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The Matsudaira family of [[Mikawa province]] claimed descent from [[Minamoto Yoshikuni]], a son of [[Minamoto Yoshiie]]. Successive generations adopted the names [[Nitta clan|Nitta]], [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]], and [[Serata clan|Serata]]. The Matsudaira settled in Mikawa province sometime in the 14th Century, the name 'Matsudaira' being assumed by [[Matsudaira Yasuchika|Yasuchika]] (ca.[[1390]]). The Matsudaira struggled to maintain their domain and in the first half of the 16th Century were caught between the [[Oda clan (Owari)|Oda]] and [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa]]. Matsudaira Motoyasu changed the name of the main branch of his family to Tokugawa. He himself became [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. The name 'Matsudaira' remained with a number of subsidiary branches and was given by Ieyasu to certain of his retainers and allies as an honorific.
The Matsudaira family of [[Mikawa province]] claimed descent from [[Minamoto Yoshikuni]], a son of [[Minamoto Yoshiie]]. Successive generations adopted the names [[Nitta clan|Nitta]], [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]], and [[Serata clan|Serata]]. The Matsudaira settled in Mikawa province sometime in the 14th Century, the name 'Matsudaira' being assumed by [[Matsudaira Yasuchika|Yasuchika]] (ca.[[1390]]). The Matsudaira struggled to maintain their domain and in the first half of the 16th Century were caught between the [[Oda clan (Owari)|Oda]] and [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa]]. Matsudaira Motoyasu changed the name of the main branch of his family to Tokugawa. He himself became [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. The name 'Matsudaira' remained with a number of subsidiary branches and was given by Ieyasu to certain of his retainers and allies as an honorific.
In the [[Edo period]], there were roughly seventeen families bearing the name Matsudaira, the Matsudaira clan of [[Fukui han]] perhaps the most prominent.<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), xxiv.</ref>
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