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The clan traces its history from Minamoto no Yoshiie through his son Minamoto no Yoshitoki. [1]The Ishikawa district of Kawachi Province is named after them. In the Sengoku Period, the family had two major branches; one of them, which had settled in Mikawa Province in the 15th century, was a family of retainers serving what became the Tokugawa clan.
The Tokugawa's clan symbol, known in Japanese as a "mon", the "triple hollyhock" (although commonly, but mistakenly identified as "hollyhock", the "aoi" actually belongs to the birthwort family and translates as "wild ginger"—Asarum), has been a readily recognized icon in Japan, symbolizing in equal parts the Tokugawa clan and the last shogunate.
Tōdō clan – clan of humble origins founded by Tōdō Takatora, who was a highly trusted commander under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Toki clan – descended from the Settsu Genji, branch of Seiwa Genji. Tokugawa clan – descended from Tokugawa Ieyasu from Matsudaira clan; famous for Tokugawa shogunate.
After the Tokugawa clan captured Yoshida Castle in eastern Mikawa (present-day Toyohashi), Ieyasu appointed Tadatsugu to control the castle. [26] [27] [28] Then Ieyasu assigned Tadatsugu, Ishikawa Kazumasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Honda Tadakatsu as chiefs of Tokugawa counsel staffs. [29] [30]
Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原 康政, 1548 – June 19, 1606) was a Japanese daimyō of the late Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan.. As one of the Tokugawa family's foremost military commanders, he was considered one of its "Four Guardian Kings" (shitennō 四天王) along with Sakai Tadatsugu, Honda Tadakatsu and Ii Naomasa.
Ishikawa Kazumasa (石川 数正, 1534–1609) was a Japanese notable retainer under Tokugawa Ieyasu, who served him since childhood, when they were both hostages under the Imagawa in 1551. Biography [ edit ]
In 1586, in response to Ishikawa Kazumasa's defection from the Tokugawa clan, former Takeda clan vassals from Kai and Shinano province including Yonekura Tadatsugu to reaffirm their loyalty to Ieyasu by presenting their family members as hostages.
Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵, c. 1542 [1] – January 2, 1597) or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), [2] was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, who served the Tokugawa clan as a general, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan.