The Inaba clan (Japanese: 稲葉氏, Hepburn: Inaba-shi) were a samurai kin group which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period and the Edo periods.[1] Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Inaba, as hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa clan, were classified as one of the fudai daimyō clans.[2]

Inaba
稲葉
Inaba clan Family crest (kamon)
Home provinceMino
Parent houseKōno clan
Titlesdaimyō, viscount
FounderEmperor Kanmu via Kōno Michitaka
Final rulerInaba Masakuni
Founding year14th century
Dissolutionstill extant
Ruled until1873 (Abolition of the han system)
Cadet branchestwo cadet branches to the Meiji Restoration

Inaba clan genealogy

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The Inaba clan originated in 16th century Mino Province,[3] and claimed descent from Kōno Michitaka (died 1374),[4] who claimed descent from Emperor Kanmu (736–805).[5]

Main branch

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The senior branch of the Inaba are descended from Inaba Sadamichi (1551–1606),[4] who was raised in rank by Oda Nobunaga in 1564.[3] He was established in 1585 at Hachiman Domain (40,000 koku) in Mino Province.[4] In 1600, he and his heirs were installed at Usuki Domain (56,000 koku) in Bungo Province, and his descendants remained in the same place until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.[3] The head of this clan line was ennobled as a viscount (hakushaku) under the kazoku peerage in the Meiji period.[4]

Main branch head family

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  1. Inaba Michisada
  2. Inaba Michinori
  3. Inaba Yoshimichi
  4. Inaba Sadamichi (1546–1603)
  5. Inaba Norimochi (1566–1626)
  6. Inaba Kazumichi (1587–1641)
  7. Inaba Nobumichi (1608–1673)
  8. Inaba Kagemichi (1639–1694)
  9. Inaba Tomomichi (1652–1706)
  10. Inaba Tsunemichi (1690–1720)
  11. Inaba Masamichi (1706–1737)
  12. Inaba Yasumichi (1730–1768)
  13. Inaba Hiromichi (1752–1818)
  14. Inaba Terumichi (1776–1847)
  15. Inaba Takamichi (1801–1821)
  16. Inaba Chikamichi (1815–1844)
  17. Inaba Akimichi (1839–1862)
  18. Inaba Hisamichi (1843–1893)
  19. Inaba Yukimichi
  20. Inaba Naomichi
  21. Inaba Takeo
  22. Inaba Lilika Rea (2001–)

Cadet lines

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Clan temple

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Tōzen-ji, a Buddhist temple in Edo, was considered the family temple of various clans, including the main branch of the Inaba clan.[6]

Notable members

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit". Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine Universität Tübingen (in German)
  2. ^ Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p. 75
  3. ^ a b c d e f Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p. 67.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Papinot, Edmond. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Inaba, p. 15; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German).
  5. ^ "Inaba" at Ancestry.com citing Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names.
  6. ^ Cortazzi, Hugh. (2000). Collected Writings of Sir Hugh Cortazzi, Vol. II, pp. 210-211.

References

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  • Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
  • Cortazzi, Hugh. (2000). Collected Writings of Sir Hugh Cortazzi, Vol. II. London: Routledge. ISBN 1-873410-92-1
  • Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4 (cloth)
  • 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, Edmond. (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.
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