Abe (clan)
The Abe ( Japanese 阿 部 氏 , Abe-shi ) formed a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Ōhiko, son of the legendary emperor Kōgen . With an income of 110,000 Koku , the Abe , who lived in Fukuyama ( bingo ), were among the larger Fudai daimyo of the Edo period .
Known members of the family
- Yoritoki and his son Sadato fought in the 11th century in the earlier nine-year war against the imperial clan Minamoto .
- Masakatsu ( 正 勝 ; 1541–1600) served Tokugawa Ieyasu and in 1590 received the Ichihara ( Izu ) fief with 5000 koku.
- Masatsugu ( 正 次 ; 1569-1647), the eldest son of Masakatsu, received the status of daimyo after the battle of Sekigahara . He resided successively from 1600 in Hatoyama ( Musashi ), from 1610 in Kanuma ( Shimotsuke ), from 1617 in Ōtaki ( Kazusa ), from 1620 in Odawara ( Sagami ) with 60,000 Koku, and from 1623 in Iwatsuki ( Musashi ).
- The descendants resided in Miyazu ( Tango ) from 1681 , in Utsunomiya ( Shimotsuke ) from 1697 and finally from 1710 until the Meiji Restoration in Fukuyama ( 福山 ; Bingo) with 110,000 Koku. An important member of this family was the Chancellor Abe Masahiro (1819–1857). After the Meiji restoration until 1945, the head carried the title "Graf".
- A secondary branch resided in Ōtaki (Kazusa) from 1651, in Kariya (Mikawa) from 1702 and in Sanuki ( 佐 貫 ; Kazusa) with 16,000 koku from 1710 . Vice Count. Hardly anything remains of the castle.
- Another branch took over Mibu (Shimotsuke) in 1635 and resided from 1639 in Oshi (Musashi) and then in Shirakawa (Mutsu) with 100,000 Koku. Vice Count.
- Abe Masanori (1806-1823) was a daimyo of this branch.
- Masatsugu ( 正 次 ; 1569-1647), the eldest son of Masakatsu, received the status of daimyo after the battle of Sekigahara . He resided successively from 1600 in Hatoyama ( Musashi ), from 1610 in Kanuma ( Shimotsuke ), from 1617 in Ōtaki ( Kazusa ), from 1620 in Odawara ( Sagami ) with 60,000 Koku, and from 1623 in Iwatsuki ( Musashi ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ T. Furusawa: Kamon Daicho . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 64.
- ↑ Excerpt from the map of the district "Daimyo koji" from approx. 1850.
- ↑ The family of the current (2014) Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is written 安 倍 and has nothing to do with this family.
- ↑ Miura Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya sōran, Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006, ISBN 4-05-604378-7 .
literature
- Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the original 1910 edition by Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
Web links
Commons : Abe - collection of images, videos and audio files
