Inoue clan
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Inoue 井上氏 | |
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daimyō, viscount | |
Founder | Minamoto no Yorisue |
Final ruler | Inoue Masanao |
Ruled until | 1873 (Abolition of the han system) |
The Inoue clan (井上氏, Inoue-shi) was a
.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
- ^ Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p. 75
References
- Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.
- Papinot, Edmund. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
External links
- (in Japanese) Inoue clan on Harimaya's "Buke-kaden"