Yanagisawa clan
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The Yanagisawa clan (柳沢氏, Yanagisawa-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who rose to prominence under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The main branch of the clan ruled as daimyō of Yamato-Kōriyama Domain in Yamato Province (150,120 koku) until the Meiji restoration, and was subsequently unbowed with the kazoku peerage title of hakushaku (count).
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Yanagisawa 柳沢 | |
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Home province | Kai Province |
Parent house | Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) Takeda clan |
Titles | Various |
Founder | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu |
Ruled until | 1871 (Abolition of the han system) |
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