was a Japanese samurai

clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...

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 from his cousin the shōgun Ashikaga Takauji the province of Tōtōmi, and later that of Suruga.

Located at

Ounami no Kori, Mikawa (modern day Nishio, Aichi) mainly

Suruga Province was an old province in the area that is today the central part of Shizuoka Prefecture. Suruga bordered on Izu, Kai, Sagami, Shinano, and Tōtōmi provinces; and was bordered by the Pacific Ocean through Suruga Bay to the south. Its abbrevia ...

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

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under the Ashikaga bakufu from 1371 to 1395.

Sengoku era

After the death of Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, during the Sengoku period, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Within a decade, the clan had lost all of its land holdings to the Tokugawa and Takeda 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. *

: Imagawa Kan (later known as Sunpu Castle), Shizuhatayama Castle, Mochifune Castle,

Tanaka Castle is a Japanese castle located in Fujieda, central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tanaka Castle was home to a branch of the Honda clan, ''daimyō'' of Tanaka Domain. Background Tanaka Castle is located on a hill in a m ...

* Tōtōmi Province:

Kakegawa Castle is a ''hirayama''-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various '' fudai daimyō'' clans who ruled over Kakegawa Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Background Kakegawa Castle is located ...

, Takatenjin Castle ( ja), Futamada Castle,

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, Hamamatsu Castle, Utsuyama Castle. * Mikawa Province: Yoshida Castle, Tahara Castle, Okazaki Castle, Anshō Castle *

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 ...

: Katsukake Castle, Ōtaka Castle,

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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.

Key genealogies

Suruga # Imagawa Kuniuji (1243–1282) #

Imagawa Morouji was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1261–1323) #

Imagawa Norikuni was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1295?-1384) #

Imagawa Noriuji was a Japanese people, Japanese samurai Japanese clans, clan 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 Yosh ...

(1316–1365) #

Imagawa Yasunori was a Japanese people, Japanese samurai Japanese clans, clan 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 Yosh ...

(1334?-1409?) #

Imagawa Norimasa was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1364–1433) # Imagawa Noritada (1408-1461?) # Imagawa Yoshitada # Imagawa Ujichika # Imagawa Ujiteru # Imagawa Yoshimoto # Imagawa Ujizane #

Imagawa Naofusa was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1594–1662) #

Imagawa Ujinari was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1642–1673) #

Imagawa Ujimichi was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1668–1699) #

Imagawa Noritaka was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1694–1712) # Imagawa Norinushi (1698–1728) #

Imagawa Norihiko was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1716–1749) #

Imagawa Noriyasu was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1731–1784) #

Imagawa Yoshiaki was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1756–1818) #

Imagawa Yoshimochi was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1786–1839) #

Imagawa Yoshiyori was a Japanese people, Japanese samurai Japanese clans, clan 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 Yosh ...

(1810–1841) # Imagawa Norinobu #

Imagawa Yoshihito was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(1854-1872) Tōtōmi * Imagawa Sadayo (1326-1420?) *

Imagawa Nakaaki was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

* Imagawa Sadaomi *

Imagawa Sadasuke was a Japanese samurai clan 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 ...

(?-1464) * Imagawa Sadanobu (?-1474) Tōtōmi (Horikoshi branch) *

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(?-1537) *

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* Horikoshi Sadahisa * Horikoshi Sadayoshi *

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Tōtōmi (Sena branch) *

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* Sena Ujiakira * Sena Masakatsu *

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Notable members

* Jukei-ni * Lady Tsukiyama * Lady Hayakawa

Notable retainers

* Matsudaira Motoyasu * Toyotomi Hideyoshi *

Okabe Motonobu , also known as Naganori, was Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, in the service of the Imagawa clan. The second son of Okabe Chikatsuna, he became a senior retainer of the Imagawa, following in his father's footsteps. In 1560, After his lo ...

Matsui Munenobu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was also known as Matsui Gohachirō. Born the son of Matsui Sadamune, he was a retainer of the Imagawa clan. After the death of his brother in the year Eiroku-2 (1559), he became lord of Futamata Ca ...

* Udono Nagateru * Asahina Yasutomo * Ii Naomori *

Abe Motozane was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who first served the Imagawa clan. He was involved in the defense of Sunpu Castle, but had to retreat when Takeda Shingen attacked. He later served Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ' ...

Ichinomiya Munekore was a retainer beneath the clan of Imagawa throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. In 1554 Takeda Shingen initiated a campaign into Shinano province or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bor ...

* Ii Naochika * Ii Naotora * Iio Tsuratatsu * Otazu no kata *

Katsurayama Ujimoto was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Imagawa clan was a Japanese samurai clan 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. Origi ...

* Taigen Sessai * Iio Noritsura *

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* Yokoe Magohachi *

Fuji Nobutada was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Imagawa clan. Samurai 1583 deaths Year of birth unknown {{samurai-stub ...

Popular culture

Imagawa is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV.

Notes

References

*{{in lang, ja}
"Suruga Imagawa-shi" on Harimaya.com
(12 July 2008) Japanese clans Ashikaga clan