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samurai
The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...
kin group.
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History
The clan claims descent from Abe no Hirafu and Abe no Nakamaro.
During the Kamakura period, the clan served as the Presiding Governor of Ezo, Presiding Governors of Ezo. The clan served the Tokugawa clan during Edo Period. Their first recorded family head, Andō Naotsugu was eldest son of Andō Haruyoshi and grandson of Andō Ieshige, retainer of
Matsudaira Hirotada
was the lord of Okazaki Castle in Mikawa province, Japan during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century.
He is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Biography
Hirotada was the son of Matsudaira ...
(father of
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...
).
Head family (ruled Kii-Tanabe domain)
* Andō Naotsugu (1555–1635)
* Andō Naoharu (1607–1636)
* Andō Yoshikado (1636–1654)
* Andō Naokiyo (1633–1692)
* Andō Naona (1680–1708)
* Andō Nobutake (1688–1717)
* Andō Nobusada (1717–1725)
* Andō Katsuyoshi (1715–1730)
* Andō Tsuguyuki (1716–1765)
* Andō Hironaga (1747–1771)
* Andō Tsugunori (1749–1827)
* Andō Michinori (1760–1825)
* Andō Naotomo (1790–1809)
* Andō Michinori (1780–1823) (2nd)
* Andō Naoka (1786–1826)
* Andō Naohiro (1821–1858)
* Andō Naoyuki (1858–1908)
* Andō Naotada
*
Branch Family
First head family was Andō Nobushige, younger brother of Andō Naotsugu, son of Andō Haruyoshi and grandson of Andō Ieshige
Head Family
# Andō Shigenobu (1557–1621) of
Takasaki Domain
# Andō Shigenaga (1600–1657) of
Takasaki Domain
# Andō Shigehiro (1640–1698) of
Takasaki Domain and
Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain
# Andō Nobutomo (1671–1732) of
Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain and
Kanō Domain
file:加納城石垣.JPG, 270px, Remnants of the walls of Kanō Castle
was a ''fudai daimyō, fudai'' Han (Japan), feudal domain of Edo period Japan. The domain was centered at Kanō Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Gifu, Gifu, ...
# Andō Nobutada (1717–1771) of
Kanō Domain
file:加納城石垣.JPG, 270px, Remnants of the walls of Kanō Castle
was a ''fudai daimyō, fudai'' Han (Japan), feudal domain of Edo period Japan. The domain was centered at Kanō Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Gifu, Gifu, ...
# Andō Nobunari (1743–1810) of
Kanō Domain
file:加納城石垣.JPG, 270px, Remnants of the walls of Kanō Castle
was a ''fudai daimyō, fudai'' Han (Japan), feudal domain of Edo period Japan. The domain was centered at Kanō Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Gifu, Gifu, ...
and
Iwakitaira Domain
# Andō Nobukiyo (1768–1812) of
Iwakitaira Domain
# Andō Nobuyoshi (1785–1844) of
Iwakitaira Domain
# Andō Nobuyori (1801–1847) of
Iwakitaira Domain
#
Andō Nobumasa of
Iwakitaira Domain
# Andō Nobutami (1859–1863) of
Iwakitaira Domain
# Andō Nobutake (1849–1908) of
Iwakitaira Domain
# Andō Nobuuji
References
External links
安藤氏 at Harimaya.com
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Japanese clans