Home province MikawaSurugaTōtōmi Titles Various | Founding year 13th century | |
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Founder Imagawa Kuniji (Ashikaga Kuniuji) Cadet branches Horikoshi clanSena clan | ||
Imagawa clan (今川氏, Imagawa-uji) was a Japanese noble military 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.
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Origins
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 shogun Ashikaga Takauji the province of Tōtōmi, and later that of Suruga.
Located at
Ounami no Kori, Mikawa (modern day Nishio, Aichi) mainly Suruga Province and Tōtōmi Province during the Warring States period
Crests
Major figures
Imagawa Sadayo, Ujichika, Yoshimoto, Ujizane
Sengoku era
After the death of Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Within a decade the clan had lost all of its 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.
Edo period
Imagawa Norinobu, an Imagawa of the late Edo period, was a wakadoshiyori in the Tokugawa administration.
Key genealogies
Suruga
Tōtōmi
Tōtōmi (Horikoshi branch)
Tōtōmi (Sena branch)
Popular Culture
Imagawa is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV.