Inoue clan

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Inoue
井上氏
daimyō, viscount
FounderMinamoto no Yorisue
Final rulerInoue Masanao
Ruled until1873 (Abolition of the han system)

The Inoue clan (井上氏, Inoue-shi) was a

fudai daimyō clans.[1] Following the Meiji Restoration, the clan was appointed Viscount
.

Hamamatsu branch

The main branch of the Inoue clan was transferred numerous times throughout the Edo period.

Tanakura Domain in Mutsu Province in 1817, Tatebayashi Domain in Kōzuke Province in 1836, back to Hamamatsu in 1845 and finally to Tsurumai Domain in Kazusa Province in 1868. The final daimyō of the main branch, Inoue Masanao (1837–1904), was made a viscount (shishaku) under the kazoku
peerage system.

Shimotsuma branch

A cadet branch of the Inoue clan was established in 1712 at Shimotsuma Domain, Hitachi Province by Inoue Masanaga (1654–1721), the 3rd son of Inoue Masato, daimyō of Gujō Domain in Mino Province. A minor 10,000 koku domain, it remained in the hands of the Inoue clan until the Meiji Restoration. Its final daimyō, Inoue Masaoto (1856–1921) was subsequently made a viscount.

Takaoka branch

A cadet branch of the Inoue clan was established in 1649 at

Meiji government
and was made a viscount.

Notes

  1. ^ Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p. 75

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