Hotta (clan)

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Coat of arms of the Hotta
A residence of the Hotta in Edo

The Hotta family ( Japanese 堀 田家 , Hotta-ke ) was a samurai dynasty (Japanese sword nobility) who owned different fiefs in different parts of Japan throughout its history. The Hotta belonged to the Fudai daimyo after 1600 . Hotta Masatoshi reached the highest rank in family history as the tairō of the shogunate.

genealogy

The family traces its ancestry back to Takeshiuchi no Sukune ( 武 内 宿 禰 ; legendary 92-368 C.E.) the Ō-ōmi of Seimu -Tennō. Historically, however, it can only be proven as an independent one at the end of the Sengoku period . First they served the Saitō, then on the part of Oda and Toyotomi . After the Battle of Sekigahara , they sided with the Tokugawa . Hotta Masayoshi ( 堀 田正吉 ) was originally called Ki and was first a vassal of Kobayakawa Hideaki . Married to Fuku, daughter of Inaba Masanari , later a Kasuga no tsubone . For his services in the Battle of Osaka on the side of the Tokugawa he was enfeoffed with 7,000 koku.

Daimyo

Progenitor : Masamori (1606–1651; 堀 田正盛 )

1st generation:

a) Masanobu (1632–1680; 堀 田正信 )
b) Masatoshi (1651–84; 堀 田正俊 )

a) Generations of male descendants of Masanobu:

1. Hotta Masayasu († 1731, 77 years old; 堀 田 正 休 ), after the exile of his father Hotta Masanobu in 1681 he received 10,000 koku dawara . In 1668 he became Lord of Buzen in the fifth court rank. Appointed Daibantō in 1681 , he served Tokugawa Tokumatsu from the following year . In 1698 he moved to Miyagawa Castle . He took the tonsure in 1715 and was thereafter known under the religious name Seikyū . Descendants:
  1. Hotta Masatomo ( 堀 田 正朝 )
  2. Hotta Masaharu ( 堀 田正春 ), was enfeoffed with Sakura ( 佐 倉 藩 Shimousa Province ) in 1745 , with an income of 115,000 koku .
The line of the Masatomo continued as follows:
1. Hotta Masanobu (1709–1753 堀 田 正 陳 ) became head of the family in 1719 and lord of Miyagawa . He was received in audience by Tokugawa Yoshimune in 1721 , and two years later he was raised to fifth court rank and Lord of the Kaga- han. From 1746 he served the youthful Tokugawa Ieharu , at the same time he became wakadoshiyori . In 1746 he received an additional 3,000 koku. As the only one of Yoshimune's advisors, he initially remained in office under Tokugawa Ieshige until he was also ousted after Yoshimune's death. He died two years later.
2. Hotta Masakuni († 1772, 39 years old; ( 堀 田正邦 )), as head of the family since 1753, he was in Bakufu as Ōbantō responsible for protecting the court and temples. As early as 1749, after an audience with the shogun Tokugawa Ienari , he had been appointed Lord of Dewa .
4. Hotta Masatami ( 堀 田正民 )
Demaru Gate of Sakura Castle , of which only walls and moats remain.

b) sons of Masatoshi,

1. Hotta Masanaka , (1660 - July 6, 1694; 堀 田正仲 Shimousa no kami ) took over the Yamagata -han ( Dewa Province ) in 1685 and Fukushima ( Mutsu Province ) the following year . Childless. 2. Hotta Masataka , († 1728, 62 years old; 堀 田正虎 ) from 1698 in Sannoen with an income of 16,000 koku . His son

Hotta Masasuke († 1761, 50 years old; 堀 田正亮 ), became head of the family in 1731 and lord of Sagami , from 1747 in the castle of Sakura. Since 1746 member of the shogunal council ( rōjū ). He had two sons, both lines of which died out in the fourth generation.
1st son Masanari (born January 24, 1745 - August 6, 1805; 堀 田正順 ), who followed him as head of the family at the age of 17. His descendant was Hotta Masayoshi ( 堀 田 正 睦 ), whose son in turn became the last master of Sakura:
Hotta Masatomo (1850 - January 1, 1911; 堀 田正倫 ). First local governor after the creation of prefectures. After he gave up his position in 1877, he took care of the uplift of agriculture in the region. Received the ceremonial second court rank.

3. The third son died young. 4. Hotta Masataka († 1728, 62 years old; 堀 田 正 高 ), the fourth son, inherited land 10,000 koku from his father as Lord of Sano . Became Bigo- Han's daimyo in 1709 . Retired to a monastery in 1722 and took the spiritual name Seifukuan Genkan. He had two sons:

1 in the third subsequent generation, Masatomi (正 富), Hotta Masaatsu († 1832, 75 years old; 堀 田正敦 ), who was actually the eighth son of Date Masamura and thus could become Lord of Settsu in the fifth court . From 1790 member of the Wakadoshiyori . In 1826 he took over the fiefdom of Sano. Master of the tea ceremony of the Sesshū school. Authored several books under the name Suigetsu, such as Kariba no ki and Matsumae kiko.
2 Hotta Masanaga († August 29, 1735, 27 years old; 堀 田正永 ), became head of the family and lord of Yamato in the fifth rank of court in 1726 . He died shortly after being appointed keeper of Osaka Castle ( 大 坂 城 代 ).

other historically significant bearers of the name:

  • Hotta Hōkyō, actually Chiemon († 1791, 83 years old), student of Matsudaira Kunzan , scholar of the Japanese classics ( kokugaku ), author of Gokatōrokukō .
  • Hotta Masafuru, actually Sakuzaemon († before 1801, 82 years old), scholar of the Japanese classics, author of the Gokaenrokurō .
  • Hotta Masahide († 1688, 51 years old; 堀 田正英 ) inherited some land from his father in 1651 and was appointed lord of Tsushima in the fifth court in 1659 . From 1676 Daibantō, with his appointment as Wakadoshiyori , an additional 5,000 koku went hand in hand, so that he had a total of 13,000.
  • Hotta Masamutsu = Masayoshi (1810–1864)
  • Hotta Seiken (1803–1879), Confucian scholar, known as such under the name Shibin . Homma Yoshinori's biological son was adopted. After studying under Sakurai Sekimon and Fujisawa Tōgai , he became a literature professor at court. After the Meiji Restoration, he was an advisor to the Deishi-han . His most important work is the Shōkenshū .

After 1868

During the nobility reform ( Kazoku ) the sex was given the rank of a count.

  • Hotta Genzo (* May 1869), ophthalmologist and since 1907 director of the Hotta Eye Clinic in Hiroshima .
  • Hotta Kanae (born September 13, 1883; 堀 田 鼎 ), 2nd son of Kizaemon; Governor of the prefectures Shiga 1927, Gunma 1929 and Chiba 1931, 1932–37 in the civil administration of Formosa, Mayor of Kōriyama (郡山 市) from 1937.
  • Hotta Masaaki (born July 6, 1883 in Tokyo, † July 25, 1960 there), son of Masataka . He held leading positions in the Japanese Foreign Ministry and was envoy to Czechoslovakia, Switzerland (from 1934) and Italy (from May 1937). Married to Koyuki.
  • Hotta Masatsune (* Oct. 1887), lawyer, was the second born biological son of Nabeshima Chokuju . He was adopted by Count Hotta Seirin , married to Hideko , daughter of Count Date Okimune . Member of the mansion ( kizokuin ) since 1918 , Parliamentary Vice Minister for the Navy and Director of the Kawasaki Trust Co.
  • Hotta Masayasu (1848–1911; 堀 田 正 長 ) was the eighth biological son of Iwaki Takanaga, lord of the Kameda clan. He was adopted by Hotta Masasato . In 1863 he became head of the Miagawa branch of the family. After 1868 he worked in the administration of Tokyo, among other things as city district mayor. In the first parliamentary election in 1890 he was elected to the manor and a leader of the Kenkyū-kai party.
  • Hotta Shōzō (born January 23, 1899 in Nagoya ; 堀 田庄 三 ). Adopted into the Hotta family, his original name was Uchida. After studying economics at the University of Kyoto, he joined Sumitomo Bank in 1926 , now Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. controlled by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group . He was promoted to Vice President by 1947, becoming President in November 1952 and Chairman in 1970. During his tenure, the institute became the third largest bank in the country. He was also director of the Keidanren and Nikkeiren associations . He and his wife Haru had 2 daughters and 2 sons.
  • Hotta Zuishō (* 1837 in Kyoto, † 1916; 堀 田瑞松 ). Nanga - painter, carver and sculptor, lived in Tokyo from 1868. Establishes his own style of lacquer work, named after him Hotta-urushi .

literature

  • Family tree: Hotta hagei keizu . In: Zoku Gunsho ruijū . Tokyo 1931, Vol. 7.1, pp. 212-215
  • Hotta Masahige (* 1915); Hotta-ke sandaiki; Tokyo 1985, ISBN 4-10-358301-0 ; gives the biographies of Masatoshi, Masanaka and Masanobu

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hotta mokkō ( 木瓜 ) = Chinese ornamental quince .
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the "Surugadai" district map from around 1850.
  3. ↑ not to be confused with Masayasu (1848–1911)
  4. ↑ not to be confused with his great-grandfather Hotta Masanobu
  5. ↑ a b 若 年 寄 for example State Secretary
  6. ↑ a b Japanese calendar
  7. ↑ not to be exchanged for Hotta Masayasu († 1731; 堀 田 正 体 )