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was a Japanese samurai family which descended from Minamoto no Tsunemoto (894-961)Takahashi, Tomoko T. (2011)
''Samurai and Cotton: A Story of Two Life Journeys in Japan and America,'' p. 7
of the Seiwa-Genji. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)
"Ina" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 15
retrieved 2013-4-11.


History

The original surname of the family was " Arakawa", but the clan began calling itself "Ina" when it moved to the Ina region in
Shinano Province or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, whi ...
in modern-day
Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...
. This move was ordered by the Ashikaga shogunate in the 15th century. In 1590, Ina Tadatsugu was established in
Musashi Province was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Metropolis, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It was sometimes called . The province encompassed Kawasaki and Yokohama. Musashi bordered on Kai, Kōzuke, Sagami, S ...
at
Komoro Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Shinano Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Komoro Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Komoro in Nagano Prefecture.koku The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about . It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1000 gō. One ''gō'' is the volume of the "rice cup", the plastic measuring cup that is supplied ...
'' revenues. After the
Battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of ...
in 1600, the ''han'' was increased to 20,000 ''koku''. However, the clan was dispossessed in 1613 because of Ina Tadamasa's part in a plot organized by
Okubo Nagayasu , also Okubo, Ohkubo and Ookubo, is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ōkubo clan ** Ōkubo Tadayo (1532–1594), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period ** Ōkubo Tadasuke (1537–1613), Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku ...
. The clan were '' hatamoto'' until the Meiji period.


Select list of clan members

* Ina Tadatsugu * Ina Tadamasa


References


External links


"Komoro" at Edo 300
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