Rokugō clan
| Rokugō 六郷 | |
|---|---|
 Rokugō family crest | |
| Home province | Dewa Province |
| Parent house | Southern Fujiwara clan via the Nikaidō clan |
| Titles |
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| Founder | Rokugō Michiyuki |
| Final ruler | Rokugō Masakane |
| Ruled until | 1873 (Abolition of the han system) |
The Rokugō clan (六郷氏, Rokugō shi) was a
Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Fujiwara clan and was based at Senboku County Dewa Province in the late Sengoku period. It should not be confused with a samurai clan of the same name which appears in early Muromachi period records from Musashi Province
.
Rokugō Masanori (1567–1634) was rewarded by
daimyō of Hitachi-Fuchū Domain. He served the Tokugawa shogunate during the 1614 Siege of Osaka, and after the destruction of the Mogami clan, was transferred to Honjō Domain with an increase in revenues to 20,000 koku which were all consolidated in the form of 103 villages in Yuki County where his descendants ruled for 11 generations to the Meiji Restoration.[1]
During the
Meiji government. The final daimyō of Honjō Domain was subsequently granted the kazoku peerage title of "shishaku" (viscount).[2][3]
Notes
- ^ (in Japanese) "Honjo-han" on Edo 300 HTML (accessed 15 August 2008)
- ^ Karino, p. 41.
- ^ List of Meiji-era Japanese nobility
References
- (in Japanese)Hoshi, Ryōichi (1997). Ōuetsu Reppandōmei. Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.
- (in Japanese) "Honjo-han" on Edo 300 HTML (accessed 5 January 2016)
- List of Meiji-era Japanese nobility (accessed 17 August 2008)
- (in Japanese)Sasaki, Suguru (2002). Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji-ishin. Tokyo: Chuōkōron-shinsha.
- (in Japanese) Rokugo clan genealogy (accessed 5 January 2016)