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Akamatsu clan

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Akamatsu
赤松
Emblem (mon) of the Akamatsu clan
Home provinceHarima
Parent house Minamoto clan (Murakami-Genji)
TitlesVarious
Cadet branchesShinmen clan

Akamatsu clan (赤松氏, Akamatsu-shi) is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan).[1]

History

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They were prominent shugo-daimyō in Harima during the Sengoku period.

The clan was founded in 1366 by Akamatsu Norimura after allying himself with Ashikaga Takauji to fight the Kamakura Shogunate and were one of only four families made eligible to head the Samurai Dokoro during the time of the Muromachi Shogunate.[2]

During the Ōnin no ran (1467–1477), Akamatsu Masanori was one of the chief generals of the Hosokawa clan.[3]

The head of the clan at Shizuoka in Suruga Province became a kazoku baron in 1887.[1]

The Shinmen clan were a branch of the Akamatsu.[4]

Select members of the clan

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Akamatsu grave markers at Harima

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Akamatsu" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 1; retrieved 2013-4-11.
  2. ^ "Akamatsu Family • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  3. ^ Varley, H. Paul. (1967). The Ōnin war: history of its origins and background, p. 75.
  4. ^ Yoshikawa, Eiji. (1995). Musashi, p. 94.
  5. ^ a b Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, Vol. 3, pp. 600-603.
  6. ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 85,89. ISBN 0804705259.
  7. ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaikitsu-no-hen," Japan encyclopedia, p. 456.

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