Inaba Masanari

{{Infobox Officeholder | name= Inaba Masanari

| nationality=Japanese

| image= Inaba Masanari.JPG

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| order=1st Daimyō of Mōka

| term_start=1627

| term_end=1628

| predecessor=Hori Chikayoshi

| successor=Inaba Masakatsu

| birth_date=1571

| birth_place=

| death_date=October 14, 1628 (age 57)

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| spouse= Lady Kasuga

}}

{{nihongo|Inaba Masanari|稲葉正成||1571 – October 14, 1628}}, also known as Inaba Masashige[http://reichsarchiv.jp/%E5%AE%B6%E7%B3%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88/%E7%A8%B2%E8%91%89%E6%B0%8F%EF%BC%88%E6%AD%A3%E6%88%90%E7%B3%BB%EF%BC%89 稲葉正成 at Reichsarchiv.jp]; retrieved 2013-6-7. and sometimes known as Mino-no-kami,Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=gfFCRaUIB40C&dq=inaba+masanari&pg=PA98 The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, p. 71.] was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. He served the Oda, Toyotomi, and Tokugawa clans, and became a daimyō in the early Edo period.

Masanari was the husband of Kasuga-no-Tsubone,{{in lang|ja}}

[http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/html/inaba_k.html "Inaba-shi" on Harimaya.com] who bore him three sons: Masakatsu, Masasada, and Masatoshi.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gxiXmuvhObAC&q=inaba+ "[Unknown title]"], Bulletin of the South Sea Association. Vol. 2 (July 1939). For some reason, Masanari divorced her; and she then became wet-nurse to Tokugawa Hidetada's eldest son. Though Masanari and Kasuga divorced, they still maintained a good relationship as parents to their children.Murdock, James. (1996) [https://books.google.com/books?id=fjSQOixtgngC&dq=inaba+masanari&pg=PA706 A History of Japan, p. 706.] One of Masanari's grandsons, Inaba Masayasu (1640–1684), is primarily remembered as the enigmatic wakadoshiyori assassin of tairō Hotta Masatoshi.Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). [https://books.google.com/books?id=JlUCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Inaba+Masanobu&pg=PT13 A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 598]; Bodart-Bailey, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gfFCRaUIB40C&dq=inaba+masanari&pg=PA98 p. 98.]

In the Edo period, the Inaba were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan,Meyer, Eva-Maria. [https://uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/manabu/shoshidai.htm "Gouverneure von Kyôto in der Edo-Zeit."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411113817/http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/manabu/shoshidai.htm |date=2008-04-11 }} Universität Tübingen (in German). as opposed to the tozama or outsider clans.

Inaba clan branches

The fudai Inaba clan originated in 16th century Mino Province.Appert, Georges. (1888). [https://books.google.com/books?id=CSUNAAAAYAAJ&q=ancien+japon+georges+appert Ancien Japon, p. 67.] They claimed descent from Kōno Michitaka (d. 1374),Papinot, Jacques. (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf Nobiliare du Japon -- Inaba, p. 15]; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. (in French/German). who claimed descent from Emperor Kanmu (736–805).[http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Inaba-name-meaning.ashx "Inaba" at Ancestry.com] citing Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ugEEAAAACAAJ&q=Dictionary+of+American+Family+Names Dictionary of American Family Names.]

A cadet branch was descended from Inaba Masanari (+1628{{clarify|date=May 2024|reason=What does the + signify?}}), who fought in the armies of Nobunaga and then Hideyoshi. This branch of the Inaba was created in 1588. In 1619, he was granted the han of Itoigawa (25,000 koku) in Echigo Province; then, in 1627, his holding was transferred to Mōka Domain (65,000 koku) in Shimotsuke Province. His descendants resided successively in Odawara Domain (105,000 koku) in Sagami Province from 1632 through 1685; om Takata Domain in Echigo province from 1685 through 1701; in Sakura Domain in Shimōsa Province from 1701 through 1723. Masanari's heirs settled in Yodo Domain (115,000 koku) in Yamashiro Province from 1723 through 1868.

The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "viscount" in the Meiji period.

Notable descendants

Inaba Masamichi, 1681–1685—8th Kyoto shoshidai.
Inaba Masanobu, 1804–1806—34th Kyoto shoshidai.
Inaba Masakuni, 1863–1864—55th Kyoto shoshidai.

Notes

References

Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). Ancien Japon. Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4429674 OCLC 4429674]
Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (1999). Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press . {{ISBN|9780824819644}}; {{ISBN|9780824820664}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246417677 OCLC 246417677]
Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/413099 OCLC 413099]
Hank, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|9780195081374}}; {{ISBN|9780195165579}}; {{ISBN|9780195165586}}; {{ISBN|9780195165593}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51655476 OCLC 51655476]
Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Münster: Tagenbuch. {{ISBN|9783825839390}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/722998498 OCLC 722998498]
Murdock, James. (1903) [https://books.google.com/books?id=32HnwxdP4pMC&q=Kasuga+no+Tsubone A History of Japan.] Kobe: Kobe Chronicle. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64778754 OCLC 64778754]
Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/465662682 OCLC 465662682]; [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf Nobiliaire du japon (abridged version of 1906 text).]

External links

{{in lang|ja}} [http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/html/inaba_k.html "Inaba-shi" on Harimaya.com] (6 April 2008)

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{{succession box | title=1st Daimyō of Itoigawa
(Inaba) | before=none | after=none | years=1618–1624}}

{{succession box | title=1st Daimyō of Mōka
(Inaba) | before=Hori Chikayoshi | after=Inaba Masakatsu | years=1627–1628}}

Category:Fudai daimyo