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Matsudaira (Hisamatsu)

 

  • Domain: Iyo-Matsuyama
  • Stipend: 150,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 4
  • Headquarters: Iyo-Matsuyama Castle (Hilltop)

One of several families formerly named Hisamatsu that were descended from the three brothers of Tokugawa Ieyasu. After some time, they were authorized to adopt the patronymic name of Matsudaira.

Branch of Sadayuki.

Succession

  • Hisamatsu Toshikatsu
  • Sadakatsu - 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Kakegawa (Totomi -- 10,000 koku); 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Kuwana (Ise -- 110,000 koku)
  • Sadayuki - 2nd Matsudaira daimyo of Kakegawa; 2nd Matsudaira daimyo of Kuwana; 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Iyo-Matsuyama
  • Sadayori
  • Sadanaga
  • Sadanao
  • Sadahide
  • Sadataka
  • Sadakatsu
  • Sadakiyo
  • Sadayuki
  • Sadanori (unranked)
  • Sadamichi
  • Katsuyoshi
  • Katsushige
  • Sadaaki
  • Katsushige

Notable Ancestors

  • Hisamatsu Toshikatsu

In a 2nd marriage, he took to wife Dai, the mother of Ieyasu and widow of Tokugawa Hirotada ( -1549), by whom he had three sons.

  • Matsudaira Sadakatsu

3rd son of Toshikatsu, daimyo of Kakegawa (Totomi), Kuwana (Ise), and Nagashima (Ise). In 1634 his son Sadayuki was transferred to Matsuyama (Iyo -- 150,000 koku), where his descendants resided.

Related Branches

  • Tako (Shimosa -- 12,000 koku)
  • Kuwana (Ise -- 100,00 koku)
  • Imabari (Iyo -- 35,000 koku)

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Matsudaira (Hisamatsu)

 

  • Domain: Imabari
  • Stipend: 40,000 koku
  • Class: Fudai 5
  • Headquarters: Imabari Castle (Flatland)

One of several families formerly named Hisamatsu that were descended from the three brothers of Tokugawa Ieyasu. After some time, they were authorized to adopt the patronymic name of Matsudaira.

Branch of Sadafusa.

Succession

  • Hisamatsu Toshikatsu
  • Sadakatsu - 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Kakegawa (Totomi -- 10,000 koku); 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Kuwana (Ise -- 110,000 koku)
  • Sadafusa - 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Imabari
  • Sadatoki
  • Sadanobu
  • Sadamoto
  • Sadasato
  • Sadayasu
  • Sadayoshi
  • Sadashige
  • Katsumichi
  • Sadanori

Notable Ancestors

  • Hisamatsu Toshikatsu

In a 2nd marriage, he took to wife Dai, the mother of Ieyasu and widow of Tokugawa Hirotada ( -1549), by whom he had three sons.

  • Matsudaira Sadakatsu

3rd son of Toshikatsu, daimyo of Kakegawa (Totomi), Kuwana (Ise), and Nagashima (Ise). In 1634 his son Sadayuki was transferred to Matsuyama (Iyo -- 150,000 koku), where his descendants resided.

  • Matsudaira Sadafusa

At first he resided at Nagashima (Ise), then at Imabari (Iyo), where his descendants continued to live.

Related Branches

  • Tako (Shimosa -- 12,000 koku)
  • Iyo-Matsuyama (Iyo -- 150,000 koku)
  • Kuwana (Ise -- 100,00 koku)

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Date

 

  • Domain: Uwajima
  • Stipend: 100,000 koku
  • Class: Tozama 4
  • Headquarters: Uwajima Castle

Family of daimyo in Mutsu, descending from the Fujiwara.

Junior branch. In 1614 established at Uwajima.

Succession

  • Terumune (1544-1584)
  • Masamune (1566-1636) - 1st Date daimyo of Sendai (1600-1636)
  • Hidemune (1591-1658) - 1st Date daimyo of Uwajima (1614-1657)
  • Munetoshi
  • Muneyoshi (1637-1678, daimyo 1660-1678)
  • Muratoshi
  • Muratoki
  • Muranaga
  • Munetada
  • Munenari (1818-1892, daimyo 1844-1858)

  • Mune'e (1817-1882)

Notable Ancestors

  • Date Masamune (1566-1636)

Son of Terumune ( -1584). His father having been killed by Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu, Masamune succeeded him at the age of 18, and continued to wage war against his neighbors to aggrandize his domains. In 1589, he made himself master of Aizu, domain of the daimyo Ashina, and established his residence at the Kurokawa castle (Wakamatsu); but the following year, Hideyoshi, having triumphed over the Odawara Hojo, forced him to be satisfied with the Yonezawa fief (300,000 koku). At the time of the expedition to Koera, he accompanied Hideyoshi to Nagoya (Hizen), thence he passed into Korea with Asano Nagamasa. During his absence, he was accused of being implicated together with the Kampaku Hidetsugu i a plot against Hideyoshi, but he succeeded i disculpating himself. In 1600, Ieyasu ordered him to make war against Uesugi Kagekatsu, and, assisted by Mogami Yoshiteru, he defeated Naoe Kanetsugu. He then received in fief the 12 districts possessed until then by the Uesugi, and changed the name of his castle from Iwatezawa to that of Sendai (620,000 koku). He took part in the siege of Osaka (1615), and repelled the troops of Goto Ujifusa. When the Shogun Hidetada persecuted the Christians at Edo, he obtained the release of Father Sotelo, who had been arrested, called the latter Sendai and commissioned him to accompany an embassy he was sending to the Sovereign Pontiff and to the king of Spain, the embassy being headed by Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga in 1613. Masamune was then said to be favorably disposed towards the Christians, and even inclined to embrace Christianity, but fearing to displease the Shogun, he soon changed his dispositions and became a persecutor. He died at the age of 70, renowned not only as a warrior, but still more as a diplomat and a protector of artists and scholars.

Related Branches

  • Branch: Sendai (Mutsu -- 620,000 koku)
  • Branch (Tamura): Ichinoseki (Mutsu -- 30,000 koku)
  • Branch: Yoshida (Iyo -- 30,000 koku)

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Date

 

  • Domain: Yoshida
  • Stipend: 30,000 koku
  • Class: Tozama 5
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Family of daimyo in Mutsu, descending from the Fujiwara.

Branch which in 1657 received the castle of Yoshida (Iyo -- 30,000 koku).

Succession

  • Terumune (1544-1584)
  • Masamune (1566-1636) - 1st Date daimyo of Sendai (1600-1636)
  • Hidemune (1591-1658) - 1st Date daimyo of Uwajima (1614-1657)
  • Munezumi - 1st Date daimyo of Yoshida
  • Muneyasu
  • Muratoyo
  • Muranobu
  • Murayasu
  • Murayoshi
  • Munemoto
  • Munemichi
  • Muneyoshi

Notable Ancestors

  • Date Masamune (1566-1636)

Son of Terumune ( -1584). His father having been killed by Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu, Masamune succeeded him at the age of 18, and continued to wage war against his neighbors to aggrandize his domains. In 1589, he made himself master of Aizu, domain of the daimyo Ashina, and established his residence at the Kurokawa castle (Wakamatsu); but the following year, Hideyoshi, having triumphed over the Odawara Hojo, forced him to be satisfied with the Yonezawa fief (300,000 koku). At the time of the expedition to Koera, he accompanied Hideyoshi to Nagoya (Hizen), thence he passed into Korea with Asano Nagamasa. During his absence, he was accused of being implicated together with the Kampaku Hidetsugu i a plot against Hideyoshi, but he succeeded i disculpating himself. In 1600, Ieyasu ordered him to make war against Uesugi Kagekatsu, and, assisted by Mogami Yoshiteru, he defeated Naoe Kanetsugu. He then received in fief the 12 districts possessed until then by the Uesugi, and changed the name of his castle from Iwatezawa to that of Sendai (620,000 koku). He took part in the siege of Osaka (1615), and repelled the troops of Goto Ujifusa. When the Shogun Hidetada persecuted the Christians at Edo, he obtained the release of Father Sotelo, who had been arrested, called the latter Sendai and commissioned him to accompany an embassy he was sending to the Sovereign Pontiff and to the king of Spain, the embassy being headed by Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga in 1613. Masamune was then said to be favorably disposed towards the Christians, and even inclined to embrace Christianity, but fearing to displease the Shogun, he soon changed his dispositions and became a persecutor. He died at the age of 70, renowned not only as a warrior, but still more as a diplomat and a protector of artists and scholars.

Related Branches

  • Branch: Sendai (Mutsu -- 620,000 koku)
  • Branch (Tamura): Ichinoseki (Mutsu -- 30,000 koku)
  • Branch: Uwajima (Iyo -- 100,000 koku)

Sources

 

 

Kato

 

  • Domain: Ozu
  • Stipend: 60,000 koku
  • Class: Tozama 5
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Family of daimyo originating in Mino and descended from the Fujiwara.

Elder branch.

Succession

  • Mitsuyasu (1537-1595)
  • Sadayasu (1581-1624) - 1st Kato daimyo of Ozu (1617–1623)
  • Yasuoki (daimyo 1623–1674)
  • Yasutsune/Yasuyoshi (daimyo 1674–1715)
  • Yasumune (daimyo 1715–1727)
  • Yasuatsu (daimyo 1727–1745)
  • Yasumichi (daimyo 1745–1762)
  • Yasutake (daimyo 1762–1768)
  • Yasuyuki (daimyo 1768–1769)
  • Yasutoki (daimyo 1769–1787)
  • Yasuzumi (daimyo 1787–1826)
  • Yasumoto (daimyo 1826–1853)
  • Yasutomi (daimyo 1853–1864)
  • Yasuaki (1846-1926, daimyo 1864– )

Notable Ancestors

  • Kato Mitsuyasu (1537-1595)

At first served Nobunaga, then Hideyoshi, who gave him a revenue of 20,000 koku at Takashima (Omi). In 1590 he was raised to 240,000 koku in Kai. He died in Korea.

  • Kato Sadayasu (1581-1624)

Son of Mitsuyasu, received, on his father's death, the castle of Kurono (Mino -- 40,000 koku). In 1610 he was transferred to Yonago (Hoki); then in 1617 to Ozu, where his descendants lived.

Related Branches

  • Junior branch: Niiya (Iyo -- 10,000 koku)

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Kato

 

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

Family of daimyo originating in Mino and descended from the Fujiwara.

Junior branch. Since 1624 installed at Niiya.

Succession

  • Mitsuyasu (1537-1595)
  • Sadayasu (1581-1624) - 1st Kato daimyo of Ozu (1617–1623)
  • Naoyasu - 1st Kato daimyo of Niiya
  • Yasukado
  • Yasutsura/Yasuzane
  • Yasuhiro
  • Yasunobu
  • Yasumasa
  • Yasutomo
  • Yasutada
  • Yasurei

Notable Ancestors

  • Kato Mitsuyasu (1537-1595)

At first served Nobunaga, then Hideyoshi, who gave him a revenue of 20,000 koku at Takashima (Omi). In 1590 he was raised to 240,000 koku in Kai. He died in Korea.

  • Kato Sadayasu (1581-1624)

Son of Mitsuyasu, received, on his father's death, the castle of Kurono (Mino -- 40,000 koku). In 1610 he was transferred to Yonago (Hoki); then in 1617 to Ozu, where his descendants lived.

Related Branches

  • Elder branch: Ozu (Iyo -- 60,000 koku)

Sources

 

 

Matsudaira (Kii)

 

  • Domain: Saijo
  • Stipend: 30,000 koku
  • Class: Shinpan 4
  • Headquarters: Municipal office

Branch issued from Yorizumi, son of Yorinobu (Kii) and grandson of Ieyasu. From 1670 the family resided at Saijo.

Succession

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Tokugawa Yorinobu (1602-1671)
  • Yorizumi - 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Saijo
  • Yoriyoshi
  • Yoritada
  • Yorisato
  • Yoriatsu
  • Yorikata
  • Yorimi
  • Yoriyuki
  • Yorisato
  • Yorihide

Sources

 

 

Hitotsuyanagai

 

  • Domain: Komatsu
  • 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).

Younger branch. Since 1644 was established at Komatsu.

Succession

  • Naoyori
  • Naoharu
  • Yorinori
  • Yorikuni
  • Yorikazu
  • Yoriyoshi
  • Yorichika
  • Yoritsugu
  • Yoriakira

Related Branches

  • Elder branch: Ono (Harima -- 10,000 koku)

Sources

 

 

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