Kuroda (clan)

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Family coat of arms Kuroda: Open rice sack ( 石 持 ち )
Akitsuki-Kuroda: Fuji- Tomoe ( 藤 巴 )
Kuroda residence in Edo

The Kuroda ( Japanese 黒 田氏 , Kuroda-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), who descended from the Sasaki of Ōmi, who in turn derived from the Uda Genji . With an income of 520,000 Koku , the Kuroda residing in Fukuoka belonged to the great Tozama daimyo of the Edo period .

genealogy

Seal Yoshitaka
  • Mototaka ( 職 隆 ; 1524–1585)
  • Yoshitaka ( 孝 高 ; 1546–1604). His name was initially Kodera, but in 1583 he was baptized "Simeon". In Portuguese sources he is therefore known as Simeon Condera . Under pressure from Toyotomi Hideyoshi , he had to leave the leadership of the Han to his son Nagamasa. He then also bore the name Yosui ( 如水 ).
  • Nagamasa ( 長 政 ; 1568–1623). He served Tokugawa Ieyasu and received Najima Province Chikuzen and renamed it "Fukuoka". He left the church.
    • Tadayuki ( 忠 之 ; 1602–1654)
      • Mitsuyuki ( 光 之 ; 1628–1707)
        • Tsunamasa ( 綱 政 ; 1659–1711)
          • Nobumasa ( 宣 政 ; 1685–1744) (1)
        • Nagakiyo ( 長 清 ; 1667–1720)
          • Nagayoshi ( 長 好 ; 1703–1775) (2)
    • Nagaoki ( 長興 ; 1610-1665)
      • Nagashige ( 長 重 ; 1659–1710)
        • Naganori ( 長 軌 ; 1686–1715)
          • Nagasada ( 長 貞 ; 1524–1585) (3)
(1)Main line in Fukuoka-han , 520,000 Koku
(2)Branch line in Nōgata-han ( 直 方 藩 ), 52,000 Koku
(3)Branch line in Akizuki-han ( 秋月 藩 ), 50,000 Koku

The branch line (2) existed from 1688 to 1721. When it became extinct, its residence also disappeared. The branch line (2) was satisfied with a fixed house ( 陣 屋 , jinya ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b T. Furusawa: Kamon daicho . Kin'ensha, n.d. ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , pp. 78 and 175.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the map of the district "Soto-Sakurada" from approx. 1850.
  3. ↑ The Papinot has an income of 520,000 koku, which is certainly one zero too much.
  4. ↑ M. Miura (ed.): Shiro to jinya soran. Saikoku-hen . Gakken, 2006, ISBN 4-05-604379-5 .

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the original 1910 edition by Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

Web links

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