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Imagawa clan

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Crests
Major figures
Muromachi era
Sengoku era
Clan castles
Edo period
Key genealogies
Notable members
Notable retainers
Popular culture
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lead=yes was a Japanese people samurai Japanese clans that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji. It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan.

Origins

Ashikaga Kuniuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji, established himself in the 13th century at Imagawa (Mikawa Province) and took its name.

Imagawa Norikuni (1295–1384) received the provinces of Tōtōmi, and later Suruga, from his cousin Shōgun Ashikaga Takauji

Located at

Ounami no Kori, Mikawa (modern day Nishio, Aichi) mainly Suruga Province and Tōtōmi Province during the Warring States period

Crests

Two hikiryou
Yoshimoto's version of the akaitori (pictured)
Two hikiryou and a paulownia planted in white soil

Major figures

Imagawa Sadayo
Imagawa Yoshitada
Imagawa Ujichika
Imagawa Ujiteru
Imagawa Yoshimoto
Imagawa Ujizane

Muromachi era

Imagawa Sadayo, was a renowned Japanese poet and military commander who served as tandai ("constable") of Kyūshū under the Ashikaga bakufu from 1371 to 1395.

Sengoku era

During the Sengoku period in the 1540s and 1550s, Yoshimoto Imagawa attempted to establish his clan as the strongest in eastern Japan. However, after the death of Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Once a powerful clan. Within a decade, the clan had lost its entire land holdings to the Tokugawa clan and Takeda clan clans. The Imagawa subsequently became masters of ceremonies in the service of the Tokugawa clan. "Suruga Imagawa-shi" on Harimaya.com (12 July 2008)

Clan castles

Separated by province name.

Suruga Province: Imagawa Kan (later known as Sunpu Castle), Shizuhatayama Castle, Mochifune Castle, Tanaka Castle
Tōtōmi Province: Kakegawa Castle, Takatenjin Castle, Futamata Castle, Inui Castle, Hamamatsu Castle, Utsuyama Castle.
Mikawa Province: Yoshida Castle, Tahara Castle, Okazaki Castle, Anjō Castle
Owari Province: Katsukake Castle, Ōdaka Castle, Narumi Castle

Edo period

Shinagawa Takahisa, the son of Imagawa Ujizane. He was a hatamoto and served the Tokugawa clan.
Imagawa Norinobu, an Imagawa of the late Edo period, was a wakadoshiyori in the Tokugawa administration.