Kikkawa (clan)

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Kikkawa coat of arms
Kikkawa residence in Edo

The Kikkawa ( Japanese 吉川氏 , Kikkawa-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from the Fujiwara . With an income of 30,000 koku , the Kikkawa, who reside in Iwakuni ( Yamaguchi Prefecture ), were among the lesser lords of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Motoharu ( 元 春 ; 1530–1586), the second son of Mōri Motonari , was adopted by Kikkawa Okitsune . He excelled in the campaigns his father undertook to expand his property. After defeating Amako Katsuhisa , he took possession of the provinces of Izumo , Hōki , Tajima and Inaba in 1578 . Motoharu later fought for two years against Toyotomi Hideyoshi , whom Oda Nobunaga had sent to reduce the Mōri's holdings . After Nobunaga's death, peace was made in 1582. Motoharu then fell ill, passed his domains over to his son Motonaga and retired to Kokura , where he died.
  • Motonaga ( 元 長 ; 1547–1587), Motoharu's eldest son, took part in his father's campaigns. He died soon after him.
  • Hiroie ( 広 家 ; 1561-1625), Motoharu's third son, went to Kyoto in 1583, where he held the title of Kurōdo ( 蔵 人 ). He succeeded his brother Motonaga, who had died without descendants, and received the domain of Toda (Izumo) with 200,000 koku. Hideyoshi married him to the sister of Ukita Hideie , whom he had adopted, and gave him the name Toyotomi. Hiroie took part in the Korean campaign in 1592 together with his cousin Mōri Terumoto . After the Battle of Sekigahara , he was deposed because he had been on the side of the Toyotomi. Then he went to Iwakuni and built the Iwakuni Castle there .
  • Hiromasa (広 正; 1601–1666), Hiroie's son, had to give up the castle on the general instruction of the shogunate, "Only one castle per province", he only had the property at the foot of the castle hill. The family resided there until 1868. It was not until 1868 that the family received the daimyo rank. The first and last prince was
  • Tsunetake ( 経 健 ; 1855–1909), after 1868 Vice Count .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The residence in Edo does not show a coat of arms. The coat of arms of the Kikkawa - nine stars - is documented several times in the literature.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 35.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the map of the district "Soto-Sakurada" from approx. 1850.

literature

  • Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Kato, M .: Iwakuni-jo in: 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. Nishinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1906-8 .