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]
| Akamatsu 赤松 | |
|---|---|
 Emblem (mon) of the Akamatsu clan | |
| Home province | Harima |
| Parent house |  Minamoto clan (Murakami-Genji) |
| Titles | Various |
| Cadet branches | Shinmen clan |
History
editThey 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 Norimura (1277–1350).[5]
- Akamatsu Norisuke (1314–1371).[5][6]
- Akamatsu Mitsusuke (1381–1441).[7]
- Akamatsu Sadaura[7]
- Akamatsu Masanori (d.1577)
- Akamatsu Yoshisuke
- Akamatsu Norifusa (1559–1598)
See also
edit- Akamatsu Tōshōin
- Sesson Yūbai (1290–1348)
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Akamatsu Family • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Varley, H. Paul. (1967). The Ōnin war: history of its origins and background, p. 75.
- ^ Yoshikawa, Eiji. (1995). Musashi, p. 94.
- ^ a b Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, Vol. 3, pp. 600-603.
- ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 85,89. ISBN 0804705259.
- ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaikitsu-no-hen," Japan encyclopedia, p. 456.
References
edit- Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22354-6; OCLC 165440083
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
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