Maeda clan (前田氏, Maeda-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who occupied most of the Hokuriku region of central Honshū from the end of the Sengoku period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The Maeda claimed descent from the Sugawara clan through Sugawara no Kiyotomo and Sugawara no Michizane in the eighth and ninth centuries; however, the line of descent is uncertain. The Maeda rose to prominence as daimyō of Kaga Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate, which was second only to the Tokugawa clan in kokudaka (land value).
Maedaclan (前田氏, Maeda-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who occupied most of the Hokuriku region of central Honshū from the end of the Sengoku period...
page) and his loyalty was rewarded by being allowed to be the head of the Maedaclan, very unusual for a fourth son with no apparent failures among his elder...
born to the Takigawa Clan, originally the son of Takigawa Kazumasu. He was adopted by Maeda Toshihisa, the older brother of Maeda Toshiie. Toshimasu served...
she fought alongside her clan. Known for her fierce determination, Matsu was vitally important to the success of the Maedaclan, being at the forefront...
from Uda Genji. Maedaclan (前田氏) – descended from Sugawara clan; famous for Maeda Toshiie. Makino clan (牧野氏) – descended from Minamoto clan; claimed descent...
region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maedaclan. He was the eldest son of Maeda Toshiie. His childhood name was "Inuchiyo" (犬千代). Toshinaga...
The Oda clan (Japanese: 織田氏, Hepburn: Oda-shi) is a Japanese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of Japan...
Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maedaclan. The daimyō of Toyama Domain was subject to sankin-kōtai, and was received...
and subsequently came under the control of Maeda Toshiie under the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The Maedaclan retained control of the province as part of...
and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maedaclan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He was the wealthiest daimyō...
Province. Maedaclan; descended from the Harada clan, a branch of the Mimasaka Kan clan, or from a son born to Sugawara no Michizane in Kyushu. Yagyū clan; descended...
Maeda Nagatane (前田 長種, 1550 – April 12, 1631) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. He served the Maedaclan...
private outer garden. It was the headquarters of Kaga Domain, ruled by the Maedaclan for 14 generations from the Sengoku period until the coming of the Meiji...
Maeda Chiyo (前田千世) or Shunkō-in (春香院, 1580–1641) was a Japanese noble woman from the Sengoku period. She was from the samurai-class Maedaclan, her father...
of Oda Nobuhide Maeda Toshiie, son of Maeda Toshimasa, famous as million-koku daimyō Maeda Toshinaga, eldest son of Maeda Toshiie Maeda Toshitsune, brother...
Maeda Toshimasa (前田 利昌, ? – August 4, 1560) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period.[unreliable source?] Also known as Toshiharu (利春), he was the...
the Maedaclan's status as an outsider, Tamahime's wet nurse, fearing that information might leak to the Tokugawa shogunate due to the Maedaclan's status...
adopted as heir to the main branch of the Maedaclan in 1900. He became marquis and the 16th head of the Maedaclan on 13 June 1900. His childhood name was...
tozama daimyō families. The Date clan of Sendai, the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, the Mōri clan of Choshu, the Maedaclan of Kaga (and its branches at Daishōji...
the intervention of Hosokawa Tadaoki, a friend of Ieyasu and of the Maedaclan, convinced Toshiie's son Toshinaga to dissuade Toshiie from opposing Ieyasu...
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