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Matsudaira (Mito)

 

  • Domain: Takamatsu
  • Stipend: 120,000 koku
  • Class: Shinpan 4
  • Headquarters: Takamatsu Castle (Flatland)

Branch issued from Yorishige (1622-1695), son of Yorifusa (Mito) and grandson of Ieyasu. In 1639 installed at Shimodate (Hitachi -- 30,000 koku), in 1642 it was transferred to Takamatsu, where it resided.

Succession

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
  • Tokugawa Yorifusa (1603-1661)
  • Yorishige (1622-1695) - Daimyo of Shimodate (Hitachi -- 30,000 koku); 1st Matsudaira daimyo of Takamatsu (1642-1673)
  • Yoritsune (daimyo 1673-1704)
  • Yoritoyo (daimyo 1704-1735)
  • Yoritake (daimyo 1735-1739)
  • Yoritaka (daimyo 1739-1771)
  • Yorizane (daimyo 1771-1780)
  • Yorioki (daimyo 1780-1792)
  • Yorinori (daimyo 1792-1821)
  • Yorihiro (daimyo 1821-1842)
  • Yoritane (daimyo 1842-1861)
  • Yoritoshi (1834-1903, daimyo 1861- )

Related Branches

  • Branch of Yorimoto: Moriyama (Mutsu -- 20,000 koku)
  • Branch of Yoritaka: Fuchu (Hitachi -- 20,000 koku)
  • Branch of Yorio: Shishido (Hitachi -- 10,000 koku)

Sources

 


 

Kyogoku

 

  • Domain: Marugame
  • Stipend: 51,000 koku
  • Class: Tozama 5
  • Headquarters: Marugame Castle (Hilltop)

Family of daimyo descended from Uda-Genji through Sasaki Ujinobu, Omi no kami.

Eldest branch.

Succession

  • Takayoshi
  • Takatsugu (1560-1609) - 1st Kyogoku daimyo of Obama (Wakasa -- 92,000 koku)
  • Tadataka (1593-1637) - 2nd Kyogoku daimyo of Obama; daimyo of Matsue (Izumo -- 260,000 koku)
  • Takakazu - Daimyo of Tatsuno (Harima -- 50,000 koku); 1st Kyogoku daimyo of Marugame
  • Takatoyo
  • Takamochi
  • Takanori
  • Takanaka
  • Takaakira
  • Akiyuki

Notable Ancestors

  • Kyogoku Takatsugu (1560-1609)

Served Nobunaga, who made him marry his niece, daughter of Asai Nagamasa and sister of Yodogimi. Hideyoshi, his brother-in-law, gave him the fief of Otsu (Omi -- 60,000 koku). He sided with Ieyasu and was besieged in his castle by Tachibana Muneshige and Tsukushi Hirokado, but he entered into a parley, concluded a peace and fled to Koya-san. In 1600, notwithstanding his flight, he received the very same year, the domain of Obama (Wakasa -- 92,000 koku). Shortly after in 1602, yielding to the earnest entreaty of his mother and his brother Takatomo, Takatsugu received baptism with his whole family.

  • Kyogoku Tadataka (1593-1637)

In 1607 married the 4th daughter of the Shogun Hidetada. He served in the siege of Osaka (1615), and carried off as trophies more than 300 heads of the enemy. His revenues were by and by increased, and in 1634 he received the fief of Matsue (Izumo -- 260,000 koku). But he died three years later, without leaving any heir, and his domains were confiscated.

However, the Bakufu appointed Takakazu, son of his brother Takamasa, as head of the family, and gave him the fief of Tatsuno (Harima -- 50,000 koku). In 1658 the family was transferred to Marugame (Sanuki), where it resided.

Related Branches

  • Branch: Tadotsu (Sanuki -- 10,000 koku)
  • Branch: Toyooka (Tajima -- 15,000 koku)
  • Youngest branch: Mineyama (Tango -- 10,000 koku)

Sources

 


 

Kyogoku

 

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

Family of daimyo descended from Uda-Genji through Sasaki Ujinobu, Omi no kami.

Branch in 1694 separated from the eldest branch in Marugame (Sanuki -- 50,000 koku) and installed at Tadotsu, where it remained.

Succession

  • Takayoshi
  • Takatsugu (1560-1609) - 1st Kyogoku daimyo of Obama (Wakasa -- 92,000 koku)
  • Tadataka (1593-1637) - 2nd Kyogoku daimyo of Obama; daimyo of Matsue (Izumo -- 260,000 koku)
  • Takakazu - Daimyo of Tatsuno (Harima -- 50,000 koku); 1st Kyogoku daimyo of Marugame
  • Takatoyo
  • Takamichi - 1st Kyogoku daimyo of Tadotsu
  • Takayoshi
  • Takafumi
  • Takakata
  • Takamasa

Notable Ancestors

  • Kyogoku Takatsugu (1560-1609)

Served Nobunaga, who made him marry his niece, daughter of Asai Nagamasa and sister of Yodogimi. Hideyoshi, his brother-in-law, gave him the fief of Otsu (Omi -- 60,000 koku). He sided with Ieyasu and was besieged in his castle by Tachibana Muneshige and Tsukushi Hirokado, but he entered into a parley, concluded a peace and fled to Koya-san. In 1600, notwithstanding his flight, he received the very same year, the domain of Obama (Wakasa -- 92,000 koku). Shortly after in 1602, yielding to the earnest entreaty of his mother and his brother Takatomo, Takatsugu received baptism with his whole family.

  • Kyogoku Tadataka (1593-1637)

In 1607 married the 4th daughter of the Shogun Hidetada. He served in the siege of Osaka (1615), and carried off as trophies more than 300 heads of the enemy. His revenues were by and by increased, and in 1634 he received the fief of Matsue (Izumo -- 260,000 koku). But he died three years later, without leaving any heir, and his domains were confiscated.

However, the Bakufu appointed Takakazu, son of his brother Takamasa, as head of the family, and gave him the fief of Tatsuno (Harima -- 50,000 koku). In 1658 the family was transferred to Marugame (Sanuki), where it resided.

Related Branches

  • Eldest branch: Marugame (Sanuki -- 50,000 koku)
  • Branch: Toyooka (Tajima -- 15,000 koku)
  • Youngest branch: Mineyama (Tango -- 10,000 koku)

Sources

 

 


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