Inaba Masanari (稲葉 正成, 1571 – October 14, 1628), also known as Inaba Masashige[1] and sometimes known as Mino-no-kami,[2] was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. He served the Oda, Toyotomi, and Tokugawa clans, and became a daimyō in the early Edo period.
Inaba Masanari | |
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| 1st Daimyō of Mōka | |
| In office 1627–1628 | |
| Preceded by | Hori Chikayoshi |
| Succeeded by | Inaba Masakatsu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1571 |
| Died | October 14, 1628 (age 57) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Spouse | Lady Kasuga |
Masanari was the husband of Kasuga-no-Tsubone,[3] who bore him three sons: Masakatsu, Masasada, and Masatoshi.[4] For some reason, Masanari divorced her; and she then became wet-nurse to Tokugawa Hidetada's eldest son. Though Masanari and Kasuga divorced, they still maintained a good relationship as parents to their children.[5] One of Masanari's grandsons, Inaba Masayasu (1640–1684), is primarily remembered as the enigmatic wakadoshiyori assassin of tairō Hotta Masatoshi.[6]
In the Edo period, the Inaba were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan,[7] as opposed to the tozama or outsider clans.
Inaba clan branches
editThe fudai Inaba clan originated in 16th century Mino Province.[8] They claimed descent from Kōno Michitaka (d. 1374),[9] who claimed descent from Emperor Kanmu (736–805).[10]
A cadet branch was descended from Inaba Masanari (+1628[clarification needed]), who fought in the armies of Nobunaga and then Hideyoshi.[9] This branch of the Inaba was created in 1588.[8] In 1619, he was granted the han of Itoigawa (25,000 koku) in Echigo Province; then, in 1627, his holding was transferred to Mōka Domain (65,000 koku) in Shimotsuke Province. His descendants resided successively in Odawara Domain (105,000 koku) in Sagami Province from 1632 through 1685; om Takata Domain in Echigo province from 1685 through 1701; in Sakura Domain in Shimōsa Province from 1701 through 1723.[9] Masanari's heirs settled in Yodo Domain (115,000 koku) in Yamashiro Province from 1723 through 1868.[8]
The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "viscount" in the Meiji period.[9]
Notable descendants
edit- Inaba Masamichi, 1681–1685—8th Kyoto shoshidai.[7]
- Inaba Masanobu, 1804–1806—34th Kyoto shoshidai.[7]
- Inaba Masakuni, 1863–1864—55th Kyoto shoshidai.[7]
Notes
edit- ^ 稲葉正成 at Reichsarchiv.jp; retrieved 2013-6-7.
- ^ Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1998). The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, p. 71.
- ^ (in Japanese) "Inaba-shi" on Harimaya.com
- ^ "[Unknown title]", Bulletin of the South Sea Association. Vol. 2 (July 1939).
- ^ Murdock, James. (1996) A History of Japan, p. 706.
- ^ Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 598; Bodart-Bailey, p. 98.
- ^ a b c d Meyer, Eva-Maria. "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit." Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine Universität Tübingen (in German).
- ^ a b c Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien Japon, p. 67.
- ^ a b c d Papinot, Jacques. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Inaba, p. 15; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German).
- ^ "Inaba" at Ancestry.com citing Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names.
References
edit- Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha. OCLC 4429674
- Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1999). Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press . ISBN 9780824819644; ISBN 9780824820664; OCLC 246417677
- Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099
- Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374; ISBN 9780195165579; ISBN 9780195165586; ISBN 9780195165593; OCLC 51655476
- Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Münster: Tagenbuch. ISBN 9783825839390; OCLC 722998498
- Murdock, James. (1903) A History of Japan. Kobe: Kobe Chronicle. OCLC 64778754
- Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. OCLC 465662682; Nobiliaire du japon (abridged version of 1906 text).
External links
edit- (in Japanese) "Inaba-shi" on Harimaya.com (6 April 2008)