Miyake clan

• Japanese: 三宅氏 (Miyake-shi)

The Miyake of Mikawa province were founded by a son of Kojima Takanori in the mid-14th Century. They at first fought with the Matsudaira clan during the 16th Century, then became retainers of them after 1558 during the time of Miyake Masasada.

In 1592, Tokugawa Ieyasu named Miyake Yasusada (a son of Miyake Masasada) a councilor. In 1604, Yasusada became daimyô of Koromo han, a 10,000-koku fief in Mikawa. Yasusada's son Yasunobu was moved to the 20,000 koku fief Ise-Kameyama han in 1620, though the clan returned to Koromo han, ruling it from 1636-1664. From 1664 through the end of the Edo period, the Miyake were lords of Tahara han, a 12,000 koku domain in Mikawa.

Lords of the Miyake clan

(As was quite common among Edo period daimyô, the actual death dates, and the dates officially reported and recorded often differ. The actual death date is given here first.)

• Miyake Masasada
• Miyake Yasusada
• Miyake Yasunobu
• Miyake Yasukatsu (d. 1687/8/9)
• Miyake Yasuo (d. actual date 1726/10/4; official reported date 10/6)
• Miyake Yasutoku (d. 1753/12/1; official 12/3)
• Miyake Yasutaka (d. 1791/3/14; official 3/21)
• Miyake Yasusuke (d. 1803/8/9; official 8/16)
• Miyake Yasutake (d. 1785/9/12; official 9/21)
• Miyake Yasukuni (d. 1792/2/29; official 3/23)
• Miyake Yasutomo (d. 1809/3/20; official 5/6)
• Miyake Yasukazu (d. 1823/2/8; official 5/16)
• Miyake Yasuaki (d. 1827/7/10; official 10/23)
• Miyake Yasunao (d. 1893/8/9)
• Miyake Yasuyoshi (d. 1895/1/23)

References

• Roberts, Luke. Performing the Great Peace: Political Space and Open Secrets in Tokugawa Japan. University of Hawaii Press, 2012. p95.
• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005