was a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese daimyo

Daimyo

is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...

 who lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama

Azuchi-Momoyama period

The came at the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place. It spans the years from approximately 1573 to 1603, during which time Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, imposed order...

 and early Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

s. He was son of Andō Chikasue

Ando Chikasue

was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period, who was a powerful figure in the north half of Dewa Province. Chikasue was the son of Andō Kiyosue.Chikasue united Ando family who had been divided. And he obtained some mines, and ruled the Akita port directly. However, he had died of sickness...

, a powerful figure in Dewa Province

Dewa Province

is an old province of Japan, comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. It was sometimes called .-Historical record:...

. Sanesue pledged loyalty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590 during the Siege of Odawara

Siege of Odawara

Odawara Castle in today's Odawara city, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, was besieged three times.*Siege of Odawara - a two-month siege by Uesugi Kenshin, which was abandoned when Takeda Shingen threatened Kenshin's territories...

, and served under him in various campaigns such as the Korean campaign. At the Battle of Sekigahara

Battle of Sekigahara

The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu...

, he sided with the eastern army. As Satake Yoshinobu

Satake Yoshinobu

was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. The eldest son of Satake Yoshishige, he was the first generation lord of the Kubota Domain...

 was being moved northward to the Akita's holdings in 1602, the Akita clan, under Sanesue, was moved to Shishido

Shishido Domain

The ' was a han of Japan's Edo period. Located in Hitachi Province , it was ruled for the majority of its history by a branch of the Tokugawa clan of Mito. The domain was confiscated for action in support of the Tengu Party in 1864, but was restored to the family, after the shogunate's fall in 1868...

, in Hitachi Province

Hitachi Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Hitachi Province bordered on Iwashiro, Iwaki, Shimousa, and Shimotsuke Provinces....

. Sanesue led his sons into combat at the Osaka Campaign. In 1630, because of discontent against the shogunate, he was exiled to Asama

Asama

Asama may mean:*Asama , a train service in Japan*Japanese cruiser Asama, a cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy*Mount Asama, a volcano in Japan*Asama Shrine, a category of Shinto shrine in Japan...

 in Ise Province

Ise Province

or was a province of Japan including most of modern Mie Prefecture. Ise bordered Iga, Kii, Mino, Ōmi, Owari, Shima, and Yamato Provinces.The ancient provincial capital was at Suzuka...

, where he died in 1659. Despite this exile, his son Toshisue

Akita Toshisue

was the son of Sanesue in feudal Japan. He also served the Tokugawa and received Miharu in 1645....

 survived, and was moved to the Miharu Domain

Miharu Domain

Miharu han was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Mutsu Province. It was ruled by three different families over the course of its history: the Katō , the Matsushita , and for the remainder of the Edo period by the Akita...

, in Mutsu Province

Mutsu Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori prefecture and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture...

, where his descendants remained in power until the Meiji Restoration

Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868...

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