was a Japanese ''

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'' of the late

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, the 8th hereditary ''daimyō'' of

Nagaoka Domain was a '' fudai'' feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Echigo Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Nagaoka Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture ...

. The Makino were identified as one of the '' fudai'' or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the

Tokugawa clan The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this clan r ...

, in contrast with the '' tozama'' or outsider clans.Alpert, Georges. (1888)
''Ancien Japon'', p. 70.
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Makino clan branches

The ''fudai''

Makino clan The are a ''daimyō'' branch of the ''samurai'' Minamoto clan in Edo period Japan.Alpert, Georges. (1888) ''Ancien Japon,'' p. 70./ref> In the Edo period, the Makino were identified as one of the '' fudai'' or insider ''daimyō'' clans which we ...

originated in 16th century

Mikawa Province was an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Mikawa''" in . Its abbreviated form name was . Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces. Mi ...

. Their elevation in status by

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...

dates from 1588. They claim descent from Takechiuchi no Sukune,Papinot, Jacques. (2003
''Nobiliare du Japon'' -- Makino, p. 29
Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon.'' (in French/German). who was a legendary Statesman and lover of the legendary

Empress Jingū was a legendary Japanese empress who ruled as a regent following her husband's death in 200 AD. Both the ''Kojiki'' and the ''Nihon Shoki'' (collectively known as the ''Kiki'') record events that took place during Jingū's alleged lifetime. Leg ...

.Guth, Christine

''Numen.'' 33:1, 178–179 (June 1986). The senior branch was established at

Tako Domain was a minor feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, located in Shimōsa Province (the northern portion of Chiba Prefecture Japan. It was centered on what is now part of the town of Tako in Katori District. It was ruled ...

Kōzuke Province was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Gunma Prefecture. Kōzuke bordered by Echigo, Shinano, Musashi and Shimotsuke Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . Under the '' Engishiki'' classification system, Kōzuke was r ...

in 1590; and in 1616, their holdings were moved to

Nagamine Domain Nagamine (written: 長峯, 長嶺 or 永峰) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese archer *, Japanese writer, soldier, police officer and karateka *, Japanese karat ...

in Echigo Province. From 1618 through 1868, this branch of the Makino remained at Nagaoka Domain (74,000 ''koku'') in Echigo Province. Tadahiro was the 8th-generation head of this senior line of the Makino. The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.

Notes

References

* Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888)
''Ancien Japon.''
Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha. * Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999)
''Japan's Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867.''
Münster: Tagenbuch. * Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish
..Click link for digitized 1906 ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (2003)
* Sasaki Suguru. (2002). ''Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji ishin.'' Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.

External links

* National Archives of Japa
... Nagaoka Castle (1644)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Makino, Tadahiro Daimyo Makino clan Kyoto Shoshidai 1741 births 1766 deaths People from Nagaoka Domain