The Honda clan (本多氏 Honda-shi?) is a Japanese family claiming descent from the medieval court noble Fujiwara no Kanemichi. Fujiwara no Kamemichi (藤原 兼通 925 - 977 the second son of Morosuke, was a Kugyo ( Japanese noble of Heian period who served as The family settled in Mikawa and served the Matsudaira clan as retainers; later, when the main Matsudaira family became the Tokugawa clan, the Honda had a rise in prestige. is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. The was a powerful Daimyo family of Japan. They descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880 and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji by the The clan includes thirteen branches who had daimyo status, and forty-five who had hatamoto status. The ( were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings A was a Samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. Arguably the most famous member of the Honda clan was the 16th century samurai general Honda Tadakatsu. ( 1548 – December 3[[ 610]] also called Honda Heihachirō (本多平八郎 was a Japanese General (and later a Daimyo) of the Two of the major branches of the clan are those which claim descent from Tadakatsu, or his close relative Honda Masanobu. (1538 – July 20, 1616) was a commander and Daimyo in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama and
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- (Japanese) Honda clan on Harimaya.com's "Buke-kaden"
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