Kinoshita (Klan)

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Ashimori Kinoshita coat of arms
Hiji-Kinoshita coat of arms ( spinning top )
Residence of the Ashimori Kinoshita in Edo
Residence of the Hiji-Kinoshita in Edo

The Kinoshita ( Japanese 木 下 氏 , Kinoshita-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) from Nakamura ( Owari Province ).

The still young and unknown Toyotomi Hideyoshi married a sister of Kinoshita Iesada and called himself Kinoshita before changing his name to Hashiba in 1575 . This relationship was the reason for the rise of the Kinoshitas, which - without a great family tradition - with an income of 30,000 koku in Hiji (Ōita) and Kinoshita residing in Ashimori belonged to the not very small Tozama daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Iesada ( 家 定 ; 1543-1608) served his brother-in-law Hideyoshi and received Himeji ( Harima ) with 40,000 koku in 1585 . In 1600 he was transferred to Ashimori ( Bitchū ) with an income reduced to 25,000 koku
    • Katsutoshi ( 勝俊 ; 1568–1649), Iesada's eldest son, received the Tatsuno Castle (Harima). He accompanied Hideyoshi to Nagoya ( Hizen ) when Hideyoshi set out on the Korean campaign . In 1594 he received Obama with 80,000 koku and the province of Wakasa . After the death of his father he received Ashimori, but was deposed in 1609 during the dispute over the Hideyoshi succession in which he opposed Ieyasu. Katsutoshi retired to Kyoto and called himself Chōchōshi ( 長嘯 子 ). He developed a taste for poetry and published several books. In 1588 he was baptized in the name of Petro.
    • Toshifusa ( 利 房 ; 1573–1637), second son of Iesada, received Takahama (Wakasa) in 1594 with 30,000 koku. He was deposed in 1600 because he too had opposed Ieyasu. But in 1614, when it came to the siege of Osaka , he joined the shogun's army. For this he got the domain back from Ashimori with 25,000 koku for his family the next year.
      • Toshimasa ( 利 富 ; 1602–1661) followed his father in Ashimori. Enthusiastic about the art of fencing with long lances ( 槍 術 , sōjutsu ), he founded a trend that has gone down in history as Kinoshita-ryū. His descendants resided in Ashimori until 1868. Then Vice Count .
    • Nobutoshi ( 延 俊 ; 1577-1624), third son of Iesada, sided with Ieyasu in 1600 and was charged with the siege of Fukuchiyama Castle ( Tamba ), which was held by Onoki Shigetoshi. Nobutoshi was able to conquer the castle and received Hiji ( Bungo ) with 25,000 koku. His descendants resided there until 1868. Then Vice Count.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Today a district of Okayama .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
  2. ↑ a b Excerpt from the district maps "Azabu" and "Shiba-minami" from approx. 1850.

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Miyaji, Saichiro (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Higashinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1905-1 .
  • Miyaji, Saichiro (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Nishinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1906-8 .