Aoki clan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Aoki.
Aoki
青木
The emblem (mon) of the Aoki clan
Home provinceMusashi
Final rulerAoki Shigeyoshi
Current headAoki Jun’ichi
Dissolutionstill extant
Ruled until1871 (abolition of the han system)

The first who used Aoki name was Aoki Shigenao (1529–1614).[1] Aoki Shigenao was a vassal to one of Oda Nobunaga's principal advisors, Niwa Nagahide.[1]

During the Sengoku period, the Aoki clan served Toyotomi clan later after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, they served Tokugawa Shogunate and ruled Asada Domain, 12.000 koku.

Heads of family

  1. Aoki Kazushige (1551–1628),[2] son of Shigenao
  2. Aoki Shigekane (1607–1682)
  3. Aoki Shigemasa (1625–1693)
  4. Aoki Shigenori (1665–1729)
  5. Aoki Kazutsune (1697–1736)
  6. Aoki Kazukuni (1721–1749)
  7. Aoki Chikatsune
  8. Aoki Kazuyoshi (1728–1781)
  9. Aoki Kazutsura (1734–1786)
  10. Aoki Kazusada (1776–1831)
  11. Aoki Shigetatsu (1800–1858)
  12. Aoki Kazuoki
  13. Aoki Kazuhiro (1828–1856)
  14. Aoki Shigeyoshi (1853–1884)
  15. Aoki Nobumitsu (1869–1949)
  16. Aoki Nobutake
  17. Aoki Jun’ichi (b.1935)
  18. Aoki Mugen (2009)

References

  1. ^ a b Erdmann, Mark Karl (2013). Azuchi Castle: Architectural Innovation and Political Legitimacy in Sixteenth-Century Japan (PhD thesis). Harvard University. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  2. ^ Japanese Biographical Index. Walter de Gruyter. 2013-02-06. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-11-094798-4.