Torii (clan)

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Coat of arms of the Torii
( Torii-Sasa )
Alternative coat of arms of the Torii.
Torii residence in Edo
(Kaei period)
Torii residence in Edo
(Ansei period)
Home of the Torii ( Okazaki )

The Torii ( Japanese 鳥 居 氏 , Torii-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Fujiwara no Moromasa . With an income of 30,000 koku , the torii last residing in Mibu ( Tochigi Prefecture ) belonged to the smaller Fudai daimyo of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Tadayoshi ( 忠 吉 ; † 1572)
  • Mototada ( 元忠 ; 1539–1600), Tadayoshi's son, received the domain Yahagi ( Shimousa ) with 40,000 koku in 1590 . When Tokugawa Ieyasu began a campaign against Uesugi Kagekatsu , he ordered Mototada to defend Fushimi Castle . There Mototada was besieged by the Shimazu and Ukita , then fell at the moment the siege was lifted.

Main branch

  • Tadamasa ( 忠 政 ; 1567–1628), Mototada's son, received Iwakidaira ( Mutsu ) with 100,000 koku in 1603 . In 1622 he was transferred to Yamagata ( Dewa ), his income was increased to 260,000 koku.
  • Tadatsune ( 忠 恒 ; 1604–1636), Tadamasa's son and heir, died without descendants. Then the fief reverted to the Shogun.
  • Tadaharu ( 忠 春 ; 1608-1651), Tadatsune's brother, was then able to continue the line on a smaller scale: he received Takatō ( Shinano ) with 30,000 Koku in 1639 . His descendants resided from 1689, in Shimomura ( Noto ), from 1695 in Minakuchi ( Ōmi ) and then from 1712 to 1868 in Mibu ( Shimotsuke ) with 30,000 Koku. After 1868 Vice Count.

Secondary branch

  • Naritsugu ( 成 次 ; 1605–1633), a brother of Tadamasas, received Yamura ( Kai ) with 35,000 koku in 1601 . In 1632 he was deposed because he had neglected his duty to supervise Suruga-Dainagon Tadanaga, whose adviser he was. He had to go into exile in Yamagata, where his nephew Tadatsune ruled.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Kuninosuke is an epithet Tadahiros (1815-1857).
  2. ↑ Today as Motoyahagi ("Old Yahagi") a district of Katori .
  3. ↑ Today a district of Ina .
  4. ↑ Part of Nanao today .
  5. ↑ Today a district of Kōka .
  6. ^ Tadanaga ( 忠 長 ; 1605–1633), a brother of Tokugawa Iemitsu , was charged with mismanagement of his domains in Kai , Suruga and Tōtōmi and conspiracy against Iemitsu. He was the domain of Ando Shigenaga after 1632 Takasaki ( Kozuke banned) and had the following year Seppuku commit

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, undated, ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , pp. 198 and 48.
  2. ↑ a b Excerpt from the district maps "Bancho" from approx. 1850 and "Shitaya" from approx. 1860.
  3. ^ Reichsarchiv
  4. ↑ Today part of Tsuru .

literature

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