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[[Image:Ii_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Ii kamon.]]

[[Image:Ii_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Ii kamon.]]

The Ii were originally from [[Totomi province|Tôtômi Province]] and claimed descent from [[Fujiwara Yoshikado]] (ca.[[850]]). During the early Sengoku period they fought with the [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa]] in cooperation with [[Shiba Yoshisato]] but later became Imagawa vassals. The Ii became powerful under [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] thanks to [[Ii Naomasa]], one of the Ieyasu's four most famous generals, and were politically influential until the end of Edo period.

The Ii were originally from [[Totomi province|Tôtômi Province]] and claimed descent from [[Fujiwara Yoshikado]] (ca.[[850]]). During the early Sengoku period they fought with the [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa]] in cooperation with [[Shiba Yoshisato]] but later became Imagawa vassals. The Ii became powerful under [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] thanks to [[Ii Naomasa]], one of the Ieyasu's four most famous generals.

 

The Ii remained politically important throughout the [[Edo Period]], culminating with [[Ii Naosuke]] and his [[Ansei Purge]] and assassination in [[1859]].  

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