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[[Image:Nanbu_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Nanbu kamon.]]
[[Image:Nanbu_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Nanbu kamon.]]
The Nanbu of northern [[Mutsu province]] were descended from the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] of [[Kai province|Kai]]. During the Sengoku Period they became powerful in northern Mutsu, competing with the [[Akita clan|Akita]], [[Tozawa clan|Tozawa]], and others for territory. [[Nanbu Yasunobu]] destroyed the [[Namioka clan]] in [[1523]] and under the leadership of his son [[Nanbu Harumasa|Harumasa]] the family expanded their power greatly. They later submitted to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], supported the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]], and resided at [[Morioka castle]] until the end of the Edo Period.
The Nanbu of northern [[Mutsu province]] were descended from the [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] of [[Kai province|Kai]]. During the Sengoku Period they became powerful in northern Mutsu, competing with the [[Akita clan|Akita]], [[Tozawa clan|Tozawa]], and others for territory. [[Nanbu Yasunobu]] destroyed the [[Namioka clan]] in [[1523]] and under the leadership of his son [[Nanbu Harumasa|Harumasa]] the family expanded their power greatly. They later submitted to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], supported the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]], and resided at [[Morioka castle]] until the end of the [[Edo Period]].
As lords of [[Morioka han]], for most of the Edo period the Nanbu did not enjoy ''[[kuni-mochi]]'' status, unlike their more powerful and prominent neighbors, the [[Date clan]] of [[Sendai han]]. However, in [[1808]], in recognition of the clan's contributions to the defense of [[Ezo]] ([[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]) against [[Russia]]n encroachment, the [[han|domain's]] ''[[kokudaka]]'' was increased to 200,000 ''[[koku]]'', and the Nanbu clan thus gained ''kuni-mochi'' ("province-holder") status, though they did not gain any physical territory at this time, and continued to control only a small portion of Mutsu province.
Prior to their ascent to ''kuni-mochi'' status, the clan only referred to its domain with the term ''[[kuni]]'' (country/state) in internal documents, employing humbler terms such as ''zaisho'' (residence) or ''ryôbun'' (portion of territory) in exchanges with the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. After 1808, however, the clan began to refer to its domain as a ''kuni'' in these external (''[[omote and uchi|omote]]'') exchanges, a sign of the clan's increased status.
==References==
*[[Luke Roberts|Roberts, Luke]]. ''Performing the Great Peace: Political Space and Open Secrets in Tokugawa Japan''. University of Hawaii Press, 2012. pp48-49.
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