Inaba Masanari

Infobox_Officeholder | name= Inaba Masanari
nationality=Japanese
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order=1st Lord of Mōka
term_start=1627
term_end=1628
predecessor=Hori Chikayoshi
successor=Inaba Masakatsu
birth_date=1571
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death_date=October 14, 1628 (age 57)
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spouse= Lady Kasuga

nihongo|Inaba Masanari|稲葉正成 (1571-October 14, 1628), sometimes known as "Mino-no-kami", [Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1998). [http://books.google.com/books?id=gfFCRaUIB40C&pg=PA98&dq=inaba+masanari&client=firefox-a&sig=Bwl-E1Q9DcrqBpT5-VcbjFo5Nk0#PPA71,M1 "The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi," p. 71.] ] was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. He served the Oda, Toyotomi, and Tokugawa clans, and became a daimyo in the early Edo period.

Masanari was the husband of Kasuga-no-Tusbone, [ja icon [http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/html/inaba_k.html "Inaba-shi" on Harimaya.com] ] who bore him three sons -- Masakatsu, Masasada, and Masatoshi. [__________. [http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=gxiXmuvhObAC&dq=inaba+masanari&q=inaba+&pgis=1#search " [Unknown title] ,"] "Bulletin of the South Sea Association." Vo.l. 2 (July 1939).] For some reason, Masanari divorced her; and she then became wet-nurse to Tokugawa Hidetada's eldest son. [Murdock, James. (1996) [http://books.google.com/books?id=fjSQOixtgngC&pg=PA706&dq=inaba+masanari&lr=&sig=MGrLwq9Fdk5wckIZAHvRtpBpCnI "A History of Japan," p. 706.] ] One of Masanari's grandsons, Inaba Masayasu (1640-1684), is primarily remembered as the enigmatic "wakadoshiyori" assassin of "tairō" Hotta Masatoshi. [Brinkley, Frank "et al." (1915). [http://books.google.com/books?id=JlUCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT13&dq=Inaba+Masanobu&lr=#PPA598,M1 "A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era," p. 598;] Bodart-Bailey, [http://books.google.com/books?id=gfFCRaUIB40C&pg=PA98&dq=inaba+masanari&client=firefox-a&sig=Bwl-E1Q9DcrqBpT5-VcbjFo5Nk0 p. 98.] ]

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,Meyer, Eva-Maria. [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/manabu/shoshidai.htm "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit."] Universität Tübingen (in German).] in contrast with the "tozama" or outsider clans.

Inaba clan branches

The "fudai" Inaba clan originated in 16th century Mino province.Appert, Georges. (1888). [http://books.google.com/books?id=CSUNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ancien+japon+georges+appert&lr=#PPA67,M1 "Ancien Japon," p. 67.] ] 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."] ]

A cadet branch are descended from Inaba Masanari (+1628), who fought in the armies of Nobunaga and then Hideyoshi. [see above] ] This branch of the Inaba was created in 1588. [see above] ] In 1619, he 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. His 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] ] Masanari's heirs 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] ]

Notable descendants

* Inaba Masamichi, 1681-1685 -- 8th Kyoto "shoshidai". [see above] ]
* Inaba Masanobu, 1804-1806 -- 34th Kyoto "shoshidai". [see above] ]
* Inaba Masakuni, 1863-1864 -- 55th Kyoto "shoshidai". [see above] ]

Notes

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.
* Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M. (1998). [http://books.google.com/books?id=gfFCRaUIB40C&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Dog+Shogun:+The+Personality+and+Policies+of+Tokugawa+Tsunayoshi&sig=LyAbHW8S71InIjK2dPAvICaEDlE "The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi."] Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 10-ISBN 0-824-82066-5; 13-ISBN 978-0-824-82066-4 (paper) -- 10-ISBN 0-824-81964-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-824-81964-4 (cloth)
* Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). [http://books.google.com/books?id=JlUCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Inaba+Masanobu&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era."] New York: Encyclopedia Britannica.
* 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)
* 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
* Murdock, James. (1996) [http://books.google.com/books?id=32HnwxdP4pMC&dq=Kasuga+no+Tsubone&lr=&client=firefox-a&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "A History of Japan."] London: Routledge.
* 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)]

External links

* [http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/html/inaba_k.html "Inaba-shi" on Harimaya.com] (6 April 2008)