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The Matsunaga clan (松永氏, Matsunaga-shi) is a Japanese Samurai Clan who are descended from the Fujiwara clan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The lineage of Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide strengthens the Matsunaga clan's claim to Fujiwara lineage through Hisahide's nephew, Tadatoshi Naito (also known as Naito Joan and Fujiwara John).
The Sugawara clan (菅原氏, Sugawara-uji) was a Japanese aristocratic family claiming descent from Ame-no-hohi.Founded in 781, they served the Imperial Court as scholars and government officials since the clan's foundation until the early modern period when the clan divided into six branches.
Feudal Japan had a complex system of heraldry, just like medieval Europe did, complete with family crests and a variety of flags to distinguish lords, clans, or individual warriors on the battlefield.
In the Akechi Family Tree recorded in "Zoku Gunsho Ruiju" and the "Mino no Kuni Shokki", it is said that the Akechi clan descended as branch of Toki clan of the Seiwa Genji clan, where the Toki clan served as shugo in Mino Province for over 200 years from the Kenmu Restoration, and has produced several dozen branches from then on.
The Shimazu clan (Japanese: 島津氏, Hepburn: Shimazu-shi) were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.. The Shimazu were identified as one of the tozama or outsider daimyō families [1] in contrast with the fudai or insider clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.
TACHIBANA in Japanese Kanji. Tachibana clan (橘氏, Tachibana-uji, Tachibana-shi) was one of the four most powerful kuge (court nobility) families in Japan's Nara and early Heian periods—the other three were the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Taira. [1]
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In recognition of their service, members of the clan were granted the prestigious family name Matsudaira in 1648. During the Edo period, the clan's Saga Domain became quite famous for the porcelain wares produced there; these are sometimes known as Nabeshima ware after the name of the clan, or as Imari ware after the port town of Imari from ...