(Translated by https://www.hiragana.jp/)
Kikkawa clan - Wikipedia
Wikipedia

Kikkawa clan

(Redirected from Kikkawa family)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Kikkawa.

The Kikkawa clan (吉川よしかわ氏し, 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 daimyō in Izumo Province and Iwakuni after that.

Kikkawa clan
吉川よしかわ氏し
Kikkawa clan mon
Home provinceIzumo
Aki
Suō
Parent house Fujiwara clan (平たいら氏し)
Kudō clan (工藤くどう氏し)
Irie clan (入江いりえ氏し)
TitlesVarious
FounderKikkawa Tsuneyoshi
(吉川よしかわ経けい義よし)
Final rulerKikkawa Tsunetake
(吉川よしかわ経けい健けん)
Founding year12th century
Dissolutionstill extant
Ruled until1868 (Meiji Restoration)

Origins

edit

The founder of the clan, Kikkawa Tsuneyoshi (吉川よしかわ経けい義よし), was a son of Irie Kageyoshi (入江いりえ景義かげよし).[1] The Irie clan descends through the Kudō clan from the Southern House of the Fujiwara clan.[2][3]

The family takes the name from a place called Kikkawa in Irie no sho domain, in Suruga province. Tsuneyoshi distinguished himself in the search and seizure of Kajiwara Kagetoki and gained a territory in Fukui no sho, in Harima Province. He then distinguished himself in the Jokyu War and became the jito of Oasa no sho in Aki Province.

In 1550, Kikkawa Okitsune was murdered by a conspiracy of Mori Motonari, and the main branch of the Kikkawa clan was destroyed. Motoharu, the second son of Mori Motonari received Okitsune's name and estates.

Clan Heads

edit
  1. Kikkawa Tsuneyoshi (吉川よしかわ経けい義よし, 1132–1193), son of Irie Kageyoshi (入江いりえ景義かげよし), founder of the clan.
  2. Kikkawa Tomokane (吉川よしかわ友兼ともかね, 1159–1200)
  3. Kikkawa Tomotsune (吉川よしかわ朝ちょう経けい, 1182–1240)
  4. Kikkawa Tsunemitsu (吉川よしかわ経けい光こう, 1192–1267)
  5. Kikkawa Tsunetaka (吉川よしかわ経けい高だか, 1234–1319)
  6. Kikkawa Tsunemori (吉川よしかわ経けい盛もり, 1290–1358)
  7. Kikkawa Tsuneaki (吉川よしかわ経けい秋あき, ? –1383)
  8. Kikkawa Tsunemi (吉川よしかわ経けい見み, ? –1435)
  9. Kikkawa Tsunenobu (吉川よしかわ経けい信しんじ, 1396–1456)
  10. Kikkawa Yukitsune (吉川よしかわ之の経へ, 1415–1477)
  11. Kikkawa Tsunemoto (吉川よしかわ経けい基もと, 1428–1520)
  12. Kikkawa Kunitsune (吉川よしかわ国こく経けい, 1443–1531), his daughter married Mōri Motonari.
  13. Kikkawa Mototsune (吉川よしかわ元もと経けい, 1459–1522), he married the daughter of Mōri Hiromoto and sister of Mōri Motonari.
  14. Kikkawa Okitsune (吉川よしかわ興きょう経けい, 1508–1550), his mother was the daughter of Mōri Hiromoto and sister of Mōri Motonari.
  15. Kikkawa Motoharu (吉川よしかわ元春もとはる, 1530–1586), second son of Mōri Motonari.
  16. Kikkawa Motonaga (吉川よしかわ元長もとなが, 1548–1587)
  17. Kikkawa Hiroie (吉川よしかわ広ひろ家か, 1561–1625)
  18. Kikkawa Hiromasa (吉川よしかわ広正ひろまさ, 1601–1666)
  19. Kikkawa Hiroyoshi (吉川よしかわ広ひろ嘉よしみ, 1621–1679)
  20. Kikkawa Hironori (吉川よしかわ広紀ひろき, 1658–1696)
  21. Kikkawa Hiromichi (吉川よしかわ広ひろ逵, 1695–1715)
  22. Kikkawa Tsunenaga (吉川よしかわ経けい永ひさし, 1714–1764)
  23. Kikkawa Tsunetomo (吉川よしかわ経けい倫りん, 1764–1803)
  24. Kikkawa Tsunetada (吉川よしかわ経けい忠ちゅう, 1766–1803)
  25. Kikkawa Tsunekata (吉川よしかわ経けい賢けん, 1791–1807)
  26. Kikkawa Tsunehiro (吉川よしかわ経けい礼れい, 1793–1837)
  27. Kikkawa Tsunekira (吉川よしかわ経けい章あきら, 1794–1844)
  28. Kikkawa Tsunemasa (吉川よしかわ経けい幹みき, 1829–1867)
  29. Kikkawa Tsunetake (吉川よしかわ経けい健けん, 1855–1909)

Clan members of note

edit

References

edit
  • Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
  1. ^ Mass, Jeffrey P. (1993). The Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 0804722102.
  2. ^ Mass, Jeffrey P. (1993). The Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford University Press. p. 117. ISBN 0804722102.
  3. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2011). Samurai: The World of the Warrior. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 978-1849089968.
 

This Japanese clan article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kikkawa_clan&oldid=1213906119"