Saitō clan
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In this Japanese name, the surname is Saitō.
The Saitō clan (Japanese: 斎藤氏, Hepburn: Saitō-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan that ruled Mino province in the Sengoku period. The clan appropriated the name of a defunct samurai clan named "Saitō" that had previously hailed from Echizen province and claimed descent from Fujiwara Toshihito, of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara clan.[1]
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Saitō clan 斎藤氏 | |
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Home province | Mino |
Parent house | Fujiwara clan (alleged) |
Titles | Daimyō |
Founder | Saitō Dōsan |
Final ruler | Saitō Tatsuoki |
Ruled until | 1567, defeat by Oda Nobunaga |
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