Toki clan


The Toki clan is a Japanese kin group.

History

The Toki claim descent from Minamoto no Yorimitsu and the Seiwa Genji.
As governors of Mino Province during the Muromachi period, Toki was the seat of the Toki clan.
The Toki founded Zen Buddhist temples, including Shōhō-ji and Sōfuku-ji in the city of Gifu.
Minamoto no Mitsunobu, a fourth generation descendant of Yorimitsu, was installed in Toki; and he took the name Toki Yorisada, whose maternal grandfather was Hōjō Sadatoki, shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, fought against the Southern Dynasty with Ashikaga Takauji.
From the Muromachi period to the Sengoku period, the Toki clan ruled Mino Province. Toki Yasuyuki was shugo of Mino, Owari and Ise. When shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had tried to take Owari from him, Yasuyuki refused and fought for two years.
Toki Shigeyori sided with the Yamana clan during the Ōnin War and, in 1487, invaded the southern part of Ōmi Province. The principal line of the Toki lost their possessions in 1542 during the civil wars that decimated Mino Province. Toki Yorinari was defeated by Saitō Dōsan.
Toki Sadamasa earned distinction fighting in the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu's army. In 1590, he was named head of Sōma Domain. Sadamasa's son Toki Sadayoshi was moved in 1617 to Takatsuki Domain in Settsu Province. In 1619, his descendants were transferred to Soma; in 1627 to Kaminoyama Domain in Dewa Province; in 1712 to Tanaka Domain in Suruga Province; and finally, from 1742 to 1868 in Numata Domain in.

Cadet branches

Several clans claim descent from the Toki, including the Asano, Akechi, Seyasu, Ibi, Hidase, Osu, Tawara, Toyama, Fumizuki and Funaki.

Select list

The first six clan heads lived in Kyoto and Settsu Tada before receiving the
Mino province. The next seven clan leaders lived in Toki. Starting with Toki Yorisada, the clan heads were also the shugo of Mino Province.

Pre-Mino ancestors

  1. Emperor Seiwa – the 56th Emperor of Japan
  2. Teijun Shinoh
  3. Tsunemoto Ō – the 6th grandson of Emperor Seiwa, Chinjufu Shogun defeated Taira Masakado
  4. Tada Minamoto Mitsunaka – Founder of Settsu Tada Genji
  5. Minamoto no Yorimitsu – Chinjufu-shōgun, famous with Oeyama Oni Taiji and Tsuchigumo
  6. Minamoto Yorikuni

    Initial Mino rulers

  7. Minamoto no Kunifusa
  8. Minamoto no Mitsukuni
  9. Minamoto no Mitsunobu
  10. Minamoto no Mitsuki
  11. Toki Mitsuhira
  12. Toki Mitsuyuki
  13. Toki Mitsusada

    ''Shugo'' of Mino Province

  14. Toki Yorisada
  15. Toki Yoritō
  16. Toki Yoriyasu
  17. Toki Yasuyuki
  18. Toki Yoritada
  19. Toki Yorimasu
  20. Toki Mochimasu
  21. Toki Shigeyori
  22. Toki Masafusa
  23. Toki Yoritake
  24. Toki Yorinari
  25. Toki Yorizumi
  26. Toki Yorinari