ancestors
Towards 1190 received from Yoritomi the estate of Akizuki (Chikuzen); he
built a castle on it and took its name.
Descended from Taneo, sided with the southern dynasty, but in 1336 was defeated by
Ashikaga Takauji at Tatarahama and fled to Dazaifu, where he was
killed.
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Akizuki
Tanezane ( -1588)
In 1557 saw his father Fumitane and his brother Harutane fall in battle
against Otomo Sorin and crossed over to Yamaguchi to ask for the help of Mori
Motonari. In 1587, again defeated, he appealed to the Shimazu and sided with them when Hideyoshi
came to Kyushu to subdue them. After peace was restored, he was
transferred to Takanabe (Hyuga -- 20,000 koku).
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Akizuki
Tanenaga (1567-1614)
Son of Tanezane, took part in the expedition against Korea under the order
of Kuroda Nagamasa. In 1600 he sided with Ishida Kazushige, but was able to
retain his estates by the help of Mizuno Katsushige.
His descendants resided at Takanabe (Hyuga -- 27,000 koku).
Sources
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