The are descendants of

Emperor Seiwa was the 56th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 清和天皇 (56)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Seiwa's reign spanned the years from 858 through 876.He was also the predecessor of Takeda ryu. T ...

(850-880) of Japan and are a branch of the

Ashikaga clan The was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1333 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga ...

through the Shiba clan (Seiwa Genji).

History

Ashikaga Ieuji (13th century), son of Ashikaga Yasuuji, was the first to adopt the name Shiba. The Shiba were '' Shugo'' (Governors) of Echizen, Owari, and other provinces, and during the Ashikaga shogunate were one of three families (Shiba, Hosokawa and Hatakeyama) from which the '' Kyoto-kanryo'' (Prime Minister of the Shōgun) could be chosen. Shiba Masaaki, the descendant of Shiba Takatsune (1305–1367), established himself in Hachisuka, near the Kiso River at the border of Owari and Mino provinces, whence he took the name Hachisuka. In the 16th century, the Hachisuka clan came to prominence thanks to its head, Hachisuka Koroku. His uncle held Hachisuka Castle and he lived first in Miyaushiro Castle, which was his mother's family home. Koroku served the Oda clan, being instrumental in several of the early victories of Oda Nobunaga. He later went on to serve under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His son, Iemasa, received

Tokushima Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Awa Province and Awaji Province in what is now Tokushima Prefecture and Awaji Island of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around Tokushima ...

as a new landholding from Hideyoshi. From then until the end of the Edo period, the Hachisuka were the lords of Tokushima and Awa province in Shikoku. They would be one of the few clans to retain the same landholding from the start of the Edo period to its conclusion. They also managed to retain a constant income rating of 256,000 '' koku''. In the late Edo period, the clan came into national focus because of the contemporary head, Hachisuka Narihiro, who was a son of the 11th shogun, Ienari. The clan sided with the Kyoto government during the Boshin War and contributed troops to the fight in the north, as well as to security duties in Edo (Tokyo). The clan faced internal fragmentation a year later, in the form of the Inada Rebellion,庚午事変
Geng Wu Shi Yao and was peacefully dissolved in 1873 with the rest of the nation's han. After the

Meiji Restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ...

, the Hachisuka became part of the '' kazoku'', Japan's new nobility system.

Ancestors

#Prince Sadazumi # Minamoto no Tsunemoto #

Minamoto no Mitsunaka was a Japanese samurai and court official of the Heian period. He served as ''Chinjufu-shōgun'' and acting governor of Settsu Province''.'' His association with the Fujiwara clan made him one of the wealthiest and most powerful courtiers of his ...

# Minamoto no Yorinobu #

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi was a Japanese samurai lord who was the head of the Minamoto clan and served as '' Chinjufu-shōgun''. Along with his son Minamoto no Yoshiie, he led the Imperial forces against rebellious forces in the north, a campaign called the Zenkunen War, ...

Minamoto no Yoshiie Minamoto No Yoshiie (源義家; 1039 – 4 August 1106), also known as Hachimantarō, was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and '' Chinjufu-shōgun'' (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North). The first son of Minamoto ...

Minamoto no Yoshikuni was son of famous samurai Minamoto no Yoshiie and an ancestor of the Ashikaga and Nitta clans. Yoshikuni was the samurai who first implored the spirit of the Iwashimizu Shrine to start living in this bamboo grove and he built the shrine in ho ...

# Minamoto no Yoshiyasu # Ashikaga Yoshikane #Ashikaga Yoshiuji (1189-1225) #Ashikaga Yasuuji (1216-1270) #Ashikaga Ieuji #Shiba Muneie (b.1250) #Shiba Muneuji # Shiba Takatsune

Heads of the Family

#Hachisuka Kagenari (son of Shiba Takatsune) #Masakazu (adopted) #Masataka #Masanaga #Masaaki #Masamori #Masatoshi (d.1553) # Hachisuka Masakatsu #

Hachisuka Iemasa was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Iemasa, the son of Hachisuka Masakatsu or ''Koroku'', was the founder of the Tokushima Domain. He was one of some daimyo who have bad terms with Ishida Mitsunari. His father was a retainer ...

# Hachisuka Yoshishige # Hachisuka Tadateru #

Hachisuka Mitsutaka (November 17, 1630 – June 29, 1666) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Tokushima Domain. His court title was '' Awa no kami''. Family * Father: Hachisuka Tadateru (April 1611 – May 11, 1652) was a Japanese '' d ...

Hachisuka Tsunamichi (March 13, 1656 – September 15, 1678) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Tokushima Domain. His court title was '' Awa no kami''. Family * Father: Hachisuka Mitsutaka (November 17, 1630 – June 29, 1666) was a Ja ...

Hachisuka Tsunanori (June 24, 1661 – December 16, 1730) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Tokushima Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Awa Province and Awaji Province in ...

Hachisuka Munekazu (September 10, 1709 – July 26, 1735) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Tokushima Domain. His court title was '' Awa no kami''. Family * Father: Hachisuka Tsunanori (June 24, 1661 – December 16, 1730) was a Japan ...

# Hachisuka Muneteru # Hachisuka Muneshige # Hachisuka Yoshihiro #

Hachisuka Shigeyoshi was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Tokushima Domain. His court title was ''Kokushi (official), Awa no kami''. His daughter married the court noble Takatsukasa Masahiro. Family * Father: Satake Yoshimichi (1701-1765) * ...

# Hachisuka Haruaki # Hachisuka Narimasa # Hachisuka Narihiro # Hachisuka Mochiaki #Masaaki (1871-1932) # Masauji Hachisuka #

Masako Hachisuka is a Japanese linguist specialising in the English language and the head of the Hachisuka clan since 1953. Biography Masako's father was Masauji Hachisuka and her mother was Chiye Nagamine. Her paternal grandparents were Masaaki Hachisuka and ...

Notes

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References

Harimaya concise history of the Hachisuka clan
Japanese clans Ashikaga clan