Tendō clan

The Tendō clan (天童氏, Tendō-shi) was a Japanese kin group in Dewa Province during the Sengoku Period and Edo period.[1]

In this Japanese name, the surname is Tendō.

History

The clan claimed descent from Shiba Kaneyori.

The castle town of Tendō was the clan center.[2]

Leaders of the clan were patrons of Hiroshige.[1]

See also
  • Naomasa Nakahachi

References
  1. King, James. (2010). Beyond the Great Wave: the Japanese Landscape Print, 1727-1960, p. 90.
  2. Baedeker. (2012). Japan, p. 561; Hotta, Anne and Yoko Ishiguro. (1986). A guide to Japanese hot springs, p. 192.


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