- Kikkawa family
The Kikkawa family (橘川氏) was a samurai clan of Japan's
Sengoku period . The most famous member of the clan is likelyKikkawa Motoharu (1530-1586), one ofToyotomi Hideyoshi 's generals, who was adopted into the family. Along with theKobayakawa clan , the Kikkawa played an important role in Hideyoshi'sKyūshū Campaign (1586-7), and later became daimyo inIzumo province and Iwakuni after that.Clan members of Note
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Kikkawa Tsuneie (d. 1581)
*Kikkawa Motoharu (1530-1586) - General under Hideyoshi; died inKyūshū Campaign
*Kikkawa Motonaga (1547-1587) - Son of Motoharu
*Kikkawa Hiroie (1561-1625) - Son of Motoharu; Daimyo of Izumo and later Iwakuni
*Kikkawa Hiromasa - Son of Motoharu
*Yoshikawa Koretari (1616-1694) - also known as Kikkawa Koretari; Shintō philosopher
*Kikkawa Reika (1875-1929) -Yamato-e painterReferences
*Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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