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[[Image:Akizuki_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Akizuki kamon.]]

[[Image:Akizuki_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Akizuki kamon.]]

:''Japanese:'' [[秋月]]氏 ''(Akizuki-shi)''

* ''Japanese:'' [[秋月]]氏 ''(Akizuki-shi)''

 

The Akizuki were established in [[Chikuzen province]] around [[1190]] by [[Minamoto Yoritomo]]. They supported the Southern Court during the Nambokucho Period and during the Sengoku Period contested the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo's]] advances. Following [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[1587]] invasion of Kyushu (which the Akizuki also resisted, albeit briefly) they were confirmed in their fief. The Akizuki were moved to [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]] in [[1590]] and remained there into the Edo Period.

The Akizuki were established in [[Chikuzen province]] around [[1190]] by [[Minamoto Yoritomo]]. They supported the Southern Court during the Nambokucho Period and during the Sengoku Period contested the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo's]] advances. Following [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[1587]] invasion of Kyushu (which the Akizuki also resisted, albeit briefly) they were confirmed in their fief. The Akizuki were moved to [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]] in [[1590]] and remained there into the Edo Period.