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The Honda family of [[Mikawa province]] was descended from [[Fujiwara Kanemichi]] ([[925]]-[[977]]). Two main branches loyally served [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], of whom [[Honda Tadakatsu|Tadakatsu]] and [[Honda Masanobu|Masanobu]] were the best known respectively. Two further branches were represented by [[Honda Shigetsugu]] and [[Honda Yasushige]].
The Honda family of [[Mikawa province]] was descended from [[Fujiwara Kanemichi]] ([[925]]-[[977]]). Two main branches loyally served [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], of whom [[Honda Tadakatsu|Tadakatsu]] and [[Honda Masanobu|Masanobu]] were the best known respectively. Two further branches were represented by [[Honda Shigetsugu]] and [[Honda Yasushige]].
In the [[Edo period]], they retained (or regained) their position as rulers of [[Okazaki castle]] (and the surrounding [[Okazaki han]]). They were ranked among the ''daimyô'' associated with the Teikan-no-ma ("Hall of the Mirror of Emperors") in [[Edo castle#Omote|Edo castle]].<ref>Asao Naohiro (ed.), ''Fudai daimyô Ii ke no girei'', Hikone Castle Museum (2004), 331.</ref>
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