Honda clan

The Honda clan (Japanese: 本多氏, Hepburn: Honda-shi or Honda-uji) is a Japanese family that claims descent from the medieval court noble Fujiwara no Kanemichi.[1] The family settled in Mikawa and served the Matsudaira clan as retainers. Later, when the main Matsudaira family became the Tokugawa clan, the Honda rose in prestige. The clan includes thirteen branches who had daimyō status, and forty-five who had hatamoto status. Arguably the most famous member of the Honda clan was the 16th century samurai general Honda Shigetsugu and Honda Tadakatsu. Two of the major branches of the clan claim descent from Tadakatsu, or his close relative Honda Masanobu.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Honda.
Honda
本多
The emblem (mon) of the Honda clan
Home provinceMikawa
Parent houseFujiwara clan
Titles
Dissolutionstill extant

Origins

The Honda clan descended from the Fujiwara clan through Fujiwara no Kanemichi.[1] The clan was founded by Kanemichi's son, Akimitsu's 11th generation descendant, Honda Sukehide. Sukehide lived in Bungo Province (present-day Ōita Prefecture), Honda, and took the family name from his place of residence.[2]

History

Honda Sukehide's son Sukesada became a retainer to shogun Ashikaga Takauji. For his service to the Ashikaga shogunate, Sukesada was rewarded territory in the Owari Province.[2]

Honda Yasutoshi's second son, Tadasuke, became a hatamoto. During the time of Honda Tadahiro, during Bakumatsu, the clan was listed as a daimyo and established a 10,000 koku domain, the Nishibata Domain, in Mikawa Province.[3] On July 8, 1884, Honda Tadayuki was appointed Viscount.[4]

References
  1. Papinot, Edmond (1906). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon (in French). p. 199.
  2. Nihon dai hyakka zensho = Encyclopedia Nipponica 2001. Shōgakkan, 小学館 (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō. 1984–1989. 本多氏. ISBN 4-09-526001-7. OCLC 14970117.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Heisei shinshū kyū kazoku kakei taisei. Kasumi Kaikan. Kazoku Kakei Taisei Henshū Iinkai, 霞会館. 華族家系大成編輯委員会. (Dai 1-pan ed.). Tōkyō: Kasumi Kaikan. 1996. p. 518. ISBN 4-642-03670-9. OCLC 36257064.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. 『官報』第308号、明治17年7月9日。


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