Mizoguchi (clan)

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Mizoguchi coat of arms
Mizoguchi residence in Edo

The Mizoguchi ( Japanese 溝口 氏 , Mizoguchi-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) from the Owari province, which was derived from Minamoto no Yoshimitsu ( Seiwa - Genji ). With an income of 60,000 Koku , the Mizoguchi, who resided continuously in Shibata ( Niigata Prefecture ) from 1598 to 1868 , were among the larger Tozama daimyo of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Hidekatsu ( 秀 勝 ; 1548-1610) received in 1598 the fiefdom ruled by the Shibata family of large farmers in the province of Echigo as a follower daimyō ( Yoriki daimyō ) of Hori Hideharu .
  • Naoyasu ( 直 養 ; 1736–1797) built the Dōgakudō ( 道 学堂 ) fief school in 1772 to promote education . In the school of was Yamazaki Ansai founded (1619-1682) Kimongaku direction ( 崎門学派 ) of Shushigaku ( 朱子学 ) of Neo-Confucianism taught. In 1775 the Igakukan Medical School ( 医学 館 ) was established.
  • Naomasa ( 直 正 ; 1855-1919) was the last daimyo, his honorary title was Shuzen no kami . After 1868 Count .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The coat of arms, the "Shibata diamonds", is today the coat of arms of the city of Shibata.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 140.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the district map "Shibaguchi-minami" 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 .
  • Owada, Yasutsune: Shibata-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .
  • Miyaji, Saichiro (Ed.): Bakumatsu shoshu saigo-no hanshu-tachi. Higashinihon-hen. Jinbunsha, 1997. ISBN 978-4-7959-1905-1 .