Kikkawa clan
Kikkawa clan 吉川氏 | |
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Kikkawa clan mon | |
Home province |
Izumo Aki Suō |
Parent house |
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Titles | Various |
Founder |
Kikkawa Tsuneyoshi (吉川経義) |
Final ruler |
Kikkawa Tsunetake (吉川経健) |
Current head |
Kikkawa Kōji (吉川晃司) |
Founding year | 12th century |
Ruled until | 1868 (Meiji Restoration) |
The Kikkawa clan (吉川氏 Kikkawa-shi) was a prominent samurai clan of Japan's Sengoku period. The most famous member of the clan is likely Kikkawa Motoharu (1530-1586), one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's generals, who was adopted into the family. Along with the Kobayakawa clan, the Kikkawa played an important role in Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign (1586-7), and later became daimyo in Izumo province and Iwakuni after that.
Origins
The founder of the clan, Kikkawa Tsuneyoshi (吉川経義), was a son of Irie Kageyoshi (入江景義).[1] The Irie clan descends from the Southern House of the Fujiwara clan through the Kudō clan.[2][3]
Clan Heads
- Kikkawa Tsuneyoshi (吉川経義, 1132–1193), son of Irie Kageyoshi (入江景義), founder of the clan.
- Kikkawa Tomokane (吉川友兼, 1159–1200)
- Kikkawa Tomotsune (吉川朝経, 1182–1240)
- Kikkawa Tsunemitsu (吉川経光, 1192–1267)
- Kikkawa Tsunetaka (吉川経高, 1234–1319)
- Kikkawa Tsunemori (吉川経盛, 1290–1358)
- Kikkawa Tsuneaki (吉川経秋, ? –1383)
- Kikkawa Tsunemi (吉川経見, ? –1435)
- Kikkawa Tsunenobu (吉川経信, 1396–1456)
- Kikkawa Yukitsune (吉川之経, 1415–1477)
- Kikkawa Tsunemoto (吉川経基, 1428–1520)
- Kikkawa Kunitsune (吉川国経, 1443–1531), his daughter married Mōri Motonari.
- Kikkawa Mototsune (吉川元経, 1459–1522), he married the daughter of Mōri Hiromoto and sister of Mōri Motonari.
- Kikkawa Okitsune (吉川興経, 1508–1550), his mother was the daughter of Mōri Hiromoto and sister of Mōri Motonari.
- Kikkawa Motoharu (吉川元春, 1530–1586), second son of Mōri Motonari.
- Kikkawa Motonaga (吉川元長, 1548–1587)
- Kikkawa Hiroie (吉川広家, 1561–1625)
- Kikkawa Hiromasa (吉川広正, 1601–1666)
- Kikkawa Hiroyoshi (吉川広嘉, 1621–1679)
- Kikkawa Hironori (吉川広紀, 1658–1696)
- Kikkawa Hiromichi (吉川広逵, 1695–1715)
- Kikkawa Tsunenaga (吉川経永, 1714–1764)
- Kikkawa Tsunetomo (吉川経倫, 1764–1803)
- Kikkawa Tsunetada (吉川経忠, 1766–1803)
- Kikkawa Tsunekata (吉川経賢, 1791–1807)
- Kikkawa Tsunehiro (吉川経礼, 1793–1837)
- Kikkawa Tsunekira (吉川経章, 1794–1844)
- Kikkawa Tsunemasa (吉川経幹, 1829–1867)
- Kikkawa Tsunetake (吉川経健, 1855–1909)
Clan members of note
- Kikkawa Tsuneie (d. 1581)
- Kikkawa Motoharu (1530-1586) - General under Hideyoshi; died in Kyūshū Campaign
- Kikkawa Motonaga (1547-1587) - Son of Motoharu
- Kikkawa Hiroie (1561-1625) - Son of Motoharu; Daimyo of Izumo and later Iwakuni
- Kikkawa Hiromasa - Son of Motoharu
- Yoshikawa Koretari (1616-1694) - also known as Kikkawa Koretari; Shintō philosopher
- Kikkawa Reika (1875-1929) - Yamato-e painter
References
- Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
- ↑ Mass, Jeffrey P. (1993). The Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 0804722102.
- ↑ Mass, Jeffrey P. (1993). The Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford University Press. p. 117. ISBN 0804722102.
- ↑ Turnbull, Stephen (2011). Samurai: The World of the Warrior. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 1849089965.
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