The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the

Minamoto clan was a Aristocracy (class), noble surname bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the Imperial House of Japan, imperial family who were excluded from the List of emperors of Japan, line of succession and demoted into the ranks of Nobili ...

. Its first power base was in

Hitachi Province was an old provinces of Japan, old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Hitachi fudoki''" in . It was sometimes called . Hitachi Province bordered on Shimōsa Province, S ...

. The clan was subdued by

Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Minamoto no Yoriie" in . He was the husband of Hōjō Masako ...

in the late 12th century, but later entered Yoritomo's service as vassals. In the

Muromachi period The , also known as the , is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate ( or ), which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi ...

, the Satake served as Governor (''

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'') of

(today

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), under the aegis of the Ashikaga shogunate. The clan sided with the Western Army during the

Battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, ...

, and was punished by

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, who moved it to a smaller territory in northern

Dewa Province was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. Dewa bordered on Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . History Early per ...

(northern

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) at the start of the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

. The Satake survived as lords (

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) of the

Kubota Domain was a Han (Japan), feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Dewa Province (modern-day Akita Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Kubota Castle in what is now the city of Akita, Akita, Akita and was thus also known as the . It was governe ...

(also known as the

Akita Domain was a Han (Japan), feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Dewa Province (modern-day Akita Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Kubota Castle in what is now the city of Akita, Akita, Akita and was thus also known as the . It was governe ...

). Over the course of the Edo period, two major branches of the Satake clan were established, one ruled the fief of Iwasaki, the other one the fief of Kubota-Shinden. During the

Boshin War The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Impe ...

of 1868–69, the Satake were signatories to the pact that formed the

Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei The was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War. Its flag was either a white interwoven five-pointed star on a black field, or a black ...

, but after internal debate and a disagreement with the

Sendai Domain The , also known as the , was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871. The Sendai Domain was based at Aoba Castle in Mutsu Province, in the modern city of Sendai, located in the Tōhoku region of ...

, the clan switched sides and joined the imperial forces in subduing the alliance. As with all other daimyō families, the Satake clan was relieved of its title in 1871.

Origins

The Satake clan claimed descent from

Satake Masayoshi was a Japanese samurai of the Heian period. The grandson of Minamoto no Yoshimitsu, Masayoshi was a resident of Hitachi Province. He was killed in battle by Minamoto no Yoshikuni around 1147. Masayoshi was the founder of the Satake clan T ...

, the grandson of the prominent 11th century warrior

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."Satake-shi" on Harimaya.com
(accessed 15 August 2008) Yoshimitsu received land in Mutsu Province and Hitachi Province as a reward for his military service, and took up residence at Satake village, in Hitachi. Yoshimitsu willed the territory around Satake village to his son, Yoshinobu. Yoshinobu, in turn, passed it on to his own son, Masayoshi. The Satake clan would remain in Hitachi until they were ordered to move in 1602.Saga, ''Memories of Silk and Straw'', pp. 16-17. In 1106, Masayoshi led a rebellion against Minamoto no Yoshikuni, a power figure in neighboring

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, but was defeated and killed by Yoshikuni, who followed him back to Hitachi."Ashikaga-shi (Kamakura kubō)" on Harimaya.com
(accessed 19 August 2008). During the

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, Masayoshi's son Takayoshi sided with

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. The Satake clan was defeated by

in 1180, and its territory confiscated; it was not until nine years later that Yoritomo forgave Takayoshi's son Hideyoshi, and allowed Hideyoshi to become his vassal. Hideyoshi served in the attack on Mutsu Province. The Satake clan later returned to its old territory in Hitachi.

Muromachi and Sengoku periods

In the Muromachi period (1336–1573), the Satake family's heads served as hereditary governors (''shugo'') of

. They were vassals of the Ashikaga shogunate's ''Kamakura-kubō'', the

Kamakura , officially , is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 people per km2 over the tota ...

-based official who oversaw the Ashikaga shogunate's affairs in the

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. The Satake clan saw a great deal of military service under the Ashikaga banner. In the Sengoku period, the Satake worked toward unifying the often rebellious clans of the Hitachi region under their control. Satake Yoshishige, family head during the early Sengoku period, was renowned for his ferocity in battle; he was also known by the nickname of . He often fought against the

Later Hōjō clan The was one of the most powerful samurai families in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region. Their last name was simply , but were called "Later Hōjō" to differentiate between the earlier Hōjō clan who h ...

, who were extending their power into southern Hitachi. One such encounter was the Battle of Numajiri, where 20,000 men under Yoshishige fought 80,000 Hōjō troops. The Satake won, due in part to the use of over 8600

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guns by their troops. In 1586 and again in 1589, the Satake also fought with the

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at Sukagawa, but were ultimately defeated by forces under the command of

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. In 1590, under the headship of Yoshishige's son

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, the Satake clan pledged fealty to

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during the siege of Odawara.Karino, ''Satake-shi rekidai ryakuji'', p. 7. After the fall of Odawara, Hideyoshi accepted them as vassals, and guaranteed their lordship of a 540,000 ''

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'' swath of territory in Hitachi Province. Having received recognition from Hideyoshi as the ruler of Hitachi Province, Yoshinobu's drive for unifying the province under his rule was strengthened. He brought nearly all of the province under his control, with the exception of the

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and Shimodate areas, the control of which Hideyoshi had assured to the

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. In 1593, the Satake clan joined in Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea, deploying troops to

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Edo era

In 1600, the Satake sided with the Western Army at the Battle of Sekigahara, and were discovered to be in secret communication with

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, the leader of the Western Army. After the Western Army's defeat by the Eastern forces of

, the Satake clan was allowed to remain where they were in Hitachi but they would be punished by the victorious Tokugawa. The clan's income was severely reduced and in 1602 the clan was ordered to relocate to

Kubota is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, Heavy equipment, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, P ...

, a much smaller fief in northern Japan, where they remained until 1871."Kubota-han" on Edo 300 HTML
(accessed 15 August 2008) Kubota's income level was 205,000 ''

'', and it was classified as an outside ('' tozama'') daimyō. The income level remained constant throughout its history. The domain often had agricultural crises, which resulted in several peasant uprisings throughout the course of its history. It was also beset by an internal ''

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'' conflict, the , which was brought on by financial issues.

Satake Yoshiatsu was the 8th ''daimyō'' of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Akita Prefecture), and then 26th hereditary chieftain of the Satake clan. His courtesy title was '' Ukyo-daifu'' and ''Jijū'' and his Court rank was Junior Fourth ...

(better known by his nom-de-plume Satake Shozan), the 8th generation lord of Kubota, was an accomplished artist. Yoshiatsu painted a number of paintings in the Dutch style, and also produced three treatises on European painting techniques, including the depiction of perspective."Akita ranga" on ''Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System''
Accessed 19 August 2008. He was also a student of Dutch studies (''

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'') scholar

Hiraga Gennai was a Japanese polymath and ''rōnin'' of the Edo period. He was a pharmacologist, student of ''Rangaku'', author, painter and inventor well known for his '' Erekiteru'' (electrostatic generator), ''Kandankei'' (thermometer) and ''Kakanpu'' ...

, who he had invited up to Akita to advise him on management of the domain's copper mines. It was during Yoshiatsu's lifetime that the of art was born and briefly flourished. The Kubota domain was uncommon in that it contained more than one castle, despite the Tokugawa shogunate's "one castle per domain" rule. The main castle was Kubota Castle, but there were also castles at Yokote and Ōdate, and five fortified estates elsewhere in the domain: Kakudate, Yuzawa, Hiyama, Jūniso, and In'nai.Karino, p. 9. Each of these was given to a senior retainer who ran it as his own small castle town. The senior retainers had personal retainers who resided in these castle towns. Two of the clan elder (''

karō were top-ranking samurai officials and advisors in service to the ''daimyōs'' of feudal Japan. Overview In the Edo period, the policy of ''sankin-kōtai'' (alternate attendance) required each ''daimyō'' to place a ''karō'' in Edo and anothe ...

'') families serving the Kubota domain were branches of the Satake family. One was the North Satake family (''Satake-hokke''), stipended at 10,000 ''koku''; the other the West Satake family (''Satake-nishike''), stipended at 7200 ''koku''. The North Satake family had its landholdings around Kakunodate, one of the fortified estates mentioned above; the West Satake resided in and had their landholdings around Ōdate. Another ''karō'' family unrelated to the Satake was the Tomura, who held Yokote castle. During its rule over Kubota, the Satake clan was ranked as a family, and as such, had the privilege of shogunal audiences in the Great Hall (''Ohiroma'') of

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. Though no Satake lord ever held the office of ''

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'', the clan (together with many of the other domains of northern Honshū) assisted the shogunate in policing the frontier region of Ezochi (now

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Boshin war

After the restoration of imperial rule in late 1867, the

broke out in early 1868, pitting the coalition of southern domains against the forces of the former Tokugawa shogunate. After the city of

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fell, remnants of the Tokugawa forces retreated northward, and the fighting followed northward. The Satake clan was a signatory to the pact that formed the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, the alliance of anti- Satchō northern domains led by the

. The Satake clan's delegation at Shiroishi, the alliance's headquarters, was led by the clan elder (''karō'') Tomura Yoshiari. However, the Satake had political difficulties with the alliance, which culminated in the murder, in Akita, of a delegation from

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on August 21, 1868,Onodera, ''Boshin nanboku sensō to Tōhoku seiken'', p. 193. and the display of the messengers'

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ed heads in the Akita castle town. The Sendai delegation, led by Shimo Matazaemon, was dispatched to request the Akita domain to hand over

Kujō Michitaka , son of regent Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of his brother, Kujō Yukitsune, was a ''kuge'' or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period and politician of the early Meiji era who served as a member of the House of Peers. One of his daughter ...

and other officials of the imperial delegation that had been originally sent to the region to gather support for the imperial cause. The Satake then backed out of the alliance and supported the imperial army; eleven days later, on September 1, 1868 the

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of the neighboring

Hirosaki is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 163,639 in 71,044 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Hirosaki developed as a jōkamachi, ca ...

domain followed suit. In response, the pro-alliance domains of

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and Ichinoseki sent troops to attack Kubota.Onodera, p. 194. Kubota forces were hard-pressed to defend their territory, with the result that the alliance troops had made serious advances before the war's end; Yokote Castle was burned, and by October 7,

troops took Ōdate, the last of the Akita domain's castles. In early 1869, Satake Yoshitaka formally gave up the domain's registers to the imperial government, and was made imperial governor of the Akita domain (''han chiji'').Karino, p. 40. In mid-1869, the imperial government rewarded the service rendered by the main line of the Satake clan, by raising its income by 20,000 ''

''.Karino, p. 40. The heads of all the Satake clan's branches were relieved of office as

in 1871,Karino, p. 41. and ordered to relocate to

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Meiji and beyond

In the Meiji era, Satake Yoshitaka was ennobled with the title of

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(''kōshaku'').Karino, p. 41.List of Meiji-era Japanese nobility
(accessed 17 August 2008) Satake Yoshisato of Iwasaki received the title of

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(''shishaku''). The North Satake family received the title of

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(''danshaku''). Yoshitaka's son Yoshinao served in the

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, and fought in the

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.Karino, p. 41.

Norihisa Satake is a Japanese politician. A former two-term mayor of Akita City in Akita Prefecture, first elected in 2001. He was the Governor of Akita Prefecture for four terms between 2009 and 2025. He is the 21st head of the North Satake branch of the Sa ...

, the current governor of

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, is a descendant of the North Satake branch of the clan.

Family Heads

Hitachi

As lord of the

(1081-1147) * Satake Takayoshi * Satake Hideyoshi * Satake Yoshiaki (1531-1565) * Satake Yoshishige (1547-1612)

Kubota

As lord of the

(1570–1633) * Satake Yoshitaka (1609–1672) *

Satake Yoshizumi was the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Akita Prefecture), and then 21st hereditary chieftain of the Satake clan. His courtesy title was '' Ukyō-no-daifu'' and ''Jijū'', and later raised to ''Sakon'e-sh� ...

(1637–1703) * Satake Yoshitada (1695–1715) *

Satake Yoshimine was the 5th ''daimyō'' of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province, Japan (modern-day Akita Prefecture), and then 23rd hereditary chieftain of the Satake clan. His courtesy title was '' Ukyō-no-taifu'' and ''Jijū'', and later ''Sakonoeshōshō'' and ...

(1690–1745) *

Satake Yoshimasa Satake may refer to: *Satake clan The was a Japanese clan, Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. Its first power base was in Hitachi Province. The clan was subdued by Minamoto no Yoritomo in the late 12th centur ...

(1728–1753) * Satake Yoshiharu (1723–1758) *

(1748–1785) *

(1775–1815) * Satake Yoshihiro (1812–1846) * Satake Yoshichika (1839–1857) * Satake Yoshitaka (1825–1884, last lord of Kubota) * Satake Yoshinao (1854–1893)

Iwasaki

* Satake Yoshinaga (1655–1741) * Satake Yoshimichi (1701–1765) * Satake Yoshitada (1730–1787) * Satake Yoshimoto (1759–1793) * Satake Yoshichika (1787–1821) *

(1802–1856) * Satake Yoshizane (1825–1884; became Satake Yoshitaka, last lord of Akita)Karino, p. 37. * Satake Yoshitsuma (1837–1870) * Satake Yoshisato (1858–1914)

Kubota-Shinden

* Satake Yoshikuni (1665–1725) *

Satake Yoshikata Satake may refer to: *Satake clan, a Japanese samurai clan originally from Hitachi Province *Satake Corporation, a multinational agricultural equipment maker based in Hiroshima, Japan *Asteroid 8194 Satake *Ichirō Satake (1927–2014), Japanese ...

(1692–1742)

Notable Retainers

* Makabe Ujimoto (1550–1622) * Onuki Yorihisa (1544–1603) * Oba YoshinariKarino, p. 9. * Oba TadanobuKarino, p. 9. * Tomura Yoshikuni (Jūdayū)Karino, p. 9. * Wada Akitame (1532–1618)

Notes

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