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The Imagawa were established by [[Imagawa Kuniuji]], the son of [[Ashikaga Nagauji]] ([[1211]]-[[1290]]). They were powerful in [[Suruga province]] throughout the [[Muromachi period]], providing a line headed by [[Imagawa Sadayo]] to act as the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga's]] representatives in Kyushu. The Imagawa, whose capital was Sumpu, expanded their influence in the [[Sengoku period]], securing a hold over [[Totomi province|Tôtômi province]] and penetrating into [[Mikawa province]]. They were defeated at the [[Battle of Okehazama]] in [[1560]] by [[Oda Nobunaga]] and succumbed to the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] in [[1569]]. The family lived on to provide Masters of Ceremony to the Tokugawa bakufu in the [[Edo period]].
