Andō (clan)

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Coat of arms of the Andō (ascending wisteria )
Coat of arms of the Tanabe-Andō
Taira-Andō residence in Edo

The Andō ( Japanese 安藤 氏 , Andō-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) from the Mikawa province , which was derived from Abe no Hirafu and Abe no Nakamaro . With an income of 50,000 Koku , the Andō, who resided in Taira ( Mutsu Province ), belonged to the medium-sized Fudai daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

Andō Motoyoshi had two sons, Shigenobu and Naotsugu.

  • Shigenobu ( 重 信 , 1558-1622) took part in the Wars of Tokugawa Ieyasu . This promoted him to daimyo in 1612 and gave him the domain Takasaki ( Kōzuke ).
  • Shigenaga ( 重 長 , 1600–1657), Shigenobu's son, enjoyed the favor of the shoguns Tokugawa Hidetada and Iemitsu . His descendants resided successively in 1695 in Matsuyama ( Bitchū ), from 1711 in Kanō ( Mino ) and finally from 1756 to 1868 in Taira ( Mutsu ).
    • Nobumasu ( 信 正 , 1819–1871), Tsushima no kami, the last daimyo of this line, was an employee of Ii Naosuke and after his death he succeeded in office and concluded contracts with foreigners. After 1868 Vice Count .
  • Naotsugu ( 直 次 , 1564-1635) initially received the domain of Kakegawa ( Tōtōmi ), but was then moved to Tanabe ( Kii ) with 28,000 Koku in 1617 . He and his descendants resided there until 1868. Then Vice Count.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Today part of Iwaki .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 178
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the "Nihonbashi" district map from approx. 1850.

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen . Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .
  • Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen . Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
  • Miyaji, Saichiro (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Higashinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1905-1 .
  • Miyaji, Saichiro (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Nishinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1906-8 .