Akizuki (clan)

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Akizuki Coat of Arms (Akizuki Carnations)
Akizuki residence in Edo

The Akizuki ( Japanese 秋月 氏 , Akizuki-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Achi no Omi. With an income of 27,000 Koku , the Akizuki residing in Takanabe (Miyazaki) belonged to the smaller Tozama daimyo of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Taneo (種 雄) received the Akizuki (Chikuzen) domain from Minamoto Yoritomo around 1190 and has been using this name ever since.
  • Tanemichi (種 道), a descendant of Taneo, fought on the side of the south courtyard at the end of the Kamakura period. He was defeated by Ashikaga Takauji near Tatarahama in 1336 and fled to Dazaifu , where he found his death.
  • Tanezane (種 實; † 1588), experienced that his father Fumitane and his brother Harutane lost their lives in the battle against Ōtomo Sōrin in 1557, settled down to Yamaguchi and asked Mōri Motonari for help. After another defeat, he turned to the Shimazu and took their side when Toyotomi Hideyoshi intended to subjugate Kushu in 1587. After the peace was made, Tanezane was transferred to Takanabe (Hyūga) with 20,000 koku.
  • Tanenaga (種 長; † 1614), Tanezane's son, took part in the Korean campaign under the command of Kuroda Nagamasu . In 1600 he sided with Ishida Kazushige, but managed to preserve his property with the help of Mizuno Katsushige. The Akizuki continued to reside in Takanabe with 27,000 Koku until 1868. After that, Vice Count.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Achi no Omi (阿 知 使 主) was a Korean prince who emigrated to Japan with many Koreans in 289. He is the progenitor of the Sakanoe (and thus the Tamura ), Harada and Akizuki.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 134.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the "Azabu" district map from around 1850.

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Ikeda, Koichi: Takanabe-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .