Itakura (clan)

Itakura coat of arms

An Itakura residence in Edo

The Itakura ( Japanese 板倉氏 , Itakura-shi ) were a branched family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) from the Mikawa province , which was derived from the Seiwa-Genji via the Shibukawa branch . With an income of 50,000 Koku , the Itakura , who last resided at Matsuyama Castle in Takahashi ( Okayama Prefecture ), belonged to the larger Fudai daimyo of the Edo period .

genealogy

Katsushige ( 勝重 ; 1542-1624) was a monk until 1582, when he followed Tokugawa Ieyasu's call and left the monastery. In 1586 he became city magistrate of Sumpu ( Sumpu machibugyō ), in 1591 overseer for the Kantō provinces ( Kantō-daikan ). After the Battle of Sekigahara , he became supervisor of Kyoto ( Kyōto shoshidai ) in 1601 , an office he held for twenty years. His income was increased to 40,000 koku, he was also given the title Iga no kami , but was not assigned a castle.
Shigemune ( 重宗 ; 1587–1656), Katsushige's eldest son, took over the office of Shoshidai in 1620, which he held until 1654. In 1656, shortly before his death, he became a daimyo of Sekiyado ( Shimousa ) with 50,000 koku.
Shigesato ( 重郷 ; 1620-1660), Shigemune's eldest son, received the title Awa no kami and took over the office of commissioner for temples and shrines ( jisha bugyō ). His descendants resided in Kameyama ( Ise ) from 1669 to 1710 , then in Toba ( Shima ) until 1717 , again in Kameyama until 1744 and finally until 1868 at Matsuyama Castle ( Bitchū ) with 50,000 koku. The last daimyo was
Katsukiyo ( 勝静 ; 1823–1889) Vice-Count after 1868 .

A secondary branch, which was derived from Shigesato's brother Shigekata, resided from 1681 to 1702 in Annaka ( Kōzuke ) with 15,000 Koku, then in Izumi ( Mutsu ) with 20,000 Koku, from 1746 in Sagara ( Tōtōmi ) with 25,000 Koku and finally from 1749 to In 1868 back in Annaka with 30,000 Koku. Then Vice Count.

Shigemasa ( 重昌 ; 1588-1638), Katsushige's second son, received 15,000 koku for his participation in the siege of Osaka (1615), in 1637 he was commissioned by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu to suppress the uprising in Shimabara ( Hizen province ). He lost his life during the siege of Hara Castle by an arrow shot.
Shigenori ( 重矩 ; 1617–1673), a son of Shigemasa, was administrator of Osaka Castle and took over the office of Chancellor ( rōjū ) in the Shogunate government and then in 1668 the office of Shoshidai. In 1672 he received the domain of Karasuyama ( Shimotsuke ) with 60.00 Koku.
Shigetane ( 重種 ; 1640–1705), a son of Shigenori, was transferred to Iwatsuki (Mutsu) in 1680 and to Sakaki ( Shinano ) the following year . Two years later he became a monk and divided his property between his son Shigehiro and brother Shigeyoshi.
Shigehiro ( 重廣 ) was transferred to Fukushima (Mutsu Province). He and his descendants last resided there with 30,000 Koku until 1868. Then Vice Count.

The side branch beginning with Shigeyoshi resided from 1699 to 1868 in a permanent house ( jinya ) in Niwase (Bitchū) with 20,000 koku. Then Vice Count.

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Excerpt from the district maps "Surugadai", "Bancho", "Soto-Sakurada" and "Shitaya" from approx. 1850.

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