- Imagawa clan
Family name
name = Imagawa
imagesize= 180px
caption= An alternate crest used by the Imagawa
pronunciation = Imagawa
region = Japanese
origin = Japanes
related names =Ashikaga ,Shinagawa
footnotes =The nihongo|Imagawa clan|今川氏|Imagawa-shi was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from
Emperor Seiwa (850-880). It was a branch of theMinamoto clan by theAshikaga clan .Origins
Ashikaga Kuniuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji, established himself in the 13th century at Imagawa (
Mikawa province ) and took its name.Imagawa Norikuni (1295-1384) received from his cousin the shogun
Ashikaga Takauji the province of Totomi, and later that of Suruga.Muromachi era
engoku 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. [ja icon [http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/html/imaga_k.html "Suruga Imagawa-shi" on Harimaya.com] (12 July 2008)]Edo era and beyond
Imagawa Norinobu , an Imagawa of the late Edo period, was a "wakadoshiyori " in the Tokugawa administration.Key Genealogies
Suruga
*Imagawa Kuniuji (1243-1282)
*Imagawa Morouji (1261-1323)
*Imagawa Norikuni (1295?-1384)
*Imagawa Noriuji (1316-1365)
*Imagawa Yasunori (1334?-1409?)
*Imagawa Norimasa (1364-1433)
*Imagawa Noritada (1408-1461?)
*Imagawa Yoshitada (1436-1476)
*Imagawa Ujichika (1473?-1526)
*Imagawa Ujiteru (1513-1536)
*Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519-1560)
*Imagawa Ujizane (1538-1615)
*Imagawa Naofusa (1594-1662)
*Imagawa Ujinari (1642-1673)
*Imagawa Ujimichi (1668-1699)
*Imagawa Noritaka (1694-1712)
*Imagawa Norinushi (1698-1728)
*Imagawa Norihiko (1716-1749)
*Imagawa Noriyasu (1731-1784)
*Imagawa Yoshiaki (1756-1818)
*Imagawa Yoshimochi (1786-1839)
*Imagawa Yoshiyori (1810-1841)
*Imagawa Norinobu (1829-1887)
*Imagawa YoshihitoTōtōmi
*Imagawa Sadayo (1326-1420?)
*Imagawa Nakaaki
*Imagawa Sadaomi
*Imagawa Sadasuke
*Imagawa Norimasa (?-1464)
*Imagawa Sadanobu (?-1474)Tōtōmi (Horikoshi branch)
*Horikoshi Sadamoto (?-1537)
*Horikoshi Ujinobu
*Horikoshi Sadatada
*Horikoshi Sadahisa
*Horikoshi Sadayoshi
*Horikoshi SadatsuguTōtōmi (Sena branch)
*Sena Kazuhide
*Sena Ujisada
*Sena Ujitoshi
*Sena Ujiakira
*Sena Masakatsu
*Sena KiyosadaNotable Retainers
*Matsudaira Motoyasu
*Okabe Motonobu
*Matsui Munenobu
*Udono Nagateru
*Asahina Yasutomo
*Ii Naomori
*Abe Motozane
*Ichinomiya Munekore
*Ii Naochika
*Iio Tsuratatsu
*Katsurayama Ujimoto
*Katsurayama Ujimoto
*Taigen Sessai
*Iio Noritsura
*Itami Yasunao
*Yamaguchi Noritsugu
*Yamaguchi Noriyoshi
*Yokoe MagohachiNotes
References
*ja icon [http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/html/imaga_k.html "Suruga Imagawa-shi" on Harimaya.com] (12 July 2008)
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