Mizuno clan

The Mizuno clan (水野氏, Mizuno-shi) was a Japanese clan which claimed descent from Minamoto no Mitsumasa, son of Minamoto no Tsunemoto of the Seiwa Genji clan.[1] however it was later discovered to actually be descended from the Taira clan

Mizuno clan
水野氏
The emblem (mon) of the Mizuno clan
Home provinceOwari
Parent houseTaira clan
TitlesVarious
FounderMizuno Kiyofusa

History

In the Edo period, the Mizuno clan produced many men who were fudai daimyōs serving the Tokugawa shōgun, as well as countless families of hatamoto. Lady Odai, Tokugawa Ieyasu's mother, was the daughter of Mizuno Tadamasa of Kariya Castle.

The late Edo-era political reformer Mizuno Tadakuni was a descendant of this clan.

The clan ruled over the short-lived Ogawa Domain.

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References

  1. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Mizuno" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 35; retrieved 2013-7-11.

Further reading

  • Bolitho, Harold. (1974). Treasures among Men: The Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press.


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