Akita Sanesue information

Akita Sanesue (秋田 実季, 1576 – January 11, 1660) was a Japanese daimyo who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods. He was the son of daimyo...

the clan's name to "Akita". Under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Akita Sanesue was awarded a 50,000 koku fief in what is now the city of Akita, but in the capacity...

court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. He was the eldest son of Akita Sanesue, and fought as a soldier in the Tokugawa forces at the 1614 Siege of...

became a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; the eldest daughter married Akita Sanesue; and the second daughter served as a lady attendant of Tamahime, the...

the lands they were given were occupied by the Akita clan. Shishido Domain was created for Akita Sanesue in 1602 out of part of the former Satake lands...

uniting the two clan branches. After the Battle of Sekigahara, his son, Akita Sanesue was moved to Shishido, in Hitachi Province, and Satake Yoshinobu of...

his surname from Andō to "Akita". After his death, the clan fell into civil war between followers of his son, Akita Sanesue (1576-1660) and loyalists...