is a Japanese

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family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)
"Akamatsu" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 1
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History

They were prominent

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in Harima during the

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. During the Ōnin no ran (1467–1477),

Akamatsu Masanori was one of the chief generals of the Hosokawa clan in the Ōnin War. Early life Masanori was a son of Akamatsu Masamoto. Daimyo Masanori succeeded his father as head of the Akamatsu clan. In 1458, Masanori was appointed governor or constable ...

was one of the chief generals of the

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. The head of the clan at Shizuoka in

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became a ''

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'' baron in 1887.'''' The Shinmen clan were a branch of the Akamatsu.Yoshikawa, Eiji. (1995)
''Musashi,'' p. 94

Select members of the clan

Akamatsu Norimura also well known as Akamatsu Enshin was a Japanese samurai of the Akamatsu clan in the Muromachi period. He was governor (''shugo'') of Harima Province in Hyōgo Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005) "Akamatsu Norimura,"''Japan encyclope ...

(1277–1350). Hall, John Whitney. (1999)
''The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan,'' Vol. 3, pp. 600-603.
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Akamatsu Norisuke Akamatsu (written: lit. "red pine") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akamatsu clan **, Japanese ''daimyō'' **, Japanese samurai **, Japanese samurai **, Japanese samurai ** Akamatsu Tōshōin, Japanese ''daimyō'' ...

(1314–1371). *

Akamatsu Mitsusuke was a Japanese samurai of the Akamatsu clan during the Muromachi Period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005) "''Kaikitsu-no-hen,''"''Japan encyclopedia,'' p. 456. Early life Mitsusuke was the son of Akamatusu Yoshinori. Assassin In 1441, Mi ...

(1381–1441). Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)
"''Kaikitsu-no-hen,''"
''Japan encyclopedia,'' p. 456. *

Akamatsu Sadaura Akamatsu (written: lit. "red pine") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akamatsu clan **, Japanese ''daimyō'' **, Japanese samurai **, Japanese samurai **, Japanese samurai ** Akamatsu Tōshōin, Japanese ''daimyō'' ...

(d.1577) *

Akamatsu Yoshisuke Akamatsu (written: lit. "red pine") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akamatsu clan **, Japanese ''daimyō'' **, Japanese samurai **, Japanese samurai **, Japanese samurai ** Akamatsu Tōshōin, Japanese ''daimyō'' ...

Akamatsu Norifusa (1559 – August 18, 1598) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. Akamastu clan was the ''shugo daimyō'' of Harima Province. His father was Akamatsu Yoshisuke. Norifusa was defeated during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Chu ...

(1559–1598)

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References

* Hall, John Whitney. (1999). ''The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan,'' Vol. 3. Cambridge:

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* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge:

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History

Select members of the clan

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