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* ''Birth: [[1538]]''
* ''Death: [[1614]]''
* ''Son: [[Imagawa Norimochi]] ([[1570]]-[[1607]])
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Suruga province|Suruga]]
Ujizane was the son of [[Imagawa Yoshimto]] and became daimyô following the death of his father at [[Battle of Okehazama|Okehazama]] in [[1560]]. He suffered the loss of his [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira]] vassals afterwards by unwisely trading a number of Matsudaira hostages for certain of the [[Udono clan]] taken by the Matsudaira. He came to rely on the [[Asahina clan]] to maintain order in his troubled domain. Between [[1561]] and [[1565]], he felt compelled to execute or quell a number of his men, including [[Ii Naochika]] ([[1562]]) and [[Iio Tsuratatsu|Iiô Tsuratatsu]] (1565). He came into conflict with the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] and although Ujizane was the son of [[Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen's]] sister, the latter invaded Suruga Province in [[1568]] while [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] attacked [[Totomi province|Tôtômi]]. As Ujizane was married to a daughter of [[Hojo Ujiyasu|Hôjô Ujiyasu]], the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô]] offered the [[Imagawa clan]] assistance but could not prevent Sumpu from falling to the Takeda. By then Ujizane had fled to Tôtômi and taken up with the Asahina at [[Kakegawa castle]]. He was surrounded by Tokugawa Ieyasu’s troops and surrendered, giving up control of the province in exchange for safe passage to Hôjô territory. Since the Takeda had burned Sumpu, Ujizane went on to [[Sagami province]] to await developments. Since the Takeda had firmly established themselves in Suruga and the last Hôjô troops had been ejected in [[1571]], Ujizane retired to [[Kyoto]] in [[1575]]. When the Takeda were destroyed in [[1582]], Ujizane held out hopes that he might receive Sumpu and Ieyasu supported his case but [[Oda Nobunaga]] refused. He eventually joined Tokugawa at Edo, having taken the name Sôkan and the tonsure. Although remembered as a poor ruler, Ujizane was culturally refined and his descendants became masters of ceremonies for the Tokugawa.
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1614]]''
* ''Son: [[Imagawa Norimochi]] ([[1570]]-[[1607]])
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Suruga province|Suruga]]
Ujizane was the son of [[Imagawa Yoshimto]] and became daimyô following the death of his father at [[Battle of Okehazama|Okehazama]] in [[1560]]. He suffered the loss of his [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira]] vassals afterwards by unwisely trading a number of Matsudaira hostages for certain of the [[Udono clan]] taken by the Matsudaira. He came to rely on the [[Asahina clan]] to maintain order in his troubled domain. Between [[1561]] and [[1565]], he felt compelled to execute or quell a number of his men, including [[Ii Naochika]] ([[1562]]) and [[Iio Tsuratatsu|Iiô Tsuratatsu]] (1565). He came into conflict with the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] and although Ujizane was the son of [[Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen's]] sister, the latter invaded Suruga Province in [[1568]] while [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] attacked [[Totomi province|Tôtômi]]. As Ujizane was married to a daughter of [[Hojo Ujiyasu|Hôjô Ujiyasu]], the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô]] offered the [[Imagawa clan]] assistance but could not prevent Sumpu from falling to the Takeda. By then Ujizane had fled to Tôtômi and taken up with the Asahina at [[Kakegawa castle]]. He was surrounded by Tokugawa Ieyasu’s troops and surrendered, giving up control of the province in exchange for safe passage to Hôjô territory. Since the Takeda had burned Sumpu, Ujizane went on to [[Sagami province]] to await developments. Since the Takeda had firmly established themselves in Suruga and the last Hôjô troops had been ejected in [[1571]], Ujizane retired to [[Kyoto]] in [[1575]]. When the Takeda were destroyed in [[1582]], Ujizane held out hopes that he might receive Sumpu and Ieyasu supported his case but [[Oda Nobunaga]] refused. He eventually joined Tokugawa at Edo, having taken the name Sôkan and the tonsure. Although remembered as a poor ruler, Ujizane was culturally refined and his descendants became masters of ceremonies for the Tokugawa.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]