Imagawa clan

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Imagawa Family Name
An alternate crest used by the Imagawa
Region of origin	Japanese
Related names	Ashikaga, Shinagawa
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Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Imagawa"

The Imagawa clan (今川氏, Imagawa-shi^?) was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from Emperor Seiwa (850-880). It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan.

Contents 1 Origins 2 Muromachi era 3 Sengoku era 4 Edo era and beyond 5 Key Genealogies 6 Notable Retainers 7 Notes 8 References

[edit] Origins

Ashikaga Kuniuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji, established himself in the 13th century at Imagawa (Mikawa province) and took its name.

Imagawa Norikuni (1295-1384) received from his cousin the shogun Ashikaga Takauji the province of Totomi, and later that of Suruga.

[edit] Muromachi era

[edit] Sengoku era

After the death of Yoshimoto at the battle of Okehazama in 1560, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Within a decade the clan had lost all of its land holdings to the Tokugawa and Takeda clans. The Imagawa subsequently became masters of ceremonies in the service of the Tokugawa clan.^[1]

[edit] Edo era and beyond

Imagawa Norinobu, an Imagawa of the late Edo period, was a wakadoshiyori in the Tokugawa administration.

[edit] Key Genealogies

Suruga

Imagawa Kuniuji (1243-1282) Imagawa Morouji (1261-1323) Imagawa Norikuni (1295?-1384) Imagawa Noriuji (1316-1365) Imagawa Yasunori (1334?-1409?)

Imagawa Norimasa (1364-1433) Imagawa Noritada (1408-1461?) Imagawa Yoshitada (1436-1476) Imagawa Ujichika (1473?-1526) Imagawa Ujiteru (1513-1536)

Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519-1560) Imagawa Ujizane (1538-1615) Imagawa Naofusa (1594-1662) Imagawa Ujinari (1642-1673) Imagawa Ujimichi (1668-1699)

Imagawa Noritaka (1694-1712) Imagawa Norinushi (1698-1728) Imagawa Norihiko (1716-1749) Imagawa Noriyasu (1731-1784) Imagawa Yoshiaki (1756-1818)

Imagawa Yoshimochi (1786-1839) Imagawa Yoshiyori (1810-1841) Imagawa Norinobu (1829-1887) Imagawa Yoshihito

Tōtōmi

Imagawa Sadayo (1326-1420?) Imagawa Nakaaki Imagawa Sadaomi Imagawa Sadasuke Imagawa Norimasa (?-1464)

Imagawa Sadanobu (?-1474)

Tōtōmi (Horikoshi branch)

Horikoshi Sadamoto (?-1537) Horikoshi Ujinobu Horikoshi Sadatada Horikoshi Sadahisa Horikoshi Sadayoshi

Horikoshi Sadatsugu

Tōtōmi (Sena branch)

Sena Kazuhide Sena Ujisada Sena Ujitoshi Sena Ujiakira Sena Masakatsu

Sena Kiyosada

[edit] Notable Retainers

Matsudaira Motoyasu Okabe Motonobu Matsui Munenobu Udono Nagateru Asahina Yasutomo Ii Naomori Abe Motozane Ichinomiya Munekore Ii Naochika

Iio Tsuratatsu Katsurayama Ujimoto Katsurayama Ujimoto Taigen Sessai Iio Noritsura Itami Yasunao Yamaguchi Noritsugu Yamaguchi Noriyoshi Yokoe Magohachi

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• (Japanese) "Suruga Imagawa-shi" on Harimaya.com (12 July 2008)