Ōtawara (clan)

Coat of arms of the Ōtawara

The Ōtawara ( Japanese 大田 原 氏 , Ōtawara-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), derived from Emperor Heizei . The Ōtawara were initially vassals of the Nasu until they became independent in connection with the civil war in the 16th century and built a castle in Ōtawara.

Genealogy (selection)

• Sukekiyo (清 資) built the castle in 1543 or 1545.
• Harukiyo (晴 清; 1567-1631), a grandson of Sukekiyos, took part in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign against Odawara Castle and was raised to daimyo with an income of 12,000 koku . Around 1600 Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered him to repair the castle. Harukiyo's descendants resided in Ōtawara until the Meiji Restoration in 1868 as Tozama daimyo .

After 1868 the Ōtawara received the rank of vice count.

literature

• Sugai, Yasuo: Ōtawara-jō . In: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Zusetsu edo sanbyakuhan shiro to jin'ya soran . Gakken, 2006, ISBN 4-05-604378-7 , chapter Tokoku-hen , p. 58 .
• Takahashi, Ken'ichi: 大田 原 家 . In: Kamon - Hatamoto Hachiman koma . Akita Shoten, 1976.
• Edmond Papinot: Ōtawara, 太 田原 . In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan . Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nail extractor in a circle (see Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, undated , ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 115)