Wakizaka (clan)
The Wakizaka ( Japanese 脇 坂 氏 , Wakizaka-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from the Fujiwara . With an income of 55,000 Koku , the Wakizaka residing in Tatsuno ( Hyōgo Prefecture ) were among the larger, most recently Fudai daimyo of the Edo period .
genealogy
- Yasuharu ( 安 治 ; 1554–1626) served Akechi Mitsuhide , then Toyotomi Hideyoshi . In 1585 he received the island of Awaji-shima as a fief and took over Sumoto Castle with 30,000 koku. During the Korean campaign , he commanded part of the Japanese fleet. In 1600 he took part in the Battle of Sekigahara under the command of Kobayakawa Hideaki , but then switched to Tokugawa Ieyasu's side . He contributed to the victory over Ishida Kazushige and stormed Sawayama Castle . In 1609 he was transferred to Ōzu ( Iyo province ) with 50,000 koku, in 1617 to Iida ( Shinano ).
- Yasumoto ( 安 元 ; 1581–1654), Yasuharu's son, took part in the siege of Osaka in 1615 in place of his father, who had refused, saying that he had once served Hideyoshi. In 1672 the family was transferred to Tatsuno ( Harima ), where they resided in the local castle until 1868 . The last daimyo was
- Yasuaya ( 安斐 ; 1840–1908), Awaji no kami , after 1868 vice count .
Remarks
- ↑ In the 1850s the daimyo held a higher office in the shogunate and resided near the residence of the shogun.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 74.
- ↑ Excerpt from the map "Atago-shita" from 1850.
- ↑ Excerpt from the district map "Daimyō koji" from 1860.
literature
- Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
- Kato, M .: Tatsuno-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .