The was a powerful 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...

 family of 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...

. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa

Emperor Seiwa

was the 56th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Seiwa's reign spanned the years from 858 through 876.-Traditional narrative:...

 (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan

Minamoto clan

was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were demoted into the ranks of the nobility. The practice was most prevalent during the Heian Period , although its last occurrence was during the Sengoku Era. The Taira were another such offshoot of...

 (Seiwa Genji) by the Nitta clan. However, the early history of this clan remains a mystery.

History

Minamoto no Yoshishige (+1202), grandson of Minamoto no Yoshiie

Minamoto no Yoshiie

Minamoto no Yoshiie , also known as Hachimantarō, was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and Chinjufu shogun...

 (1041–1108), was the first to take the name of Nitta. He sided with his cousin Minamoto no Yoritomo

Minamoto no Yoritomo

was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. He ruled from 1192 until 1199.-Early life and exile :Yoritomo was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, heir of the Minamoto clan, and his official wife, a daughter of Fujiwara no Suenori, who was a member of the...

 against the Taira clan

Taira clan

The was a major Japanese clan of samurai in historical Japan.In reference to Japanese history, along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the emperors of the Heian Period to certain ex-members of the imperial family when they became subjects...

 (1180) and accompanied him to Kamakura

Kamakura, Kanagawa

is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about south-south-west of Tokyo. It used to be also called .Although Kamakura proper is today rather small, it is often described in history books as a former de facto capital of Japan as the seat of the Shogunate and of the Regency during the...

. Nitta Yoshisue, 4th son of Yoshishige, settled at Tokugawa (Kozuke province) and took the name of that place. However, their provincial history book did not mention Minamoto clan

Minamoto clan

was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were demoted into the ranks of the nobility. The practice was most prevalent during the Heian Period , although its last occurrence was during the Sengoku Era. The Taira were another such offshoot of...

 and Nitta clan.

The nominal originator of the Matsudaira clan was reportedly Matsudaira Chikauji, who was originally a poor Buddhist monk. He reportedly descended from Yoshisue in the 8th generation and witnessed the ruin of the Nitta in their war against the Ashikaga

Ashikaga clan

The ' was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573.The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in Shimotsuke province .For about a century the clan was...

. He settled at Matsudaira in Mikawa province and was adopted by his wife's family. Their provincial history book claimed that this original clan was Ariwara clan. Because this place is said to have been reclaimed by Nobumori Ariwara, one theory holds that Matsudaira clan was related to Ariwara no Narihira

Ariwara no Narihira

was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat. He was one of six waka poets referred in the preface in kana to Kokin Wakashū by Ki no Tsurayuki, and has been named as the hero of The Tales of Ise, whose hero was an anonym in itself but most of whose love affairs could be attributed to Narihira.He was the...

.

Matsudaira Nobumitsu (15th century), son of Chikauji, was in charge of Okazaki castle

Okazaki Castle

is a Japanese castle located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Okazaki Castle was home to the Honda clan, daimyō of Okazaki Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Tokugawa clan...

, and strengthened the authority of his family in the Mikawa province. Nobumitsu's great-great-grandson Matsudaira Kiyoyasu

Matsudaira Kiyoyasu

was the 7th lord over the Matsudaira clan during the Sengoku period of Japan. Kiyoyasu was the grandfather of the exceedingly famous unifier of Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Kiyoyasu soon gained control of the whole of the northern region of Mikawa province after the Saigo clan had surrendered after...

 made his clan strong, but was assassinated. In 1567, his grandson Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

 was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan , which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated from office in 1605, but...

 (1542–1616) obtained from the Emperor permission to revive the name Tokugawa. In so doing, he claimed descent from the Minamoto clan.

The clan rose to power at the end of the Sengoku period

Sengoku period

The or Warring States period in Japanese history was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century. The name "Sengoku" was adopted by Japanese historians in reference...

, and to the end of the 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....

 they ruled Japan as shogun

Shogun

A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...

s. All in all, there were fifteen Tokugawa shoguns

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 the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...

. Their dominance was so strong that some history books use the term "Tokugawa era" instead of "Edo period".

In addition, the heads of the gosanke

Gosanke

The , also called simply Gosanke or even Sanke, were three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu and Yorifusa and allowed to provide a shogun in case of need. The three houses were called Owari House of Tokugawa,...

(the three branches with fiefs

Han (Japan)

The or domain was the name of the estate belonging to a warrior in Japan after the 17th century. The fiefs of the daimyos of the samurai class of Japan during the Edo period were called han.-Edo period:...

 in Owari

Owari Province

was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture, including much of modern Nagoya. Its abbreviation is Bishū .-History:The province was created in 646....

, Kishū

Kii Province

, or , was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture. Kii bordered Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Provinces. The Kii Peninsula takes its name from this province....

, and Mito

Mito, Ibaraki

is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and has a central location, moderately offset towards the coast in that prefecture. As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 263,748 and a total area is 217.45 km², giving a population density of 1,212.91 persons per km²...

) bore the Tokugawa surname. Additional branches became the gosankyō

Gosankyo

The ' were three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan. They were descended from the eighth of the fifteen Tokugawa shoguns, Yoshimune . Yoshimune established the Gosankyo to augment the Gosanke, the heads of the powerful han of Owari, Kishū, and Mito...

: the Tayasu, Hitotsubashi, and Shimizu Tokugawa clans. Many daimyo with the Matsudaira

Matsudaira clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province . Over the course of its history, the clan produced many branches, most of which also centered around Mikawa Province...

 surname were descended from the Tokugawa. Examples include the Matsudaira of Fukui

Fukui

Fukui is a Japanese name meaning "fortunate" or it can mean "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to:- Places :* Fukui Prefecture** Fukui, Fukui - the city of the same name in the prefecture...

 and Aizu

Aizu

is an area comprising the westernmost third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. The principal city of the area is Aizuwakamatsu.During the Edo period, Aizu was a feudal domain known as and part of Mutsu Province.-History:...

. Members of the Tokugawa clan intermarried with prominent daimyo and the Imperial

Emperor of Japan

The Emperor of Japan is, according to the 1947 Constitution of Japan, "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people." He is a ceremonial figurehead under a form of constitutional monarchy and is head of the Japanese Imperial Family with functions as head of state. He is also the highest...

 family.

Their principal family shrine is the Tōshō-gū

Nikko Tosho-gu

is a Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the "Shrines and Temples of Nikkō", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Tōshō-gū is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Initially built in 1617, during the Edo period, while Ieyasu's son Hidetada...

 in Nikkō, and principal temple is at Kan'ei-ji

Kan'ei-ji

-External links:** * National Diet Library: ; *...

 in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. Heirlooms of the clan are partly administered by the Tokugawa Memorial Foundation

Tokugawa Memorial Foundation

The Tokugawa Memorial Foundation was established in late 2003. Its objective is to preserve and administer the historical objects, art, armor and documents that have been passed down in the Tokugawa family over the generations, display them for the general public and provide assistance to academic...

.

Crest

Tokugawa's clan crest, known in Japanese as a "mon

Mon (badge)

, also , , and , are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual or family. While mon is an encompassing term that may refer to any such device, kamon and mondokoro refer specifically to emblems used to identify a family....

", the "triple hollyhock

Hollyhock

Alcea , commonly known as hollyhocks, is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae. Most species are native to southwest and central Asia, although a few are native to southeast Europe or Egypt...

" (although commonly, but mistakenly identified as "hollyhock", the "aoi" actually belongs to the birthwort family and translates as "wild ginger

Wild ginger

Wild ginger may refer to any of a variety of plants, often with a similar appearance, odour or taste to cultivated ginger. Species involved include:*Any of the Alpinia species, especially A. caerulea....

"—Asarum), has been a readily recognized icon in Japan, symbolizing in equal parts the Tokugawa clan and the last shogunate.

The crest derives from a mythical clan, the Kamo clan, which legendarily descended from Yatagarasu. Matsudaira village was located in Higashikamo District

Higashikamo District, Aichi

was a former rural district located in Nishimikawa Region in central Aichi, Japan. The entire district is now part of the city of Toyota.-History:Kamo District was one of the ancient districts of Shinano province, but was transferred to Mikawa province during the Sengoku period...

, Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

. Although Emperor Go-Yōzei

Emperor Go-Yozei

was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years from 1586 through 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi-Momoyama period and the Edo period....

 offered a new crest, Ieyasu continued to use the crest, which was not related to Minamoto clan

Minamoto clan

was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were demoted into the ranks of the nobility. The practice was most prevalent during the Heian Period , although its last occurrence was during the Sengoku Era. The Taira were another such offshoot of...

.

In jidaigeki

Jidaigeki

is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama" and is usually the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular...

, the crest is often shown to locate the story in the Edo period. And in works set in during 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...

 movement, the crest is used to show the bearer's allegiance to the shogunate—as opposed to the royalists, whose cause is symbolized by the Imperial throne's chrysanthemum crest. Compare with the red and white rose iconography of English Wars of the Roses

Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York...

, as imagined by Walter Scott

Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....

 earlier in the 19th century, in Anne of Geierstein

Anne of Geierstein

Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, shortly after the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury...

(1829).

Family members

• Tokugawa Ieyasu
  Tokugawa Ieyasu
   was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan , which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated from office in 1605, but...
  
  
• Tokugawa Hidetada
  Tokugawa Hidetada
  was the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.-Early life :...
  
  
• Tokugawa Nobuyasu
  Tokugawa Nobuyasu
  was the eldest son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. His tsūshō was . He was called also , because he had become the lord of in 1570. Because he was a son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he is often referred to, retroactively, as .-Biography:...
  
  
• Yūki Hideyasu
  Yuki Hideyasu
  was a Japanese daimyo who lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. Born the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he established the Echizen Fukui Domain.-Birth:...
  
  
• Matsudaira Ietada
  Matsudaira Ietada
  Matsudaira Ietada was the name of three roughly contemporary men in Japanese history.*Matsudaira Ietada , who lived 1555-1600.*Matsudaira Ietada , who died in 1581.*Matsudaira Ietada , who lived 1547-1582...
  
  
• Matsudaira Tadaaki
  Matsudaira Tadaaki
  was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period through early Edo period. He was a retainer and relative of the Tokugawa clan, and became a daimyo in 1602.-Biography:...
  
  
• Matsudaira Tadanao
  Matsudaira Tadanao
  was a Japanese daimyo who ruled the Echizen-Fukui Domain in the early Edo period. Tadanao was born Matsudaira Senchiyo, the eldest son of Yūki Hideyasu, by his concubine Lady Nakagawa. As his father Hideyasu died in 1607, Senchiyo assumed headship in the same year, taking the name Tadanao...
  
  
• Matsudaira Tadatsune
• Tokugawa Mitsukuni
  Tokugawa Mitsukuni
  or was a prominent daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period. He was the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa and succeeded him, becoming the second daimyo of the Mito domain....
  
  
• Tokugawa Iesada
  Tokugawa Iesada
  Tokugawa Iesada Tokugawa Iesada Tokugawa Iesada (徳川 家定 (May 6, 1824 – August 14, 1858) was the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office for only 5 years, from 1853 to 1858. He was physically weak and therefore unfit to be shogun in this period of great challenges...
  
  

Clans

• Abe clan of Mikawa
• Gosankyo
  Gosankyo
  The ' were three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan. They were descended from the eighth of the fifteen Tokugawa shoguns, Yoshimune . Yoshimune established the Gosankyo to augment the Gosanke, the heads of the powerful han of Owari, Kishū, and Mito...
  
  
• Baba clan
  Baba clan
  The Baba clan refers to two families of the 16th century Sengoku period of Japanese history:*Baba clan *Baba clan...
  
  
• Honda clan
  Honda clan
  The ' is a Japanese family that claims descent from the medieval court noble Fujiwara no Kanemichi. The family settled in Mikawa and served the Matsudaira clan as retainers. Later, when the main Matsudaira family became the Tokugawa clan, the Honda rose in prestige. The clan includes thirteen...
  
  
• Ii clan
  Ii clan
  The ' is a Japanese clan which originates in Tōtōmi Province. It was a retainer clan of the Imagawa family, and then switched sides to the Matsudaira clan of Mikawa Province. A famed 16th century clan member, Ii Naomasa, served as one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's generals, and received the fief of Hikone...
  
  
• Ishikawa clan
  Ishikawa clan
  The ' was a Japanese family which claimed descent from Minamoto no Yoshiie. They took their name from the Ishikawa district of Kawachi Province. In the Sengoku Period, the family had two major branches; one of them, which had settled in Mikawa Province in the 15th century, was a family of retainers...
  
  
• Sakai clan
  Sakai clan
  The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Nitta branch of the Minamoto clan, who were in turn descendants of Emperor Seiwa. Serata Arichika, a samurai of the 14th century, was the common ancestor of both the Sakai clan and the Matsudaira clan, which the Sakai later served...
  
  

Important retainers

• Abe Masakatsu
  Abe Masakatsu
  was a Japanese samurai of the Abe clan of Mikawa who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. The son of Abe Masanobu, Masakatsu served Ieyasu from a young age, first accompanying him to Sunpu as a hostage. In 1590, Ieyasu gave him Ichihara in Izu Province, and Hatogaya, in Musashi Province, which brought...
  
  
• Akamatsu Norifusa
  Akamatsu Norifusa
  was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. Norifusa served as the shugo of Harima Province, but was defeated during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Chugoku Offensive. He surrendered, becoming Hideyoshi's vassal; in subsequent years he was granted landholdings scattered around Okishio ...
  
  
• Akaza Naoyasu
  Akaza Naoyasu
  was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was also known as and , and held the title of . His father, , was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga. Naonori was killed in action when Akechi Mitsuhide attacked and killed Nobunaga at Honnō-ji. Naoyasu then served...
  
  
• Amano Yasukage
  Amano Yasukage
  was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. He ruled the Kōkokuji Domain as a private fief....
  
  
• Ando Naotsugu
• Ando Shigenobu
• Aoyama Tadanari
  Aoyama Tadanari
  was a Tokugawa general and chief retainer at the end of the Sengoku and start of the Edo period. He was the father of Aoyama Tadatoshi, and the Aoyama region of Shibuya is named after him.-History:...
  
  
• Ariyama Toyouji
• Asano Nagaakira
  Asano Nagaakira
  was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as daimyō of the Wakayama domain, and was later transferred to the Hiroshima Domain.Born Asano Iwamatsu, he was the son of Asano Nagamasa, who was a senior retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1594, Nagaakira was made a retainer of Toyotomi...
  
  
• Baba Nobushige
  Baba Nobushige
  Baba Nobushige was a retainer beneath the clan of Takeda throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan....
  
  
• Fukushima Masanori
  Fukushima Masanori
  was a Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku Period to early Edo Period who served as lord of the Hiroshima Domain. A retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he fought in the battle of Shizugatake in 1583, and soon became known as one of Seven Spears of Shizugatake which also included Katō Kiyomasa and...
  
  
• Fukushima Masayori
• Furuta Shigekatsu
  Furuta Shigekatsu
  was a Japanese samurai who survived the Battle of Sekigahara but died later the same year. He received Matsuzaka in Ise from Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu awarded him someplace worth 60,000 koku....
  
  
• Hattori Hanzō
  Hattori Hanzo
  , also known as , was a famous samurai and ninja master of the Sengoku era, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. Today, he is often a subject of modern popular culture.-Biography:...
  
  
• Hattori Masanari
  Hattori Masanari
  was a retainer under the Tokugawa clan during the late Sengoku period of Japanese history. He was the eldest son of Hattori Hanzō.The eldest son of Hattori Hanzō, Masanari began to fight alongside his father by the mid 1590s, and succeeded him in 1596, when he was 31 years old...
  
  
• Hiraiwa Chikayoshi
  Hiraiwa Chikayoshi
  was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period. He ruled the Inuyama Domain....
  
  

• Hirose Kagefusa
  Hirose Kagefusa
  Hirose Kagefusa was a senior retainer to Tokugawa Ieyasu throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. With the speculation that Kagefusa supported the Takeda at the time at which he was eligible for vassalship, he became a supporting vassal to Senior Retainer Yamagata Masakage initially...
  
  
• Hisamatsu Sadakatsu
• Honda Hirotaka
  Honda Hirotaka
  was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Tokugawa clan....
  
  
• Honda Masanobu
  Honda Masanobu
  was a commander and daimyo in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods.In 1563, when an uprising against Ieyasu occurred in Mikawa Province, Masanobu took the side of the peasants against Ieyasu...
  
  
• Honda Masazumi
  Honda Masazumi
  ' was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. He later became a daimyo, and one of the first rōjū of the Tokugawa Shogunate....
  
  
• Honda Narishige
  Honda Narishige
  ' was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan; he later became a daimyo. Narishige was born at Hamamatsu Castle, the son of Tokugawa retainer Honda Shigetsugu...
  
  
• Honda Shigetsugu
  Honda Shigetsugu
  , also known as , was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Azuchi-Momoyama Period, who served the Tokugawa clan. He fought in many of the Tokugawa clan's major battles, and was known as for his ferocity....
  
  
• Honda Tadakatsu
  Honda Tadakatsu
  , also called Honda Heihachirō , was a Japanese general of the late Sengoku through early Edo period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Honda Tadakatsu was one of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings along with Ii Naomasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa and Sakai Tadatsugu. - Biography :A native of Mikawa Province in...
  
  
• Honda Tadamasa
  Honda Tadamasa
  was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kuwana Domain and then the Himeji Domain. He was the son of Honda Tadakatsu.Tadamasa's first battle was during the Siege of Odawara, in 1590; he also fought at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600...
  
  
• Honda Tadatoki
  Honda Tadatoki
  was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period.Tadatoki was born as the eldest son of Honda Tadamasa. His mother Kumahime was a granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga....
  
  
• Honda Tadatsugu
  Honda Tadatsugu
  Honda Tadatsugu was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Tokugawa clan....
  
  
• Honda Tadazumi
• Honda Yasushige
  Honda Yasushige
  ' was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku through early Edo period. The first lord of Okazaki han in Mikawa Province, he held the title of Bungo no Kami . Yasushige served Tokugawa Ieyasu from a young age, taking part in various battles, such as the Battle of Anegawa and the fight against...
  
  
• Honda Yasutoshi
  Honda Yasutoshi
  ' was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan; he later became a daimyo. Yasutoshi was the second son of Sakai Tadatsugu; after a time as a hostage to the Oda clan; he was adopted by Honda Tadatsugu in 1580...
  
  
• Hoshina Masamitsu
  Hoshina Masamitsu
  was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. Masamitsu was the son of Hoshino Masanao, and after having lent his support to Tokugawa Ieyasu at the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara, he was given the Takatō fief in 1600.With his father's death the following year in Takatō,...
  
  
• Hoshina Masanao
  Hoshina Masanao
  was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period, who served the Takeda clan. He was the successor of his father Masatoshi in the ranks of the senior Takeda retainers, and was given command of 250 cavalry. Masanao was driven out of Takatō Castle following a siege in 1582, but was soon allowed to return...
  
  

• Hoshina Masatoshi
  Hoshina Masatoshi
  ' was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Takeda clan. The son of Hoshina Masanori, he ruled Takatō Castle in Shinano Province. He initially opposed Takeda Shingen's invasion of Shinano; however, he later submitted to Shingen and became a Takeda vassal, in command of 120...
  
  
• Ii Naomasa
  Ii Naomasa
  was a general under the Sengoku period Daimyo, and later Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. He is regarded as one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa along with Honda Tadakatsu, Sakakibara Yasumasa and Sakai Tadatsugu.-Early life:...
  
  
• Ii Naotaka
  Ii Naotaka
  was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period who served under the Tokugawa shogunate. He was the son of the famous Tokugawa general Ii Naomasa.Naotaka served in the Siege of Osaka in his brother Naokatsu's stead, where he would gain tremendous favor for his exploits at Tennoji. After the battle,...
  
  
• Ii Naotsugu
• Ina Tadatsugu
  Ina Tadatsugu
  was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Tokugawa clan....
  
  
• Ishikawa Kazumasa
  Ishikawa Kazumasa
  Ishikawa Kazumasa, a very notable retainer under Tokugawa Ieyasu, even serving him since his childhood, since they were both hostages under the Imagawa at that time....
  
  
• Ishin Sūden
  Ishin Suden
  also known as Konchiin Sūden, was a Zen Rinzai monk and advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and later to Tokugawa Hidetada and Iemitsu on religious matters and foreign affairs...
  
  
• Kikkawa Hiroie
  Kikkawa Hiroie
  ' was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period.Hiroie's father was Kikkawa Motoharu and his mother was a daughter of Kumagai Nobunao. He initially was named Tsunenobu and made his debut on the battle field on 1570 against Amago Katsuhisa with his father...
  
  
• Kobayakawa Hideaki
  Kobayakawa Hideaki
  Kobayakawa Hideaki was fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.He was adopted by Hideyoshi and called himself Hashiba Hidetoshi and Shusen . He was then again adopted by Kobayakawa Takakage and renamed himself Hideaki...
  
  
• Kōriki Kiyonaga
  Koriki Kiyonaga
  was a Japanese daimyo during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo periods. A native of Mikawa Province, Kiyonaga served the Tokugawa clan during its battles, until 1600....
  
  
• Kutsuki Mototsuna
  Kutsuki Mototsuna
  was a samurai commander in Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period.His father was Kutsuki Harutsuna . The Kutsuki were a powerful clan at Kutsuki-tani , Takasima-gori, Ōmi Province....
  
  
• Mizuno Nobumoto
  Mizuno Nobumoto
  was a daimyo of Japan's Sengoku period. A son of Mizuno Tadamasa, and brother of Mizuno Tadashige, he was the lord of Kariya Castle.Nobumoto sided with Oda Nobuhide in 1542, having switched his allegiance from the Imagawa family, but soon changing sides once more, to serve under the Matsudaira...
  
  
• Naitō Ienaga
  Naito Ienaga
  was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku Period through Azuchi-Momoyama Period, who served the Tokugawa clan. He was the son of Naitō Kiyonaga. Ienaga served Tokugawa Ieyasu from a young age, and was famed for his skill with the bow...
  
  
• Naitō Nobunari
  Naito Nobunari
  was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan; he later became a daimyo.Nobunari is believed to have been the illegitimate son of Matsudaira Hirotada . He was later adopted by Naitō Kiyonaga...
  
  
• Natsume Yoshinobu
  Natsume Yoshinobu
  ' was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Matsudaira clan . When Tokugawa forces had to retreat at the Battle of Mikatagahara, Natsume charged into enemy ranks declaring himself to be Ieyasu; he was then killed in battle....
  
  
• Ogasawara Ujisuke

• Ogawa Suketada
  Ogawa Suketada
  Ogawa Suketada was a daimyo in feudal Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods.Initially Suketada served Akechi Mitsuhide and then Shibata Katsutoyo. After Katsutoyo died, Suketada served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was given 70,000 koku at Imabari, Iyo Province and became a daimyo...
  
  
• Ōkubo Tadayo
  Okubo Tadayo
  was a samurai general in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Azuchi-Momoyama period, subsequently becoming a daimyō in early Edo period , Japan.Ōkubo Tadayo was the eldest son of Ōkubo Tadakazu, a hereditary retainer of the Tokugawa clan...
  
  
• Ōkubo Tadasuke
  Okubo Tadasuke
  was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period through early Edo period....
  
  
• Ōkubo Tadachika
  Okubo Tadachika
  was daimyō of Odawara Domain in Sagami Province in early Edo period, Japan.Ōkubo Tadachika was the son of Ōkubo Tadayo, a hereditary vassal to the Tokugawa clan in what is now part of the city of Okazaki, Aichi. He entered into service as a samurai frm age 11, and took his first head in battle at...
  
  
• Ōkubo Nagayasu
  Okubo Nagayasu
  was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period who served the Tokugawa clan. He worked as a mining magistrate in various Tokugawa-controlled mines. Due to misconduct, he was deprived of office, and died soon afterward.-References:*http://fine-vn.com/cat_11/ent_60.html...
  
  
• Okudaira Sadamasa
  Okudaira Sadamasa
  was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and early Edo periods. Nobumasa's family considered their origins to have been associated with Mikawa province. The clan was descended through the Akamatsu from the Murakami-Genji.-Originally named Sadamasa:...
  
  
• Sakai Tadatsugu
  Sakai Tadatsugu
  was one of the most favored and most and successful military commanders serving Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late-Sengoku period. He is regarded as one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa .along with Honda Tadakatsu, Ii Naomasa, and Sakakibara Yasumasa.-Sakai clan genealogy:The Sakai clan originated in...
  
  
• Sakakibara Yasumasa
  Sakakibara Yasumasa
  was a Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. As one of the Tokugawa family's foremost military commanders, he was considered one of its "Four Guardian Kings"...
  
  
• Suganuma Sadamitsu
  Suganuma Sadamitsu
  ' was a samurai commander of the Suganuma clan during Japan's Sengoku period. Originally serving under the Imagawa clan, until the year of 1560, Sadamitsu then entered the service of the Tokugawa...
  
  
• Torii Tadayoshi
  Torii Tadayoshi
  was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Sengoku period. Longtime retainer of Matsudaira Hirotada and later, his son Tokugawa Ieyasu. When Ieyasu was sent to Sunpu to be a hostage to the Imagawa clan, Tadayoshi served alongside Matsudaira Shigeyoshi as castle warden of Okazaki Castle...
  
  
• Torii Mototada
  Torii Mototada
  was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through late Azuchi-Momoyama Period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Torii died at the siege of Fushimi where his garrison was greatly outnumbered and destroyed by the army of Ishida Mitsunari...
  
  
• Uemura Masakatsu
  Uemura Masakatsu
  was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served as one of three magistrates for the Tokugawa clan. Masakatsu served Tokugawa Ieyasu from a young age, though he would side with a rioting monto group within the province of Mikawa in 1565...
  
  
• Wakisaka Yasuharu
  Wakisaka Yasuharu
  ' , sometimes referred to as Wakizaka Yasuharu, was a daimyo of Awaji Island who fought under a number of warlords over the course of Japan's Sengoku period....
  
  
• Watanabe Moritsuna
  Watanabe Moritsuna
  was a Japanese samurai of the Watanabe clan, who served the Tokugawa clan. He submitted to Ieyasu in 1557 and fought in such famous battles as the battles of Anegawa , Mikatagahara and Nagashino , he was nicknamed yari no Hanzo because of his skill with the spear, it was also to distinguish him...
  
  

External links

• TOKUGAWA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION