Imagawa clan


Imagawa clan was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji.

Origins

, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji, established himself in the 13th century at Imagawa and took its name.
Imagawa Norikuni received the provinces of Tōtōmi, and later Suruga, from his cousin Shōgun Ashikaga Takauji

Located at

Ounami no Kori, Mikawa mainly Suruga Province and Tōtōmi Province during the Warring States period

Crests

The clan was a branch of the Ashikaga shogunate. For this reason, they were appointed as the provincial constables of Suruga and Tōtōmi during that time. They were recognized as a highly prestigious clan, so much so that it was said, "Should the shogunate line perish, the Kira will succeed; should the Kira line perish, the Imagawa will succeed."

Sengoku era

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.

Clan castles

Separated by province name.
Suruga
  1. Imagawa Kuniuji
  2. Imagawa Morouji
  3. Imagawa Norikuni
  4. Imagawa Noriuji
  5. Imagawa Yasunori
  6. Imagawa Norimasa
  7. Imagawa Noritada
  8. Imagawa Yoshitada
  9. Imagawa Ujichika
  10. Imagawa Ujiteru
  11. Imagawa Yoshimoto
  12. Imagawa Ujizane
  13. Imagawa Naofusa
  14. Imagawa Ujinari
  15. Imagawa Ujimichi
  16. Imagawa Noritaka
  17. Imagawa Norinushi
  18. Imagawa Norihiko
  19. Imagawa Noriyasu
  20. Imagawa Yoshiaki
  21. Imagawa Yoshimochi
  22. Imagawa Yoshiyori
  23. Imagawa Norinobu
  24. Imagawa Yoshihito
Tōtōmi
Tōtōmi
Tōtōmi
Imagawa is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV.