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was a Japanese samurai clan who occupied most of the
Hokuriku region The was located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lay along the Sea of Japan within the Chūbu region, which it is currently a part of. It is almost equivalent to Koshi Province and Hokurikudō area in pre-mod ...
of central
Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island sepa ...
from the end of the
Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
through 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 ...
of 1868. The Maeda claimed descent from the
Sugawara clan 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 ...
of
Sugawara no Kiyotomo , also read as Kiyokimi, was a Japanese court noble, poet, and politician of the early Heian period. He served as Vice Minister of Ceremonial Affairs, Mayor of the Left Capital District, and Vice Governor of Harima Province (824-825), and held ...
and
Sugawara no Michizane was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in Kanshi poetry, and is today revered in Shinto as the god of learning, . In the poem anthology '' Hyakunin Isshu'', he is know ...
in the eighth and ninth centuries; however, the line of descent is uncertain. The Maeda rose to prominence as ''
daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominall ...
'' of
Kaga Domain The , also known as the , was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1583 to 1871.
under the
Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...
Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
, which was second only to the
Tokugawa clan The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful '' daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this cl ...
in ''
kokudaka refers to a system for determining land value for taxation purposes under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, and expressing this value in terms of ''koku'' of rice. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Koku"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 54 ...
''.


Origins

"Maeda" is a place name in Kaitō District of western
Owari Province was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya. The province was created in 646. Owari bordered on Mikawa, Mino, and Ise Provinces. Owari and Mino provinces were ...
, and was the seat of the senior branch of the Maeda clan in the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Maeda Nagatane was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. He served the Maeda clan of Kaga as one of its senior retainers. He married Ko, daughter of Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga follo ...
(1550-1631) entered into the service of Maeda Toshiie, and his descendants became hereditary retainers of the Maeda clan of Kaga Domain. This branch received the ''
kazoku The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. They succeeded the feudal lords () and court nobles (), but were abolished with the 1947 constitution. Kazoku ( 華族) should not be confused with ...
'' peerage title of ''danshaku'' (baron) 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 ...
. A cadet branch of the Owari Maeda were given the castle of Arako in what is now part of Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya.
Maeda Toshimasa was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. Also known as Toshiharu , he was the son of Maeda Toshitaka. His seat was Arako Castle in Owari Province. Toshimasa was a vassal of Oda Nobuhide, who nominally ruled Owari Province from his seat at ...
(d.1560) entered the service of
Oda Nobuhide was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and magistrate of the Sengoku period known as "Tiger of Owari" and also the father of Oda Nobunaga the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobuhide was a deputy ''shugo'' (Shugodai) of lower Owari Province and head of the ...
, who nominally ruled Owari Province from his seat at Kiyosu Castle. His son, Maeda Toshihisa (d.1587) also served the
Oda clan The is a Japanese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga and fell from the spotlight soon after, sever ...
, and was ordered to retire in favour of his brother,
Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又 ...
. Another notable member of the family was
Maeda Toshimasu , better known as or Keijirō (慶次郎), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He was famously the nephew of Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Matsu. In legends and fictions, he is one of the most celebrated '' kabuk ...
, commonly known as Maeda Keiji. Though he was biologically the son of
Takigawa Kazumasu , also known as Sakonshōgen (左近将監), was a samurai retainer and military commander of Oda Nobunaga, and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi, during Japan's Sengoku period. His biological son, Toshimasu, was adopted by Toshihisa and later Kazumasu ...
, he was adopted by Maeda Toshihisa, the older brother of Maeda Toshiie. He was recognized as a renowned warrior. According to legend, he broke the front line of the
Mogami clan were Japanese '' daimyōs'', and were a branch of the Ashikaga family. In the Sengoku period, they were the Sengoku ''daimyōs'' who ruled Dewa Province which is now Yamagata Prefecture and part of Akita Prefecture. The Mogami clan is deriv ...
leading a group of just eight riders during a battle in which he fought for the
Uesugi clan The is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries). Appert, Georges. (1888) ''Ancien Japon,'' p. 79./ref> At its height, the clan had three main branc ...
.


Sengoku and Edo period

Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals under
Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
. He began his career as a
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, rising through the ranks a member of the ''akahoro-shū'' (赤母衣衆), under Nobunaga's personal command and later became an infantry captain (''ashigaru taishō'' 足軽大将). From his youth, he was a close confidant of Nobunaga and a friend of
Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
. After defeating the
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, he fought under Shibata Katsuie in the Hokuriku region in the suppression of the Ikkō-ikki, and participated in the 1570 Battle of Anegawa and the 1577 Battle of Tedorigawa. He was eventually granted the fief of Fuchu in Etchū Province (30,000 ''koku''), and in 1581 was given Noto Province (230,000 ''koku''), to which he added his other territories in
Kaga Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the south and western portion of Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Kaga bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abb ...
to form
Kaga Domain The , also known as the , was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1583 to 1871.
. After Nobunaga's death, he pledged fealty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and his territories were expanded to cover all of the three provinces of Noto, Kaga and Etchū, with a ''
kokudaka refers to a system for determining land value for taxation purposes under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, and expressing this value in terms of ''koku'' of rice. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Koku"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 54 ...
'' of well over a million ''koku''. Toshiie divided his fief among his sons. His eldest son Maeda Toshinaga participated in the
Battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 ( Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of ...
and built
Kanazawa Castle is a large, partially-restored Japanese castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located adjacent to the celebrated Kenroku-en Garden, which once formed the castle's private outer garden. It was the headquarters of Kaga Domain, rul ...
; he also was recognised as ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain under the
Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
. The Maeda clan attempted to maintain good relations with the Tokugawa clan through marriage ties, and, although a ''tozama'' clan, were permitted to use the "Matsudaira" name as an honorific patronym. The Maeda clan continued to rule Kaga Domain from their headquarters in
Kanazawa is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Overview Cityscape File:もて ...
from 1583 until 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 ...
in 1868. Maeda Toshitsune established two cadet branches of the clan at Toyama and Daishōji. Another cadet branch of the clan was established by Maeda Toshitaka, the fifth son of Maeda Toshiie, at
Nanokaichi Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Nanokaichi ''jin'ya'' in what is now part of the city of Tomioka, Gunma. Parts of the ''ji ...
in
Kōzuke Province was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Gunma Prefecture. Kōzuke bordered by Echigo, Shinano, Musashi and Shimotsuke Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . Under the '' Engishiki'' classification system, Kōzuke was r ...
. All of these cadet branches also continued to be ruled by the Maeda clan until the Meiji restoration. However, the Maeda clan was often beset by ''
O-Ie Sōdō O-Ie Sōdō (, "house strife") were noble family disputes within the samurai and aristocratic classes of Japan, particularly during the early Edo period (17th century). The most famous is the '' Date Sōdō'', which broke out among the Date family ...
'' incidents, and many of the clan heads died young, or without heir. The clan did not play a prominent role in 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 ...
. After the start of the
Meiji period The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
, the former heads of the various branches of the Maeda clan were made peers under the ''
kazoku The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. They succeeded the feudal lords () and court nobles (), but were abolished with the 1947 constitution. Kazoku ( 華族) should not be confused with ...
'' peerage system.


Head Family


Owari-Arako

# Maeda Toshitaka #
Maeda Toshimasa was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. Also known as Toshiharu , he was the son of Maeda Toshitaka. His seat was Arako Castle in Owari Province. Toshimasa was a vassal of Oda Nobuhide, who nominally ruled Owari Province from his seat at ...
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Maeda Toshihisa was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda c ...
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Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又 ...
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Maeda Hidetsugu Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(d. 1586)


Mino

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Maeda Nagatane was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. He served the Maeda clan of Kaga as one of its senior retainers. He married Ko, daughter of Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga follo ...
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Maeda Naotomo Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
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Maeda Naomasa Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
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Maeda Takasada Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
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Maeda Takayuki Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
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Maeda Takasuke Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
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Maeda Takamasa Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1723-1777) #
Maeda Takatomo Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1759-1832) # Maeda Takamoto (1808-1856) #
Maeda Takanaka Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1840-1857) #
Maeda Takanori Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
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Maeda Ko Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
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Maeda Takayuki Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
# Maeda Takaya


Kaga

# Maeda Toshitaka #
Maeda Toshimasa was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. Also known as Toshiharu , he was the son of Maeda Toshitaka. His seat was Arako Castle in Owari Province. Toshimasa was a vassal of Oda Nobuhide, who nominally ruled Owari Province from his seat at ...
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Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又 ...
# Maeda Toshinaga # Maeda Toshitsune #
Maeda Mitsutaka was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 4th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. His courtesy titles were ''Chikuzen-no-kami'' and ''Sakonoe-shosh ...
# Maeda Tsunanori #
Maeda Yoshinori was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 5th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 6th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Yoshinori was the third son of Maeda Tsunanori. His mother was a comm ...
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Maeda Munetoki was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 6th '' daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 7th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Munetoki was born in Kanazawa as the eldest son of Maeda Yoshinor ...
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Maeda Shigehiro Maeda Shigehiro (前田 重煕; August 18, 1729 – May 10, 1753) was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 7th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 8th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Shige ...
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Maeda Shigenobu was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 8th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 9th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Shigenobu was born in Kanazawa as the fifth son of Maeda Yoshinori. Hi ...
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Maeda Shigemichi was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 9th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 10th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Shigemichi was born in Kanazawa as Kenjiro (健次郎), the seventh ...
# Maeda Harunaga #
Maeda Narinaga was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 11th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 12th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Narinaga was born in Kanazawa as Kamemachi (亀万千) later Katsum ...
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Maeda Nariyasu was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 12th '' daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 13th hereditary lord of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. Biography Nariyasu was born in Kanazawa in 1811,
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Maeda Yoshiyasu was a late-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 13th (and final) ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 14th hereditary lord of the Maeda clan. Yoshiyasu was born in Edo as Inuchiyo (犬千代), the first son of ...
# Maeda Toshitsugu (1858-1900) # Toshinari Maeda (1885-1942) # Toshitatsu Maeda (1908-1989) #
Toshiyasu Maeda Toshiyasu is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Toshiyasu can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *敏康, "agile, healthy" *敏安, "agile, peaceful" *敏靖, "agile, peaceful" * ...
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Toshinori Maeda Toshinori is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Toshinori can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *敏徳, "agile, virtue" *敏憲, "agile, constituition" *敏典, "agile, law code" *敏 ...
(b.1963, Heir) # Toshiyuki Maeda (2nd generation heir) #
Toshiyoshi Maeda (President-elect, President and CEO of Inoda Coffee) Toshiyoshi is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Toshiyoshi can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *敏義, "agile, justice" *敏吉, "agile, good luck" *敏善, "agile, virtu ...


Toyama

# Maeda Toshitsugu (1617 – 1674) # Maeda Masatoshi (1649 – 1706) #
Maeda Toshioki was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda c ...
(1678 – 1733) # Maeda Toshitaka (1690 – 1745) #
Maeda Toshiyuki was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda c ...
(1730 – 1762) # Maeda Toshitomo (1737 – 1794) #
Maeda Toshihisa was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda c ...
(1762 – 1787) # Maeda Toshinori (1768 – 1801) # Maeda Toshitsuyo (1772 – 1836) # Maeda Toshiyasu (1800-1859) # Maeda Toshitomo (1834 – 1854) #
Maeda Toshikata was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda c ...
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Maeda Toshiatsu was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda ...
(1856 – 1921) # Maeda Toshio (1886 – 1966) # Maeda Toshinobu #
Maeda Akitoshi Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...


Daishoji

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Maeda Toshiharu Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1618 – 1660) # Maeda Toshiaki I (1638 – 1692) #
Maeda Toshinao Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1672 – 1711) # Maeda Toshiakira (1691 – 1737) #
Maeda Toshimichi Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
I (1733 – 1781) # Maeda Toshiaki II (1758 – 1791) #
Maeda Toshitane Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1760 – 1788) # Maeda Toshiyasu (1779 – 1806) #
Maeda Toshikore Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1785 – 1837) # Maeda Toshinaka (1812 – 1838) #
Maeda Toshihira Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1824 – 1849) # Maeda Toshinori (1833 – 1855) #
Maeda Toshimichi Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
II (1835 – 1855) #
Maeda Toshika Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1841 – 1920) #
Maeda Toshimitsu Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1905-?) #
Maeda Toshihiro Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(b.1929)


Daishōjishinden

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Maeda Toshimasa was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. Also known as Toshiharu , he was the son of Maeda Toshitaka. His seat was Arako Castle in Owari Province. Toshimasa was a vassal of Oda Nobuhide, who nominally ruled Owari Province from his seat at ...
(Toshiharu) (1684-1709)


Nanokaichi

# Maeda Toshitaka # Maeda Toshimoto (1625-1685) #
Maeda Toshihiro Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
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Maeda Toshiyoshi Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1670-1695) #
Maeda Toshifuda Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1689-1708) # Maeda Toshitada (1699-1756) #
Maeda Toshihisa was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda c ...
(1762 – 1787) # Maeda Toshiakira (1691 – 1737) #
Maeda Toshimochi Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1768-1828) #
Maeda Toshiyoshi Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...
(1791-1839) # Maeda Toshiakira (1823-1877) # Maeda Toshikaki (1850-1896) #
Maeda Toshisada Viscount was a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Biography Toshisada Maeda was born in Tokyo, as the eldest son of Maeda Toshiaki, the final ''daimyō'' of Nanokaichi Domain in Kōzuke Province, and inherited his ...
# Maeda Toshitami #
Maeda Fumisada Maeda (前田 lit. "previous rice field") is a Japanese surname. An archaic romanization includes Mayeda. It can refer to: People Maeda clan One of the traditional Japanese clans and prominent family during the Sengoku period of Japanese history: ...


See also

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Kaga Domain The , also known as the , was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1583 to 1871.
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Toyama Domain was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maed ...
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Daishōji Domain was a '' tozama'' feudal domain of Edo period Japan It was located in Kaga Province, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The domain was centered at Daishōji ''jin'ya'', located in the center of what is now the city of Kaga in Ishikawa Prefecture. ...
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Nanokaichi Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Nanokaichi ''jin'ya'' in what is now part of the city of Tomioka, Gunma. Parts of the ''ji ...


References

* Iwao, Seiichi. (1978). ''Biographical dictionary of Japanese history''. Berkeley: University of California. * Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha
''Nobiliaire du japon''
(2003, abridged online text of 1906 book). {{DEFAULTSORT:Maeda Clan Japanese clans Daimyo