Tozawa (clan)

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Tozawa coat of arms
Tozawa residence in Edo (near Zōjō-ji )

The Tozawa ( Japanese 戸 沢 氏 , Tozawa-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Taira no Tadamasa . With an income of 68,000 Koku , the Tozawa residing in Shinjō ( Yamagata Prefecture ) belonged to the medium-sized daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

  • Moriyasu ( 盛安 ; 1566-1590) was, like his ancestors, vassal of the Nambu and as administrator of the castle of Kaku-no-date ( 角 館 ) in the province of Dewa .
  • Masamori ( 正盛 ; 1585-1648), Moriyasu's son, joined Tokugawa Ieyasu , received two districts in Hitachi Province and resided in Matsuoka with 40,000 Koku. In 1622 he was transferred to Shinjō Castle with 68,000 koku. He and his descendants resided there until 1868. After that, the family carried the title Vice Count .

Remarks

  1. ↑ This shape is called Kokumochi chinuki kuyō : Nine stars on a round white background.
  2. ↑ Today a district of Semboku .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 35.
  2. ↑ Excerpt from the "Atagoshita" district map from around 1850.

literature

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