Hikone Castle, the seat of the Ii clan during the Edo period

The Ii clan (井伊氏, Ii-shi^?) is a Japanese clan which originates in Tōtōmi Province. The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 is a former province in the area of Japan that is today western Shizuoka prefecture. It was a retainer clan of the Imagawa family, and then switched sides to the Matsudaira clan of Mikawa Province. The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. A famed 16th century clan member, Ii Naomasa, served as one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's generals, and received the fief of Hikone as a reward for his conduct in battle at Sekigahara. ( March 4, 1561 - March 24, 1602) was a general under the Sengoku period Daimyo, and later Shogun,  was the founder and first Shogun  of the Tokugawa shogunate Background and pretext Even though Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan and consolidated his power following the Siege of Odawara in 1590 his ill-fated The Ii and a few sub-branches remained daimyo for the duration of the Edo period. The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 Ii Naosuke, the famed politician of the late Edo period, was another member of this clan. was daimyo of Hikone (1850 – 1860 and also Tairō of Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan, a position he held from April 23 1858 until his death on

References

• (Japanese) Ii clan on "Buke-kaden"

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