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[[Image:Matsumae_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Matsumae kamon.]]

[[Image:Matsumae_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Matsumae kamon.]]

*''Japanese'': 松前氏 ''(Matsumae-shi)''

*''Japanese'': [[松前]] 家 ''(Matsumae-ke)''

The Matsumae were an offshoot of the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]], founded by [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] ([[1550]]-[[1618]]), and descended more distantly from the [[Ando clan|Andô clan]], who were in turn descended from [[Emishi]] (Ainu) chieftains who had assimilated into Japanese society<ref>Howell. p78.</ref>.  

The Matsumae were an offshoot of the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]], founded by [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] ([[1550]]-[[1618]]), and descended more distantly from the [[Ando clan|Andô clan]], who were in turn descended from [[Emishi]] (Ainu) chieftains who had assimilated into Japanese society<ref>Howell. p78.</ref>.  

The Matsumae clan managed trade and relations with the [[Ainu]], as the [[So clan|Sô]] did with Korea, and as the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] did with [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. Based at [[Matsumae castle]], they ruled [[Matsumae han]], the only ''[[han]]'' (domain) on the island of [[Ezo]] (now called Hokkaidô), and were thus sometimese referred to as ''Ezo Dai-Ô'' (蝦夷大王, Great Kings of Ezo).<ref>Morris-Suzuki. p5.</ref>

The Matsumae clan managed trade and relations with the [[Ainu]], as the [[So clan|Sô]] did with Korea, and as the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] did with [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. Based at [[Matsumae castle]], they ruled [[Matsumae han]], the only ''[[han]]'' (domain) on the island of [[Ezo]] (now called Hokkaidô), and were thus sometimese referred to as ''Ezo Dai-Ô'' (蝦夷大王, Great Kings of Ezo).<ref>Morris-Suzuki. p5.</ref>

[[David Howell]] describes the Matsumae as the only ''daimyô'' clan to not hold land in fief from the shogunate, their position being derived solely from their importance in managing relations and trade with the Ainu<ref>Howell. p85.</ref>.

[[David Howell]] describes the Matsumae as the only ''daimyô'' clan to not hold land in fief from the shogunate, their position of prominence being derived solely from their importance in managing relations and trade with the Ainu<ref>Howell. p85.</ref>.

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*[[Matsumae Akihiro]]

*[[Matsumae Akihiro]]

*[[Matsumae Masahiro]]

*[[Matsumae Masahiro]]

*[[Matsumae Norihiro]]

*[[Matsumae Norihiro (1660-1721)]]

*[[Matsumae Norihiro (1844-1869)]]  

*[[Matsumae Takahiro]]

*[[Matsumae Takahiro]]

*[[Matsumae Yoshihiro]]

*[[Matsumae Yoshihiro]]