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Akamatsu clan

Akamatsu clan
赤松氏
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Emblem (mon) of the Akamatsu clan
Home province Harima
Parent house Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan)
Titles Various
Cadet branches Shinmen clan


Akamatsu clan (赤松氏 Akamatsu-shi?) is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji.

They were prominent shugo-daimyō in Harima during the Sengoku period.

During the Ōnin no ran (1467-1477), Akamatsu Masanori was one of the chief generals of the Hosokawa clan.

The head of the clan at Shizuoka in Suruga Province became a kazoku baron in 1887.

The Shinmen clan were a branch of the Akamatsu.



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