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[[Image:Maeda_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Maeda kamon.]]
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[[File:Maeda-jinbaori.jpg|right|thumb|320px|An 18th or early 19th century ''[[jinbaori]]'' bearing the Maeda crest]]
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* ''Japanese'': [[前田]] 家 ''(Maeda ke)''
  
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The Maeda of [[Owari province|Owari]] claimed [[Fujiwara clan|Fujiwara]] descent. They rose to prominince under [[Oda Nobunaga]] and then [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and by [[1598]] were one of the most powerful families in Japan, controlling three of the provinces of the Hokuriku region, [[Kaga province]], [[Noto province]], and [[Etchu province]]. Their seat was [[Kanazawa]] in Kaga. Although they lost some of their wealth in the wake of the [[Sekigahara Campaign]], they remained powerful throughout the Edo Period.
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The origins of the Maeda clan is not known, though in Toshiie's time it was said they descended from [[Sugawara Michizane]], hence the plum-blossom family crest. However, historically they came from the village of Arako (now in Nagoya City) in [[Owari province]].
  
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Maeda Toshiie served [[Oda Nobunaga]], fighting under Nobunaga's general [[Shibata Katsuie]] in the [[Hokuriku]], and was given land in [[Echizen province]], then in [[Noto province]]. After surrendering to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi]] in [[1583]] he was given land in [[Kaga province]] that included Kanazawa. Kanazawa was to the the seat of the clan for almost 300 years. In 1585 he was also given land in [[Etchu province|Etchû province]].
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Toshiie's son Toshinaga sided with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] during the [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]] campaign and received the areas of Kaga that he did not have already. Thus, during the [[Edo period]] the Maeda clan ruled the three provinces of Kaga, Noto, and Etchû, which meant that their ''[[kokudaka]]'' was over one million ''[[koku]]'' (百万石), the largest among the ''daimyô''. When Maeda Toshitsune retired he established branch houses through two of his younger sons and created sub-fiefs for them--[[Daishoji han|Daishôji]] 大聖寺 (70,000 ''koku'') in Kaga and [[Toyama han|Toyama]] 富山 (100,000 ''koku'') in Etchû. These fiefs continued thus until the [[Meiji Restoration]].
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The Maeda clan was a ''[[tozama]]'' clan, but it was considered close to the shogunate, and the head was entitled to use the name "[[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira]]," the name of [[Matsudaira clan|Tokugawa branch families]], ceremonially.
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==Selected Clan Members==
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|<font color="#FFFFFF">Members of the Maeda clan
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*[[Maeda Toshiie]] 利家  (1538-1599) <br>
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The founder of the clan
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*[[Maeda Toshiharu (d. 1560)]] 利春 <br>
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Father of Toshiie
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*[[Maeda Matsu]] (Hôshun-in) 芳春院 （まつ) (1547-1617) <br>
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Wife of Toshiie
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*[[Jufuku-in]] (Chiyo) 寿福院 (1570-1631)<br>
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Concubine of Toshiie, mother of Toshitsune
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*[[Maeda Toshinaga]] 利長  (1562-1614) <br>
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Eldest son and successor of Toshiie
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*[[Maeda Toshimasa]] 利政 (1578-1633)<br>
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Second son of Toshiie; sided against Ieyasu in 1600
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*[[Maeda Toshitsune]]  利常 (1593-1658)<br>
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Son of Toshiie; adopted son and successor of Toshinaga
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*[[Tama-hime]] 珠姫　(1599-1622) <br>
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Also known as Nene-hime 子々姫. Daughter of [[Tokugawa Hidetada]]; married Toshitsune in [[1601]].
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*[[Maeda Mitsumasa]] (1613-1645)<br>
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Son of Toshitsune; lord of [[Toyama han]]
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*[[Maeda Toshiharu (d. 1660)|Maeda Toshiharu]] 利治 (1618-1660) <br>
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Son of Toshitsune; lord of [[Daishoji han|Daishôji han]]
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==References==
 
==References==
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* 国史大辞典, 国史大辞典編集委員会／編                                            吉川弘文館  1988.<br>  Kokushi Daijiten (The Great Dictionary of National History), Kokushi Daijiten Editorial Committee. 
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
The following link has digital copies and partial transcriptions of several lists of samurai of the Maeda clan (加賀藩の侍帳）
 
The following link has digital copies and partial transcriptions of several lists of samurai of the Maeda clan (加賀藩の侍帳）
 
http://www.library.pref.ishikawa.jp/toshokan/dglib/samurai/
 
http://www.library.pref.ishikawa.jp/toshokan/dglib/samurai/
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[[Category:Clans]]
 
[[Category:Clans]]

Latest revision as of 11:15, 2 October 2017

An 18th or early 19th century jinbaori bearing the Maeda crest
  • Japanese: 前田 家 (Maeda ke)

The origins of the Maeda clan is not known, though in Toshiie's time it was said they descended from Sugawara Michizane, hence the plum-blossom family crest. However, historically they came from the village of Arako (now in Nagoya City) in Owari province.

Maeda Toshiie served Oda Nobunaga, fighting under Nobunaga's general Shibata Katsuie in the Hokuriku, and was given land in Echizen province, then in Noto province. After surrendering to Hideyoshi in 1583 he was given land in Kaga province that included Kanazawa. Kanazawa was to the the seat of the clan for almost 300 years. In 1585 he was also given land in Etchû province.

Toshiie's son Toshinaga sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Sekigahara campaign and received the areas of Kaga that he did not have already. Thus, during the Edo period the Maeda clan ruled the three provinces of Kaga, Noto, and Etchû, which meant that their kokudaka was over one million koku (百万石), the largest among the daimyô. When Maeda Toshitsune retired he established branch houses through two of his younger sons and created sub-fiefs for them--Daishôji 大聖寺 (70,000 koku) in Kaga and Toyama 富山 (100,000 koku) in Etchû. These fiefs continued thus until the Meiji Restoration.

The Maeda clan was a tozama clan, but it was considered close to the shogunate, and the head was entitled to use the name "Matsudaira," the name of Tokugawa branch families, ceremonially.

Selected Clan Members

Members of the Maeda clan

The founder of the clan

Father of Toshiie

  • Maeda Matsu (Hôshun-in) 芳春院 （まつ) (1547-1617)

Wife of Toshiie

Concubine of Toshiie, mother of Toshitsune

Eldest son and successor of Toshiie

Second son of Toshiie; sided against Ieyasu in 1600

Son of Toshiie; adopted son and successor of Toshinaga

Also known as Nene-hime 子々姫. Daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada; married Toshitsune in 1601.

Son of Toshitsune; lord of Toyama han

Son of Toshitsune; lord of Daishôji han

References

  • 国史大辞典, 国史大辞典編集委員会／編 吉川弘文館 1988.
    Kokushi Daijiten (The Great Dictionary of National History), Kokushi Daijiten Editorial Committee.

Resources

The following link has digital copies and partial transcriptions of several lists of samurai of the Maeda clan (加賀藩の侍帳） http://www.library.pref.ishikawa.jp/toshokan/dglib/samurai/

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