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*''Japanese'': 喜連川家 ''(Kitsuregawa ke)''
The Kitsuregawa clan were an [[Edo period]] ''daimyô'' family who traced their descent from the [[Ashikaga clan]] ''[[Koga kubo|Koga kubô]]'', or the [[Ashikaga shogunate|Ashikaga shoguns]].<ref name=yamamoto>Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Edo jidai - Shôgun bushi tachi no jitsuzô'', Tôkyô shoseki (2008), 69.</ref>
The family name was first established during the time of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], when [[Ashikaga Kunitomo]], the grandson of Oyumi Kubô [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Oyumi Kubo)|Ashikaga Yoshiaki]], succeeded [[Ashikaga Yoshiuji]] as ''koga kubô''. Hideyoshi transferred him to a domain at Kitsuregawa, in Shioya district, [[Shimotsuke province]], and the lineage came to be known as the Kitsuregawa.
Kunitomo was married to [[Ashikaga Ujinohime]] in [[1591]], but died of illness in [[Aki province]] on his way to [[Kyushu]] to participate in Hideyoshi's [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]]. Ujinohime was then encouraged by Hideyoshi to marry Kunitomo's younger brother [[Ashikaga Yoriuji]], who later became known as Kitsuregawa Yoriuji. They had a son, [[Kitsuregawa Yoshichika]].
In the Edo period, the Kitsuregawa were considered the direct descendants of the Ashikaga clan of the [[Kanto|Kantô]]. They had a base ''[[kokudaka]]'' of only 5000 ''[[koku]]'', but on account of their esteemed lineage were elevated to ''[[koke|kôke]]''<ref>lit. "high families," the ''kôke'' were among the lowest-ranking ''daimyô'', but were above non-''daimyô'', and served as masters of protocol and masters of ceremony for the shogunate.</ref>, of ''shihon'' rank ([[court rank|Lower Junior Fourth Rank]]), with a ''kokudaka'' of 10,000 ''koku''. On the second day of each year, as part of New Year's festivities, the Kitsuregawa were received in audience by the shogun alongside the ''[[kunimochi]]'' and ''jun-kunimochi daimyô'', a particular exception given their station.<ref name=yamamoto/>
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%96%9C%E9%80%A3%E5%B7%9D%E6%B0%8F-51129 Kitsuregawa-shi]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'', Hitachi Solutions, 2013.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%96%9C%E9%80%A3%E5%B7%9D%E6%B0%8F-51129 Kitsurehawa-shi]," ''Britannica kokusai daihyakka jiten'', Britannica Japan, 2014.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Clans]]
The Kitsuregawa clan were an [[Edo period]] ''daimyô'' family who traced their descent from the [[Ashikaga clan]] ''[[Koga kubo|Koga kubô]]'', or the [[Ashikaga shogunate|Ashikaga shoguns]].<ref name=yamamoto>Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Edo jidai - Shôgun bushi tachi no jitsuzô'', Tôkyô shoseki (2008), 69.</ref>
The family name was first established during the time of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], when [[Ashikaga Kunitomo]], the grandson of Oyumi Kubô [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Oyumi Kubo)|Ashikaga Yoshiaki]], succeeded [[Ashikaga Yoshiuji]] as ''koga kubô''. Hideyoshi transferred him to a domain at Kitsuregawa, in Shioya district, [[Shimotsuke province]], and the lineage came to be known as the Kitsuregawa.
Kunitomo was married to [[Ashikaga Ujinohime]] in [[1591]], but died of illness in [[Aki province]] on his way to [[Kyushu]] to participate in Hideyoshi's [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]]. Ujinohime was then encouraged by Hideyoshi to marry Kunitomo's younger brother [[Ashikaga Yoriuji]], who later became known as Kitsuregawa Yoriuji. They had a son, [[Kitsuregawa Yoshichika]].
In the Edo period, the Kitsuregawa were considered the direct descendants of the Ashikaga clan of the [[Kanto|Kantô]]. They had a base ''[[kokudaka]]'' of only 5000 ''[[koku]]'', but on account of their esteemed lineage were elevated to ''[[koke|kôke]]''<ref>lit. "high families," the ''kôke'' were among the lowest-ranking ''daimyô'', but were above non-''daimyô'', and served as masters of protocol and masters of ceremony for the shogunate.</ref>, of ''shihon'' rank ([[court rank|Lower Junior Fourth Rank]]), with a ''kokudaka'' of 10,000 ''koku''. On the second day of each year, as part of New Year's festivities, the Kitsuregawa were received in audience by the shogun alongside the ''[[kunimochi]]'' and ''jun-kunimochi daimyô'', a particular exception given their station.<ref name=yamamoto/>
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%96%9C%E9%80%A3%E5%B7%9D%E6%B0%8F-51129 Kitsuregawa-shi]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'', Hitachi Solutions, 2013.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%96%9C%E9%80%A3%E5%B7%9D%E6%B0%8F-51129 Kitsurehawa-shi]," ''Britannica kokusai daihyakka jiten'', Britannica Japan, 2014.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Clans]]
