Aoyama clan

The Aoyama clan (é’ć±±æ°, Aoyama-uji) was a Japanese kin group.[1]

History

The clan claims descent from Fujiwara Ietada (1062–1136).[1]

The clan's origins were in Kƍzuke Province; however, members of the family moved to Mikawa Province and served the Matsudaira clan (later known as the Tokugawa clan). The Aoyama became a daimyo family during the Edo period.

The Aoyama clan held the Sasayama Castle, located at Sasayama, Hyƍgo Prefecture, for 123 years during the Edo period. The first Aoyama lordship of the castle started in 1748, and continued until the castle was torn down in 1871.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de gĂ©ographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Aoyama," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 2 [PDF 6 of 80]; retrieved 2013-5-5.
  2. ↑ Sasayama Castle çŻ ć±±ćŸŽ at Jcastle.info; retrieved 2013-5-5.


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