Nakagawa (clan)

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Nakagawa Coat of Arms (Nakagawa Oak Leaves)
Nakagawa residence in Edo

The Nakagawa ( Japanese 中 川 氏 , Nakagawa-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which came from the province of Settsu and which was derived from Minamoto no Yorimitsu ( Seiwa-Genji ). With an income of 70,000 koku , the Nakagawa residing in Taketa ( Ōita prefecture ) belonged to the larger Tozama daimyo of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Kiyohide ( 清秀 ; 1542–1583) initially served Araki Murashige. When Murashige got into trouble, he broke up with him and joined Oda Nobunaga . After Nobunaga's death in 1583 he overpowered and killed Wada Koremasa, who worked for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki , and took over his Akutagawa castle ( Settsu province ) with 120,000 koku. Koyohide fell at the Battle of Shizugatake .
  • Hidemasa ( 秀 政 ; 1568–1592), Kiyohide's eldest son, died in the Korean campaign .
  • Hidenari ( 秀 成 ; 1570–1612) took over the fiefdom after the death of his brother Hidemasa. He received Oka Castle ( Bungo Province ) with 70,000 koku. The Nakagawa resided there until 1868. After 1868 the Nakagawa held the title of Count .

Remarks

  1. ↑ In former times the place was also called "Oka" after its castle.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 81.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the district map "Nihonbashi 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 .
  • Yamauchi, Junji: Oka-jo. In: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .