Nitsuki clan
Japanese Daimyos family (Niki clan) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Japanese name, the surname is Nitsuki.
The Nitsuki clan (仁木氏, Nitsuki-shi)[1] was a Japanese family of Daimyos descending from the Seiwa Genji lineage of the Minamoto clan. The clan is also known as Niki clan.
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Nitsuki 仁木 | |
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Home province | Mikawa Province |
Parent house | Ashikaga clan |
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Founder | Nitsuki Sanekuni |
Founding year | 13th century |
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A branch of the powerful Ashikaga clan, the clan were active as Shugo Daimyo during the Nanboku-chō and Muromachi periods. During the Ōnin War (1467-77), the clan split into Tamba, Ise and Iga branches and gradually declined. In the Edo period, some branches of the Nitsuki clan, such as the Sakakibara clan, served the Tokugawa shogunate.