Toda (clan)

Coat of arms Toda
(Matsumoto, Utsunomiya)
(Six separate stars)

Coat of arms Toda (Ōgaki)
(nine lights / stars)

Toda Ōgaki residence in Edo.

Toda Utsunomiya residence in Edo.

Toda residence in Edo.

The Toda ( Japanese 戸 田氏 , Toda-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) from the Mikawa province , which was derived from Fujiwara no Sanefusa . The widely ramified family belonged to the big Fudai , with the Toda last residing in Ōgaki ( Gifu Prefecture ) with an income of 100,000 Koku , the one in Utsunomiya ( Tochigi Prefecture ) with 77,000 Koku and the Toda residing in Matsumoto ( Nagano Prefecture ) with 60,000 Koku -Daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

• Munemitsu (宗 光) was the first prince of Ueno (Mikawa). He built the Tahara (Mikawa) castle around 1495 , which was followed by other generations.
  • Norimitsu ( 憲 光 ), Munemitsu's son, had at least two sons:
    • Masamitsu ( 政 光 )
    • Ujikazu ( 氏 一 )

Main line / (Toda) Matsudaira

• Yasunaga (1562-1632), descendant of Masamitsu, served Tokugawa Ieyasu , who allowed his family to use the name Matsudaira. After the Battle of Sekigahara , he received Koga ( Shimousa Province ) with 20,000 Koku in 1601 , then Minagawa ( Shimotsuke ) in 1609 , Kasama ( Hitachi ) in 1612 , Takasaki ( Kōzuke ) in 1616 and finally Matsumoto ( Shinano ) in 1617 . His descendants resided in Akashi ( Harima ) from 1633 , from 1639 in Kanō (Mino), from 1711 in Yodo ( Yamashiro ), from 1717 in Toba ( Shima ) and finally from 1725 to 1868 again in Matsumoto with 60,000 Koku. Last daimyo with the honorary title Tamba no kami was
  • Mitsuhisa ( 光 則 , 1828–1892), after 1868 Vice Count .

1st branch line

• Tadatsugu ( 忠 次 , 1532–1598), also a descendant of Masamitsu, served Ieyasu and received Shimoda ( Izu ) in 1590 with 5000 koku.
  • Takatsugu ( 尊 次 , 1565-1615), grandson of Tadatsugu, received Tahara ( Mino ) in 1601 with 10,000 koku.
    • Tadamasa ( 忠 昌 , 1632–1699), grandson of Takatsugu, was transferred to Toyooka in 1664 , then became governor of Kyōto ( Kyōto shoshidai ) in 1676 , to Iwatsuki ( Musashi ) in 1682 and finally to Sakura ( Shimousa ) in 1686 with 72,000 Koku.
      • Tadazane ( 忠 真 , 1651-1729), son of Tadamasas, was daimyo of Takada ( Echigo ) in 1701 , in 1710 in Utsunomiya ( Shimotsuke ). His descendants were transferred to Shimabara ( Hizen ) in 1749 , but returned to Utsunomiya with 77,000 koku in 1774. After 1868 Vice Count .

• • • • Tadayuki (忠 至) founded a branch line that resided from 1866 to 1868 in a permanent house ( jinya ) in Takatoku (Shimotsuke) with 10,000 koku. After 1868 Vice Count.

• • • Tadatoshi , a brother of Tadamasa, founded a branch line from 1682 to 1868 in a permanent house in Ashikaga (Shimotsuke) with 11,000 koku. After 1868 Vice Count.

2nd branch line

This line was derived from Ujikazu, the second son of Norimitsu.

• Kazuaki ( 一 西 , 1542–1604) served Ieyasu and received Zeze ( Omi ) with 30,000 koku in 1601 . His descendants resided from 1617 first in Amagasaki ( Settsu ) and then from 1634 to 1868 in Ōgaki ( Mino ) with 100,000 koku.
  • Ukijikane (氏 鉄; 1576–1655) was Kazuaki's son and successor. The main line was from his son
    • Ujinobu (氏 信) continued. The last daimyo in Ōgaki was
      • Ujitaka ( 氏 共 , 1854–1936), count after 1868.

• • • Ujitsune (氏 経), a brother of Ujinobu, founded a branch of this branch. The family resided in a permanent house from 1688, first in Hatamura (Mikawa) and then from 1869 for a short time in Nomura (Mino) with 13,000 koku. After 1868 Vice Count.

Remarks

1. ↑ Today a district of Tochigi .
2. ↑ Today a district of Gifu .
3. ↑ Today a district of Kyoto .
4. ↑ Today the district of Jōetsu .
5. ↑ Today the district of Nikkō .
6. ↑ Today the district of Ōtsu .
7. ↑ Today the district of Tahara .
8. ↑ Today the district of Ōno .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 34.
2. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 35.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Excerpt from the district maps "Akasaka", Asakusa "and" Surugadai "from approx. 1850.

literature

• Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
• Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .
• Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .
• 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 .