Inaba Masanari

, also known as Inaba Masashige and sometimes known as ''Mino-no-kami'', was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. He served the Oda, Toyotomi, and Tokugawa clans, and became a ''daimyō'' in the early Edo period.

Masanari was the husband of Kasuga-no-Tsubone, who bore him three sons: Masakatsu, Masasada, and Masatoshi. For some reason, Masanari divorced her; and she then became wet-nurse to Tokugawa Hidetada's eldest son. Though Masanari and Kasuga divorced, they still maintained a good relationship as parents to their children. One of Masanari's grandsons, Inaba Masayasu (1640–1684), is primarily remembered as the enigmatic ''wakadoshiyori'' assassin of ''tairō'' Hotta Masatoshi.

In the Edo period, the Inaba were identified as one of the '' fudai'' or insider ''daimyō'' clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan,Meyer, Eva-Maria
"Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit."
Universität Tübingen (in German). as opposed to the '' tozama'' or outsider clans.

Inaba clan branches

The ''fudai'' Inaba clan originated in 16th century Mino Province.Appert, Georges. (1888)
''Ancien Japon,'' p. 67.
/ref> They claimed descent from Kōno Michitaka (d. 1374),Papinot, Jacques. (2003)
''Nobiliare du Japon'' -- Inaba, p. 15
Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon.'' (in French/German). who claimed descent from Emperor Kanmu (736–805)."Inaba" at Ancestry.com
citing Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003)
''Dictionary of American Family Names.''
/ref>

A cadet branch was descended from Inaba Masanari (+1628), who fought in the armies of Nobunaga and then Hideyoshi. This branch of the Inaba was created in 1588. In 1619, he was granted the '' han'' of Itoigawa (25,000 ''koku'') in Echigo Province; then, in 1627, his holding was transferred to Mōka Domain (65,000 ''koku'') in Shimotsuke Province. His descendants resided successively in Odawara Domain (105,000 ''koku'') in Sagami Province from 1632 through 1685; om Takata Domain in Echigo province from 1685 through 1701; in Sakura Domain in Shimōsa Province from 1701 through 1723. Masanari's heirs settled in Yodo Domain (115,000 ''koku'') in Yamashiro Province from 1723 through 1868.

The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "viscount" in the Meiji period.

Notable descendants

* Inaba Masamichi, 1681–1685—8th Kyoto ''shoshidai''.
* Inaba Masanobu, 1804–1806—34th Kyoto ''shoshidai''.
* Inaba Masakuni, 1863–1864—55th Kyoto ''shoshidai''.

Notes

References

* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). ''Ancien Japon''. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha
OCLC 4429674
* Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1999). ''Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press . ;
OCLC 246417677
* Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). ''A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era''. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica
OCLC 413099
* Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). ''Dictionary of American Family Names''. New York: Oxford University Press. ; ; ;
OCLC 51655476
* Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). ''Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867''. Münster: Tagenbuch.
OCLC 722998498
* Murdock, James. (1903)
''A History of Japan.''
Kobe: ''Kobe Chronicle''
OCLC 64778754
* Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon''. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha
OCLC 465662682''Nobiliaire du japon'' (abridged version of 1906 text).

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1571 births
1628 deaths
Inaba clan
Karō
Fudai daimyo