Imagawa clan
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Ashikaga Kuniuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji, established himself in the 13th century at Imagawa (Mikawa Province) and took its name.
Imagawa Norikuni (1295–1384) received the provinces of Tōtōmi, and later Suruga, from his cousin Shōgun Ashikaga Takauji
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Located at
Ounami no Kori, Mikawa (modern day Nishio, Aichi) mainly Suruga Province and Tōtōmi Province during the Warring States period
Crests
- Two hikiryou
- Yoshimoto's version of the akaitori (pictured)
- Two hikiryou and a paulownia planted in white soil
Major figures
- Imagawa Sadayo
- Imagawa Yoshitada
- Imagawa Ujichika
- Imagawa Ujiteru
- Imagawa Yoshimoto
- Imagawa Ujizane
Muromachi era
- Imagawa Sadayo, was a renowned Japanese poet and military commander who served as tandai ("constable") of Kyūshū under the Ashikaga bakufu from 1371 to 1395.
Sengoku era
During the Sengoku period in the 1540s and 1550s, Yoshimoto Imagawa attempted to establish his clan as the strongest in eastern Japan. However, after the death of Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Once a powerful clan. Within a decade, the clan had lost its entire land holdings to the Tokugawa and Takeda clans. The Imagawa subsequently became masters of ceremonies in the service of the Tokugawa clan.
Clan castles
Separated by province name.
- Suruga Province: Imagawa Kan (later known as Sunpu Castle), Shizuhatayama Castle, Mochifune Castle, Tanaka Castle
- Tōtōmi Province: Kakegawa Castle, Takatenjin Castle (ja), Futamata Castle, Inui Castle, Hamamatsu Castle, Utsuyama Castle.
- Mikawa Province: Yoshida Castle, Tahara Castle, Okazaki Castle, Anjō Castle
- Owari Province: Katsukake Castle, Ōdaka Castle, Narumi Castle
Edo period
- Shinagawa Takahisa, the son of Imagawa Ujizane. He was a hatamoto and served the Tokugawa clan.
- Imagawa Norinobu, an Imagawa of the late Edo period, was a wakadoshiyori in the Tokugawa administration.
Key genealogies
Suruga
Tōtōmi
Tōtōmi (Horikoshi branch)
Tōtōmi (Sena branch)
Notable members
- Jukei-ni
- Lady Tsukiyama
- Lady Hayakawa
Notable retainers
- Matsudaira Motoyasu
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Okabe Motonobu
- Matsui Munenobu
- Udono Nagateru
- Asahina Yasutomo
- Ii Naomori
- Abe Motozane
- Ichinomiya Munekore
- Ii Naochika
- Ii Naotora
- Iio Tsuratatsu
- Otazu no kata
- Katsurayama Ujimoto
- Taigen Sessai
- Iio Noritsura
- Itami Yasunao
- Yamaguchi Noritsugu
- Yamaguchi Noriyoshi
- Yokoe Magohachi
- Fuji Nobutada
Popular culture
Imagawa is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV.