The Lords of the Akō Domain in Harima Province associated with the story of what 18th-century historical event in Japan in which a band of "rōnin" (leaderless samurai) avenged the death of their master?
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Asano clan The Asano clan (淺野氏 , Asano-shi ) was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. The Main Lineage ("sōke", 宗家) were Lords (daimyō) of the Hiroshima Domain in Aki Province and another famous branch family were Lords of the Akō Domain in Harima Province associated with the story of the Forty-seven rōnin. Their inherited character is "長". The family came to prominence when the sister of Asano Nagamasa married Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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Forty-seven rōnin The revenge of the forty-seven "rōnin" (四十七士 , Yon-jū-shichi-shi , forty-seven samurai) , also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件 , Akō jiken ) or "Akō vendetta", is an 18th-century historical event in Japan in which a band of "rōnin" (leaderless samurai) avenged the death of their master. The incident has since become legendary.
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Tsugaru clan The Tsugaru clan (津軽氏 , Tsugaru-shi ) was a Japanese samurai clan originating in northern Japan, specifically Mutsu Province (the northeast coast of Honshū). A branch of the local Nanbu clan, the Tsugaru rose to power during the Azuchi–Momoyama period. It was on the winning side of the Battle of Sekigahara, and entered the Edo period as a family of lords (daimyo) ruling the Hirosaki Domain. A second branch of the family was later established, which ruled the Kuroishi Domain. The Tsugaru survived as a daimyo family until the Meiji Restoration, when Tsugaru Tsuguakira of Hirosaki and Tsugaru Tsugumichi of Kuroishi were relieved of office. Their extended family then became part of the new nobility in the Meiji era.
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Itakura clan The Itakura clan (板倉氏 , Itakura-shi ) is a Japanese clan which came to prominence during the Sengoku period. The family claimed descent from Shibukawa Yoshiaki, the son of Ashikaga Yasuuji, a relative of the Ashikaga shoguns. Over time, the clan evolved into several branches which were daimyo, ruling the Bitchū-Matsuyama, Niwase, Fukushima, and Annaka Domains.
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Hiraiwa Chikayoshi Hiraiwa Chikayoshi (平岩 親吉 , 1542 – February 1, 1611) was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period. He ruled the Inuyama Domain. According to legend, he was involved in a 1611 plot by Tokugawa Ieyasu to assassinate Toyotomi Hideyori, son and intended successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, through use of a poisoned manjū. Though the story has been historically discounted, it remains immortalized in a kabuki play.
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Asano Naganori Asano Naganori (浅野 長矩 , September 28, 1667 – April 21, 1701) was the daimyo of the Akō Domain in Japan (1675–1701). His title was Takumi no Kami (内匠頭). He is known as the person who triggered a series of incidents retold in a story known as "Chūshingura," one of the favourite themes of kabuki, jōruri, and Japanese books and films.
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Asano Nagaakira Asano Nagaakira (浅野 長晟 , March 18, 1586 – October 16, 1632) was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as "daimyō" of the Wakayama domain, and was later transferred to the Hiroshima Domain.
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Siege of Takamatsu In the 1582 siege of Takamatsu (備中高松城の戦い), Toyotomi Hideyoshi laid siege to Takamatsu Castle, which was controlled by the Mōri clan. He diverted a nearby river with dikes to surround and flood the castle, leading to a relatively speedy surrender. He also constructed towers on barges from which his arquebusiers could keep up a constant rate of fire and be unhindered themselves by the flooding. As the battle grew more intense, the garrison received reinforcements from the Mōri, Kikkawa and Kobayakawa clans, and Hideyoshi sent for aid from his lord Oda Nobunaga. In response, Nobunaga sent a contingent of men west, to make their way to Takamatsu, while he himself stopped at the Honnō-ji for a time; during this stay, he would be betrayed and killed by Akechi Mitsuhide.
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Nejime Shigenaga Nejime Shigenaga (禰寝 重長 , 1536 – 1580) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Azuchi-Momoyama period. The son of Nejime Kiyotoshi, Shigenaga was a retainer of the Kimotsuki clan, and the 16th generation head of his family. He joined Kimotsuki Kanetsugu in the fight against the Shimazu in Ōsumi Province. However, following the Kimotsuki clan's defeat, Shigenaga saw that the family's position was untenable, so he independently concluded a peace agreement with Shimazu Yoshihisa. This incurred the wrath of Kimotsuki Kanesuke, who attacked him; however, the Shimazu were able to save Shigenaga from death. Later, Shigenaga became a retainer under Shimazu Yoshihisa, and assisted the Shimazu clan in issues of trade. Shigenaga is said to be the first person who encouraged the cultivation of mandarin oranges in Japan.
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Matsura Akira Count Matsura Akira (松浦 詮 , November 11, 1840 – April 13, 1908) was the 12th and final "daimyō" of Hirado Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan. He was also the 37th hereditary head of the Matsura clan, and a noted tea master. His honorary title was. "Hizen-no-Kami".
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Battle of Uchidehama The Battle of Uchidehama (打出浜の戦い , Uchidehama no Tatakai ) took place in 1582, near Kyoto, Japan, following the Battle of Yamazaki. The forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi pursued the defeated Akechi clan to Uchidehama and engaged the clan again there. Akechi Mitsuharu led the Akechi, as his cousin, Mitsuhide, died at Yamazaki. Hori Hidemasa led the Toyotomi forces at Uchidehama, and defeated Akechi Mitsuharu.
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Uwajima Domain The Uwajima Domain (宇和島藩 , Uwajima-han ) was a feudal domain in Iyo Province of Japan (present-day Ehime Prefecture) during the Edo period. It was ruled from 1608 to 1613 by the Tomita clan. After a brief period as Tokugawa-controlled "tenryō" territory, the domain passed into the hands of the Date clan. The founder was Date Hidemune (1591–1658), first-born son of Date Masamune (1567–1636). Date Hidemune could not inherit his father's position as head of the main Date clan because he was born by a concubine, so arrangements were made for Hidemune to hold this han, starting in 1615, at a far distance from the main Date clan holdings in northern Japan.
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Akō Rōshi (1979 TV series) Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士 ) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1979. It is based on Jirō Osaragi's novel of the same title. It depicts the stories of the Forty-seven rōnin and Hotta Hayato.
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Kawamura Kageaki Kawamura was born in Kagoshima in the Satsuma han feudal domain (present day Kagoshima prefecture. He first fought as a samurai in the Anglo-Satsuma War. He was part of the Satsuma forces in the Boshin War to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration he was appointed commander of the Imperial Guards. He also served as field commander in the suppression of various insurrections during the early years of the Meiji era, including the Hagi Rebellion and the Satsuma Rebellion.
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Edo period in popular culture The Edo period of the history of Japan is the setting of many works of popular culture. These include novels, stage plays, films, television shows, animated works, manga, and video games. Major events of the period, such as the Siege of Osaka, Shimabara Rebellion, and the decline and fall of the Tokugawa shogunate figure prominently in many works. Historical and fictional people and groups of the period, including Miyamoto Musashi, Izumo no Okuni, Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, the fictional Isshin Tasuke, Yui Shōsetsu, Matsuo Bashō, Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Mito Kōmon), Ōoka Tadasuke, Tōyama Kagemoto (Tōyama no Kin-san), the Forty-seven Ronin, Sakamoto Ryōma, Katsu Kaishū, and the Shinsengumi, as well as the fifteen Tokugawa shoguns were active for much or all of their public lives and are dramatized in works of popular culture. The cultural developments of the times, including kabuki, bunraku, and ukiyo-e, and practices like sankin kōtai and pilgrimages to the Ise Shrine, feature in many works set in Edo Japan.
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Akita Sanesue Akita Sanesue (秋田 実季 , 1576 – January 11, 1660) was a Japanese "daimyō" who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods. He was son of Andō Chikasue, a powerful figure in Dewa Province. Sanesue pledged loyalty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590 during the Siege of Odawara, and served under him in various campaigns such as the Korean campaign. At the Battle of Sekigahara, he sided with the eastern army. As Satake Yoshinobu was being moved northward to the Akita's holdings in 1602, the Akita clan, under Sanesue, was moved to Shishido, in Hitachi Province. Sanesue led his sons into combat at the Osaka Campaign. In 1630, because of discontent against the shogunate, he was exiled to Asama in Ise Province, where he died in 1659. Despite this exile, his son Toshisue survived, and was moved to the Miharu Domain, in Mutsu Province, where his descendants remained in power until the Meiji Restoration.
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Asakura Yoshikage Asakura Yoshikage (朝倉 義景 , October 12, 1533 – September 16, 1573) was a Japanese "daimyō" of the Sengoku period (1467–1573) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture. Yoshikage's conflicts with Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) resulted in his death and the destruction of the Asakura clan and its castle, Ichijōdani Castle.
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Matsudaira Munenori Matsudaira Munenori (松平宗矩 , 1715 – 1749) was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period. He was head of the Fukui Domain in Echizen Province. Munenori's father was Matsudaira Chikakiyo who was son of Matsudaira Naonori and son of Matsudaira Naomoto and son of Fukui domain's founder, Yuki Hideyasu. His childhood name was Senjiro (千次郎).
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Katakura Murakiyo Katakura Murakiyo (片倉村廉 ) (fl. 1743) was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period. A senior retainer of the Sendai domain, he was first known as Kagehiro (景寛). Murakiyo was the eighth Katakura Kojūrō.
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Okudaira Nobumasa Okudaira Nobumasa (奥平 信昌 , 1555 – April 11, 1615) was a Japanese "daimyō" of the Sengoku and early Edo periods. Nobumasa's family considered their origins to have been associated with Mikawa Province. The clan was descended through the Akamatsu from the Murakami-Genji.
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Matsudaira Ietada (Katahara) Matsudaira Ietada (松平 家忠 , 1548 – 1582) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period and the 5th daimyo (lord) of the Katahara branch of the Matsudaira clan, which was based in Katahara Castle, Mikawa province (the ruins of the castle are in what is now Gamagōri, Aichi). Ietada was also known as Matsudaira Matashichiro, and had the nickname "Kii no kami", or "The Defender of Kii" (紀伊守).
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Amago Tsunehisa Amago Tsunehisa (尼子 経久 , December 25, 1458 – November 30, 1541) was a powerful warlord who gained the hegemony in Chūgoku region, Japan starting as a vassal of the Rokkaku clan. He ruled the domains of Inaba, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami, Oki, Harima, Mimasaka, Bizen, Bitchū, Bingo, and Aki.