Kuze (Klan)

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Coat of arms of the Kuze
(two falcon feathers)
Kuze residence in Edo 1849
Kuze residence in Edo 1860

The Kuze ( Japanese 久 世 氏 , Kuze-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) from the province of Mikawa , which was derived from the Murakami Genji . With an income of 43,000 Koku , the Kuze residing in Sekiyado ( Chiba Prefecture ) belonged to the larger Fudai daimyo of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Hironobu ( 廣 宜 ; 1561-1626) was a vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu and served him on all of his campaigns.
  • Hiroyuki ( 廣 之 ; 1600–1679) was promoted to daimyo after the death of his father and in 1665 received the Sekiyado domain ( Shimousa Province ) with 35,000 Koku. His descendants resided in Niwase ( Bitchū ) from 1683 , in Kameyama ( Tamba ) with 45,000 Koku from 1686 , in Yoshida ( Mikawa ) from 1697 , and again in Sekiyado with 53,000 Koku from 1705. They stayed there until 1868, with an income of 43,000 koku later. After 1868 Vice Count .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Occasionally also shown crossed.
  2. ↑ Depending on their current position in Bakufu, the Kuze moved into one or the other residence near the residence of the shogun.
  3. ↑ Today a district of Noda .
  4. ↑ Today a district of Okayama .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 64.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the map of the district "Daimyo koji" from 1849.
  3. ↑ Excerpt from the map of the district "Daimyo Koji" from 1860.

literature

  • Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Owada, Yasutsune: Sekiyado-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .