is a
Japanese
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samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
kin group.
[ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)]
"Nikadō," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 42
retrieved 2013-5-5.
History
The Nikaidō claim descent from
Fujiwara no Yukimasa Fujiwara (, written: 藤原 lit. "''Wisteria'' field") is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include:
; Families
* The Fujiwara clan and its members
** Fujiwara no Kamatari ...
who was the first to take the Nikaidō name.
The clan ruled over the
Iwase District of
Mutsu Province
was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture.
Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...
during the
Sengoku period
The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615.
The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
.
Sukagawa Castle was their main residence.
Gifu Castle
During the
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...
, the clan's power stretched down to
Mino Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the west, Echizen and Hida to the north, and Shinano to the east, and Ise, Mikawa, and Owari to the south. Its abbreviat ...
, where they constructed
Inabayama Castle
is a Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along with Mount Kinka and the Nagara River, it is one of the main symbols of the city. The castle is also known as . It was designated a National Historic Site in 20 ...
atop
Mount Inaba between 1201 and 1204.
Clan heads
# Nikaidō Yukimasa (二階堂行政)
# Nikaidō Tameuji (二階堂為氏)
# Nikaidō Yukimitsu (二階堂行光)
# Nikaidō Yukiaki (二階堂行詮)
# Nikaidō Yukikage (二階堂行景)
# Nikaidō Haruyuki (二階堂晴行) (died July 2, 1542)
# Nikaidō Teruyuki (二階堂照行) (died October 22, 1564)
# Nikaidō Moriyoshi (二階堂盛義) (1544 – September 23, 1581)
# Nikaidō Yukichika (二階堂行親) (1570–1582)
Notable retainers and family
*
Onamihime Onamihime (阿南姫, July 4, 1541 – August 30, 1602) was a late-Sengoku period Onna-musha. She was the first daughter of Date Harumune, sister of Date Terumune and aunt of Date Masamune. She was the ruler of Sukagawa castle in Mutsu Province. ...
(阿南姫) (1541 – August 30, 1602)
*Suda Morihide (須田盛秀) (1530–1625)
*Suda Hidehiro (須田秀広) (1572–1589)
*Suda Yoritaka (須田頼隆) (died May 27, 1590)
*Yadano Yoshimasa (箭田野義正) (1565–1623)
*Nikaidō Yukihide (二階堂行栄) (born 1581)
*Suda Teruhide (須田照秀)
*Suda Hideyuki (須田秀行)
*Nikaidō Tsugutsuna (二階堂続綱)
*Nikaidō Terushige (二階堂照重)
*Nikaidō Terutsuna (二階堂照綱)
*Nikaidō Yukinao (二階堂行直) (died 1348)
*Ōkubo Sukechika (大久保資近)
*Hamao Yukiyasu (浜尾行泰) (1543–1623)
*Hamao Moriyasu (浜尾盛泰)
*Hamao Muneyasu (浜尾宗泰) or Kawashima Muneyasu (川島宗泰)
*Moriya Shigekiyo (守谷重清)
*Moriya Toshishige (守谷俊重)
*Yadano Yukiyoshi (箭田野行義)
*Yadano Yukimasa (箭田野行政) (1524–1583)
*Yadano Yukimasa (箭田野行正)
*Hodowara Yukiari (保土原行有)
*Hodowara Yukifuji (保土原行藤) (1538–1620)
*Hodowara Shigeyuki (保土原重行)
*Endō Moritane (遠藤盛胤)
*Endō Katsushige (遠藤勝重)
*Yabe Yoshimasa (矢部義政)
*Shioda Masashige (塩田政繁)
References
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Japanese clans
Daimyo