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Itakura Katsukiyo, a famous clan member of the 19th century

The Itakura clan (板倉氏, Itakura-shi^?) is a Japanese clan which came to prominence during the Sengoku period. This is a list of Japanese Clans The ancient clans ( Gōzoku) mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political ^[1] The family claimed descent from Shibukawa Yoshiaki, the son of Ashikaga Yasuuji, a relative of the Ashikaga shoguns. was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the Shoguns of the Ashikaga family Over time, the clan evolved into several branches which were daimyo, ruling the Bitchū-Matsuyama, Niwase, Fukushima, and Annaka Domains. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Bitchū Province (modern-day Okayama Prefecture) The was a Japanese han of the Edo period, located in Bitchū Province. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in southern Mutsu Province (modern-day Fukushima Prefecture) The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Kōzuke Province.

One of Yoshiaki's descendants went to Mikawa Province and entered the service of the Matsudaira clan; the Itakura subsequently became fudai. 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 Itakura served the Matsudaira clan during its rise to power in the 16th century, and became senior officials in the new Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the, and the, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the Shoguns of

In the Edo period, the Itakura were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan,^[2] in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans. 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 A was a Daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan.

Itakura clan genealogy

The fudai Itakura clan originated in 17th century Mikawa province. is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. ^[2] They claim descent from the Seiwa-Genji through the Shibukawa branch of the Imperial family. The were the most successful and powerful of the many branch families of the Japanese Minamoto clan is a city located in the extreme northwest of the Kantō Plain, in the center of landlocked Gunma, Japan. ^[3]

• The senior or main branch of the Itakura was created 1609. ^[2] Itakura Shigemune (1587–1656) was the oldest son of Katsushige; and he succeeded to the office of Kyoto shoshidai in 1620. ( 1586 - January 15, 1657) was a Japanese Daimyo of the early Edo period. He would continue to hold this office through 1654. Two years later, he became daimyō at Sekiyado Domain (50,000 koku) in Shimōsa province. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was headquartered in modern-day Noda Chiba. Itakura Shigesato (1620–1660), the oldest son of Shigemune, was known as Awa no kami and he held the shogunate title of Jisha-bugyō. His descendants would reside successively at Kameyama Domain in Ise Province in 1669; at Toba Domain in Shima province in 1710; at Kameyama in Ise Province in 1717; and finally, from 1744 through 1868, at Matsuyama (50,000 koku) in Bitchū Province. or Seishū (勢州 seishū) was a province of Japan including most of modern Mie Prefecture. Shima (志摩国 -no kuni or Shishu (志州 shishū) was a province of Japan which consisted of a peninsula in the southeastern part of modern was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū, in what is today western Okayama Prefecture. The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period. ^[3]

• A cadet branch of the Itakura was created in 1624^[2] for the progeny of Itakura Shigemasa (1588–1638), the second son of Itakura Katsushige. ( 1588 - February 14, 1638) was a Japanese Daimyo of the early Edo period. ( 1545 - June 14, 1624) was a Japanese Daimyō of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period to early Edo period. He was honored with 15,000 koku from the revenues of Mikawa province in acknowledgment of his conduct during the Seige of Osaka in 1615. is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction Subsequently, Itakura Shigenori (1617–1673), the son of Shigemasa, was the Osaka jodai and rōjū, and then Kyoto shoshidai in 1668. ( 1617 - July 13, 1673) was a Japanese Daimyo of the early Edo period. In 1672, he received the fief of Kasuyama (60,000 koku) in Shimotsuke province. Itakura Shigetane (1640–1705), the son of Shigenori, was installed in 1680 at Iwatsuki Domain in Musashi province, and in the following year, he was transferred to Sakamoto Domain in Shinano province. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. Located in Musashi Province (parts of modern-day Saitama Prefecture) it was headquartered in Iwatsuki was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo prefecture, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly is an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture. Later, Itakura Shigehiro was established at Fukushima Domain (80,000 koku) in Mutsu province where his descendants remained up through the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in southern Mutsu Province (modern-day Fukushima Prefecture) was an old province of Japan, made up of the present-day prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori, and the municipalities The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan 's political and social structure The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period. ^[3]

• Another cadet branch was created in 1661. ^[2] The members of this clan resided succesively in 1681 at Annaka Domain (15,000 koku) in Kōzuke province]; in 1702 at Izumi Domain (20,000 koku) in Mutsu province; in 1746 at Sagara Domain (25,000 koku) in Tōtōmi province; and eventually, from 1749 through 1868 at Annaka Domain (30,000 koku) in Kōzuke province. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Kōzuke Province. was an old province located in the Tōsandō of Japan which today comprises Gunma prefecture. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in southern Mutsu Province. is a former province in the area of Japan that is today western Shizuoka prefecture. The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Kōzuke Province. The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period. ^[3]

• A further cadet branch created 1683. ^[2] This branch of the Itakura lived continuously from 1699 through 1868 at Niwase Domain (20,000 koku) in Bitchū province. The was a Japanese han of the Edo period, located in Bitchū Province. was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū, in what is today western Okayama Prefecture. The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period. ^[3]

Notable clan members

Itakura Katsukiyo, the famous shogunate official, was a prominent member of this clan from the 19th century. ( February 14, 1823 - April 6, 1889) was a Japanese Daimyo of the late Edo period. Another was Itakura Shigemasa, the first leader of the shogunate's armies at the Shimabara Rebellion; Shigemasa was killed in action there. ( 1588 - February 14, 1638) was a Japanese Daimyo of the early Edo period. The was an uprising largely involving Japanese Peasants, most of them Christians, in 1637–1638 during the Edo period.

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• Itakura Katsushige, 1542–1624 -- 2nd Kyoto shoshidai. ( 1545 - June 14, 1624) was a Japanese Daimyō of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period to early Edo period. The was an important administrative and political office in the early modern government of Japan ^[1]
• Itakura Shigemune, 1587–1656 -- 3rd Kyoto shoshidai. ( 1586 - January 15, 1657) was a Japanese Daimyo of the early Edo period. ^[1]
• Itakura Shigesato, 1620–1660
• Itakura Shigemasa, 1588–1638
• Itakura Shigenori, 1617–1673 -- 5th Kyoto shoshidai. ( 1588 - February 14, 1638) was a Japanese Daimyo of the early Edo period. ( 1617 - July 13, 1673) was a Japanese Daimyo of the early Edo period. ^[1]
• Itakura Shigetane, 1640–1705
• Itakura Shigehiro
• Itakura Katsukiyo, 1823-1889
• Itakura Katsukiyo
• Itakura Katsunori - House of Peers (1925). ( February 14, 1823 - April 6, 1889) was a Japanese Daimyo of the late Edo period. ( February 14, 1823 - April 6, 1889) was a Japanese Daimyo of the late Edo period. ^[4]

Notes

References

• Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
• Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Münster: Tagenbuch. ISBN 3-8258-3939-7
• Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. ..Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
• Sasaki, Suguru. (2002). Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji ishin. Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.

See also

• Joseph Hardy Neesima

• (Japanese) Itakura clan on Harimaya's "Buke-kaden" (22 Sept. was a Japanese Educator of the Meiji era, the founder of Doshisha University and Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts. 2007)

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