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Imagawa clan (Japanese: 今川氏, Hepburn: Imagawa-uji) 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.
Imagawa 今川 | |
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![]() The emblem (mon) of the Imagawa clan | |
Home province | Suruga Tōtōmi Mikawa |
Parent house | ![]() |
Titles | Various |
Founder | Imagawa Kuniuji (Ashikaga Kuniuji) |
Founding year | 13th century |
Cadet branches | Horikoshi clan Sena clan |
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.
Ounami no Kori, Mikawa (modern day Nishio, Aichi) mainly Suruga Province and Tōtōmi Province during the Warring States period
During the Sengoku period in the 1540s and 1550s, Yoshimoto Imagawa attempted to establish his clan as the strongest in eastern Japan. However, after the death of Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Once a powerful clan. Within a decade, the clan had lost its entire land holdings to the Tokugawa and Takeda clans. The Imagawa subsequently became masters of ceremonies in the service of the Tokugawa clan.[1]
Separated by province name.
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"Hachimantaro" Yoshiie | "Shinra Saburō" Yoshimitsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Takeda clan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minamoto no Yoshichika | Minamoto no Yoshikuni | Minamoto no Yoshinari | Takeda Yoshikiyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minamoto no Tameyoshi | Ashikaga Yoshiyasu | Nitta Yoshishige | Satake Masayoshi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minamoto no Yoshitomo | Ashikaga Yoshikane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kamakura Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo | Ashikaga Yoshiuji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kira clan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ashikaga Yasuuji | Kira Osauji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashikaga Yoriuji | Kira Mitsuji | Imagawa Kuniuji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muromachi Shogun Ashikaga Takauji | Nitta Yoshisada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Imagawa is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV.
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