Imagawa clan
Imagawa clan 今川 | |
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Home province | Mikawa Suruga Tōtōmi |
Parent house | Ashikaga clan |
Titles | Various |
Founder | (Ashikaga Kuniuji) |
Founding year | 13th century |
Cadet branches | Horikoshi clan Sena clan |
Imagawa clan (Japanese: 今川氏, Hepburn: Imagawa-uji) was a family of Japanese noble military clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji. It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan.
Origins[]
, grandson of , established himself in the 13th century at Imagawa (Mikawa Province) and took its name.
Imagawa Norikuni (1295–1384) received from his cousin the shōgun Ashikaga Takauji the province of Tōtōmi, and later that of Suruga.
Located at[]
Ounami no Kori, Mikawa (modern day Nishio, Aichi) mainly Suruga Province and Tōtōmi Province during the Warring States period
Crests[]
- Two hikiryou
- Yoshimoto's version of the akaitori (pictured)
- Two hikiryou and a paulownia planted in white soil
Major figures[]
Imagawa Sadayo, Ujichika, Yoshimoto, Ujizane, Jukei-ni
Muromachi era[]
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Sengoku era[]
After the death of Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Within a decade the clan had lost all of its land holdings to the Tokugawa and Takeda clans. The Imagawa subsequently became masters of ceremonies in the service of the Tokugawa clan.[1]
Clan castles[]
Separated by province name.
- Suruga Province: Imagawa Kan (later known as Sunpu Castle), , , Tanaka Castle
- Tōtōmi Province: Kakegawa Castle, Takatenjin Castle (ja), , , Hamamatsu Castle, .
- Mikawa Province: Yoshida Castle, Tahara Castle, Okazaki Castle,
- Owari Province: , Ōtaka Castle,
Edo period[]
Imagawa Norinobu, an Imagawa of the late Edo period, was a wakadoshiyori in the Tokugawa administration.
Key genealogies[]
Emperor Seiwa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minamoto no Yoriyoshi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Hachimantaro" Yoshiie | "Shinra Saburō" Yoshimitsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Takeda clan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minamoto no Yoshichika | Minamoto no Yoshikuni | Minamoto no Yoshinari | Takeda Yoshikiyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ashikaga clan | Nitta clan | Satake clan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minamoto no Tameyoshi | Ashikaga Yoshiyasu | Nitta Yoshishige | Satake Masayoshi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minamoto no Yoshitomo | Ashikaga Yoshikane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kamakura Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo | Ashikaga Yoshiuji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kira clan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ashikaga Yasuuji | Kira Osauji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashikaga Yoriuji | Kira Mitsuji | Imagawa Kuniuji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ashikaga Ietoki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ashikaga Sadauji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muromachi Shogun Ashikaga Takauji | Nitta Yoshisada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tōtōmi
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Notable members[]
Notable retainers[]
Popular culture[]
Imagawa is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV.
Notes[]
- ^ (in Japanese) "Suruga Imagawa-shi" on Harimaya.com (12 July 2008)
References[]
- (in Japanese) "Suruga Imagawa-shi" on Harimaya.com (12 July 2008)
- Imagawa clan
- Japanese clans
- Ashikaga clan