Inaba Masamichi

nihongo|Inaba Masamichi|稲葉正通, 1623-1696, was a daimyo in Japan during the Edo period.Meyer, Eva-Maria. [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/manabu/shoshidai.htm "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit."] Universität Tübingen (in German).] Masamichi's family is descended from Masanari, a younger son of Konō Michitaka, daimyō from Mino province who had been a vassal of Oda Nobunaga and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi.Papinot, Jacques. (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Nobiliare du Japon" -- Inaba, p. 15;] Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). "Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon." (in French/German).] Masamichi's domain was Odawara until 1686, when the shogunate severed his relationship with this location in order to transfer the Inaba to another land holding. [Ketcherside, Robert and Maki Noguchi. (1996). [http://www.zombiezodiac.com/rob/odawara.htm "A Pre-modern History of Odawara"] .] Masamichi and his descendants lived at Takata in Echigo province until 1701, when the shogunate moved the Inaba to Shimōsa province. [see above] ]

In the Edo period, the Makino were identified as one of the "fudai" or insider "daimyō" clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the "tozama" or outsider clans.Appert, Georges. (1888). [http://books.google.com/books?id=CSUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ancien+japon+georges+appert&lr=#PPA67,M1 "Ancien Japon," p. 67.] ]

Inaba clan genalogy

The "fudai" Inaba clan originated in Mino province. [see above] ] They claim descent from Kōno Michitaka (d. 1374),Papinot, Jacques. (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Nobiliare du Japon" -- Inaba, p. 15;] Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). "Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon." (in French/German).] who claimed descent from Emperor Kammu (736–805). [ [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Inaba-name-meaning.ashx "Inaba" at Ancestry.com] citing Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). [http://books.google.com/books?id=ugEEAAAACAAJ&dq=Dictionary+of+American+Family+Names "Dictionary of American Family Names."] ]

Masamichi was part of the cadet branch of the Inaba which was created in 1588. [see above] ] This branch is descended from Inaba Masanari (+1628), who fought in the armies of Nobunaga and then Hideyoshi. [see above] ]

In 1619, Masanari was granted the "han" of Itoigawa (25,000 "koku") in Echigo Domain; then, in 1627, his holding was transferred to Mōka Domain (65,000 "koku") in Shimotsuke province. Masanari's descendants resided successively at Odawara Domain (105,000 "koku") in Sagami province from 1632 through 1685; at Takata Domain in Echigo province from 1685 through 1701; at Sakura Domain in Shimōsa province from 1701 through 1723. [see above] ]

Masamichi's heirs and others who were also descendants of Inaba Masanari settled at Yodo Domain (115,000 "koku") in Yamashiro province from 1723 through 1868. [see above] ]

The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period. [see above] ]

Tokugawa official

Masamichi was the Tokugawa shogunate's Kyoto "shoshidai" in the period spanning December 24, 1681 through October 19, 1686. [see above] ]

His cousin, Inaba Masayasu, served as a "wakadoshiyori" in Edo. Masayasu visited Kyoto as part of a formal inspection in 1683. [Tucker, John. (1998). [http://books.google.com/books?id=xkQc-lXHdH8C&pg=RA1-PA5&lpg=RA1-PA5&dq=Inaba+Masamichi+&source=web&ots=LOg792HS_e&sig=rF9GviLzYWL935H1ULBwPQ0E1Y4&hl=en#PRA1-PA4,M1 "Itō Jinsai's "Gomō Jigi" and the Philosophical Definition of Early Modern Japan," p. 4 n3.] ]

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References

* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). [http://books.google.com/books?id=HYc_AAAAMAAJ&dq=ancien+japon&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Ancien Japon."] Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
* Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). "Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867". Münster: Tagenbuch. ISBN 3-8258-3939-7
* Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon." Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf ..Click link for digitized 1906 "Nobiliaire du japon" (2003)]
* Sasaki, Suguru. (2002). "Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji ishin." Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.
* Tucker, John Allen. (1998). [http://books.google.com/books?id=xkQc-lXHdH8C&dq=Inaba+Masamichi+&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Itō Jinsai's "Gomō Jigi" and the Philosophical Definition of Early Modern Japan."] Leiden: Brill Publishers. 10-ISBN 9-004-08628-5