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Imagawa clan (Japanese: 今川氏, Hepburn: Imagawa-uji) was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji. It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan.
Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川 義元, 1519 – June 12, 1560) was a Japanese daimyō (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period. Based in Suruga Province, he was known as The number one Daimyō in the Tōkaidō (海道一の弓取り, Kaidō-ichi no Yumitori); [1] he was one of the three daimyō that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shogun.
The Imagawa clan was a samurai family in Japan. The real family name was Genji (Minamoto clan) and the family lineage originated from a branch family of the Ashikaga clan and Kira clan traced back to Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan) which was one of Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan).
In 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto, a powerful warlord who controlled Suruga, Tōtōmi, and Mikawa Provinces amassed an army of 25,000 men to march on Kyoto to challenge the increasingly weak and ineffective Ashikaga shogunate for control of the country.
Yoshimoto accepted this and was given an epithet by Yoshiharu Ashikaga, the Great General of the Great Conqueror, and began to call himself Yoshimoto Imagawa. However, the Fukushima clan, a powerful vassal of the Imagawa family, opposed the succession of the head of the family, leading to confusion.
The Imagawa, whose capital was Sumpu, expanded their influence in the Sengoku period, securing a hold over Tôtômi province and penetrating into Mikawa province. They were defeated at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560 by Oda Nobunaga and succumbed to the Takeda in 1569 .
Mar 1, 2022 · The Battle of Okehazama is one of the biggest and most well-known battles in Japanese history, and Imagawa Yoshimoto was the leader of the Imagawa clan that participated in the battle.
Feb 29, 2024 · The ever-shifting loyalties of Ieyasu's father meant that the boy was just four or five when he was offered as a hostage to secure an alliance with a strong neighbouring clan, the Imagawa.
Imagawa Yoshimoto, a formidable daimyo of Suruga (modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture), held a prominent position among the three influential warlords in the central Japan region, known as Tokai.
The Tokugawa clan ( Shinjitai: 徳川氏, Kyūjitai: 德川氏, Tokugawa-shi or Tokugawa-uji) is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period. It was formerly a powerful daimyō family.
