Akamatsu clan
| Akamatsu 赤松 | |
|---|---|
 Emblem (mon) of the Akamatsu clan | |
| Home province | Harima |
| Parent house |  Minamoto clan (Murakami-Genji) |
| Titles | Various |
| Cadet branches | Shinmen clan |
Akamatsu clan (赤松氏, Akamatsu-shi) is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan).[1]
History[edit]
They were prominent shugo-daimyō in Harima during the Sengoku period.
During the Ōnin no ran (1467–1477), Akamatsu Masanori was one of the chief generals of the Hosokawa clan.[2]
The head of the clan at Shizuoka in Suruga Province became a kazoku baron in 1887.[1]
The Shinmen clan were a branch of the Akamatsu.[3]
Select members of the clan[edit]
- Akamatsu Norimura (1277–1350).[4]
- Akamatsu Norisuke (1314–1371).[4][5]
- Akamatsu Mitsusuke (1381–1441).[6]
- Akamatsu Sadaura[6]
- Akamatsu Masanori (d.1577)
- Akamatsu Yoshisuke
- Akamatsu Norifusa (1559–1598)
See also[edit]
- Akamatsu Tōshōin
- Sesson Yūbai (1290–1348)
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Akamatsu" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 1; retrieved 2013-4-11.
- ^ Varley, H. Paul. (1967). The Ōnin war: history of its origins and background, p. 75.
- ^ Yoshikawa, Eiji. (1995). Musashi, p. 94.
- ^ a b Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, Vol. 3, pp. 600-603.
- ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 85,89. ISBN 0804705259.
- ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaikitsu-no-hen," Japan encyclopedia, p. 456.
References[edit]
- Hall, John Whitney. (1999). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22354-6; OCLC 165440083
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
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