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Fumizuki Clan
The Fumizuki clan is a cadet branch of the Toki clan which is descended from the Seiwa Genji.

History
The fumizuki clan claims descent from the Toki clan is a samurai family who flourished from the Kamakura to the Edo period. Their real family name is Genji (the Minamoto clan). The Toki clan stems from the Settsu-Genji, the descendant of the Seiwa-Genji, whose ancestor was Emperor Seiwa, and mainly flourished in Mino Province as the main branch of the Mino-Genji clan. The family served as Mino no kuni Shugo (a provincial constable of Mino Province) from the Muromachi to the Sengoku (Warring states) Periods, and finally became Shugo daimyo (a provincial constable who became a feudal lord) of Mino, Owari, and Ise Provinces.

The families of the Toki clan were not only in Mino Province but also scattered around the Kanto region such as Hitachi and Kazusa Provinces, and many branch families such as Akechi, Doi, Kanamori, Hachiya, and Hida clans were generated from the Toki clan in Mino Province.

The family crest of the Toki clan bears Mizuiro Kikyo-mon (a light, blue-colored pattern of Chinese bellflower), and is known for its colored pattern, not black and white. The Kikyo-mon was first used as their family crest to commemorate Mitsuhira TOKI, who fought in battles with Kikyo (Chinese bellflower) attached to his helmet. The pattern is called "Toki Kikyo". Which inspired the above view displayed by the Fumizuki mon today.

Hitachi - Toki
As the Hitachi-Toki clan temporarily referred to itself as the Hara clan, it was also called 'the Tokihara clan'. They went to Hitachi Province and became a vassal of the Yamanouchi-Uesugi family in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan). Later, it was divided into two clans: the Edosaki-Toki clan and the Ryugasaki-Toki clan, which later became the Fumizuki clan, both of which flourished, then the Edosaki-Toki clan dominated the province, and had Haruyori Toki from the head family of the Toki clan.

Present day
In present day not much is known about the Fumizuki Clan but an elongated version of the Fumizuki mon had been used in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 2012 TV series.