Aoyama (clan)

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Aoyama coat of arms ( Aoyama zeni )
Chrysanthemum of the Gujō-Aoyama
Aoyama residence in Edo (near Hijiribashi)

The Aoyama ( Japanese 青山 氏 , Aoyama-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) from the province of Mikawa , which was derived from Fujiwara no Ietada (1062-1136). With an income of 60,000 Koku , the Aoyama residing in Sasayama ( Hyōgo Prefecture ) belonged to the larger Fudai daimyō of the Edo period . Her secondary residence is now occupied by Aoyama Cemetery .

genealogy

Main branch

  • Tadanari ( 忠 成 ; 1551-1613) resided in Edo and was city commissioner and commissioner for the Kantō provinces. In 1601 he was raised to daimyo. The family was transferred to Iwatsuki ( Musashi ) Castle in 1619 .
  • Tadatoshi ( 忠 俊 ; 1578-1648), son of Tadanari and successor and " Hōki no kami ", was deposed in 1623.
  • Munetoshi ( 宗 俊 ; 1604–1679), son of Tadatoshis, " Inaba no kami", received the daimyo rank back in 1649 and moved to Komoro Castle ( Shinano ).

This was followed by transfers in 1678 to the castles Hamamatsu ( Tōtōmi ), 1702 Kameyama ( Tamba ) and finally in 1748 Sasayama (Tamba) with 60,000 Koku. After 1868 Vice Count .

Secondary branch

  • Yoshinari (幸 成; 1586–1643), another son of Tadanari, daimyō from 1615, founded a branch that was in Kakegawa (Tōtōmi) from 1623, in Amagasaki (Settsu) from 1634, in Iiyama (Shinano) from 1711, in Miyazu (Tango) and finally from 1758 in Gujō Hachimangū with 50,000 Koku resided. After 1868 Vice Count.

Remarks

  1. ↑ A small coin.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 247.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the "Ogawa" 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 .
  • Owada, Yasutsune: Gujo-Hachiman-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .
  • Kato, Masafumi: Sasayama-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .