Hoshina (clan)

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Coat of arms of the Hoshina-Matsudaira
Hoshina Matsudaira residence in Edo
Coat of arms of the Hoshina
Hoshina residence in Edo

The Hoshina ( Japanese 保 科 氏 , Hoshina-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) from the Mikawa province , which was derived from Minamoto no Yorisue ( Seiwa - Genji ).

They split into the Hoshina-Matsudaira ( 保 科松 平 家 , Hoshina-Matsudaira-ke ) and Aizu-Matsudaira ( 会 津 松 平 家 , Aizu-Matsudaira-ke ), who resided in (Aizu-) Wakamatsu ( Fukushima Prefecture ) and with an income of 230,000 Koku large Fudai daimyo of the Edo period belonged, as well as the subsidiary line Iino-Hoshina ( 飯 野 保 科 氏 , Iino-Hoshina-shi ) with last 20,000 Koku in Iino ( Chiba Prefecture ).

genealogy

  • Masatoshi ( 正 俊 ; 1511–1593) was originally a vassal of the Takatō, then the Takeda after the former were defeated by Takeda Shingen , who transferred the castle of Takatō ( Shinano ) to Masatoshi .
  • Masanao ( 正直 ; 1542-1601), a son of Masatoshis, received the domain Tako ( Shimousa ) with 10,000 koku from Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590 .
  • Masamitsu ( 正光 ; 1561-1631), a son of Masanao, received after the Battle of Sekigahara the small domain Takatō with 30,000 Koku.

Hoshina / Aizu Matsudaira (main line)

  • Masayuki ( 正 之 ; 1609–1672), adopted son of Masamitsu, was the fourth son of the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and thus brother of Tokugawa Iemitsu . Because of this connection he received Yamagata ( Dewa ) in 1636 with an income of 200,000 koku. Eight years later he moved to Wakamatsu ( Mutsu ) with 230,000 koku. Before his death, Iemitsu placed his son Ietsuna under the protection of Masayuki. Masayuki is known as a good administrator and a scholar. He and his descendants were named Matsudaira .
  • Matsudaira Katamori ( 容 保 ; 1836-1893) was the last daimyo of this branch. At the time of the Meiji Restoration, he showed himself to be a staunch defender of the shogunate. In 1868 he resisted the imperial troops until September. He was placed under house arrest, but then received supervision of the Tokugawa's burial site, the Tōshōgū in Nikkō . His son Kataharu received the Tonami (Mutsu) domain with 30,000 koku in 1869. After 1868 Vice Count .

Iino-Hoshina (branch line)

  • Masasada ( 正 貞 ; 1588–1661), brother and adopted son of Masamitsu, founded a branch in 1648, which resided in a permanent house ( jinya ) in Iino ( Kazusa ) with 20,000 koku until 1868 . Then Vice Count.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Today a district of Ina .
  2. ↑ The domain was written 多 胡 , today's place 多 古 .
  3. ↑ Today a district of Mutsu .
  4. ↑ Today a district of Futtsu .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , pp. 35 and 184.
  2. ↑ a b Excerpt from the district maps "Daimyo-koji" and! Azabu "from approx. 1850.
  3. ↑ 保 科 正 俊 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved May 20, 2015 (Japanese).

literature

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