Inaba Masanobu

nihongo|Inaba Masanobu|稲葉正謖 (1749-October 5, 1806) was a daimyo in early 19th-century 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).] Masanobu's family was 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).] Thunberg's trip from Dejima to Edo passed through Yamashiro, and his account reports that Masanobu was daimyō of Yodo . [Screech, Timon. (2005). [http://books.google.com/books?id=sQQ353F1Zd8C&pg=PA284&dq=Inaba+Masanobu&lr=&sig=I_xfhOQ4sMoX_NvTuPpFtb6jdPw "Japan Extolled and Decried: Carl Peter Thunberg and the Shogun's Realm, 1775-1796," p. 284.] ]

In the Edo period, the Inaba 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."] ]

Masanobu 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 Province; 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] ]

Masanobu'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

Masanobu was the Tokugawa shogunate's Kyoto "shoshidai" in the period spanning March 4, 1804 through October 5, 1806. [see above] ]

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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
* Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). [http://books.google.com/books?id=ugEEAAAACAAJ&dq=Dictionary+of+American+Family+Names "Dictionary of American Family Names."] New York: Oxford University Press. 10-ISBN 0-195-08137-4; 13-ISBN 978-0-195-08137-4 (cloth)
* 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.
* Screech, Timon. (2005). [http://books.google.com/books?id=sQQ353F1Zd8C&dq=Inaba+Masanobu&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Japan Extolled and Decried: Carl Peter Thunberg and the Shogun's Realm, 1775-1796."] London: RoutledgeCurzon. 10-ISBN 0-700-71719-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-700-71719-4 (cloth)