Mr. Katagiri

Japanese: 片桐氏 - かたぎりうじ

A feudal lord in the early modern period. It is said that they originated in Katagiri, Ina, Shinano Province, and took that as their surname. At the end of the Sengoku period, they moved to Omi during the time of Tameyori, and his great-grandson Naosada became a vassal of the Azai clan. His son Katsumoto served the Toyotomi clan, becoming lord of Ibaraki Castle in Settsu and Tatsuta Castle in Yamato under the Tokugawa clan, and was assigned 40,000 koku of rice after the Summer Siege of Osaka. His son Takatoshi had no stepchildren, so his younger brother Tamemoto inherited, but his fief was reduced to 10,000 koku. The lineage died out during the reign of his grandson Sadanari. Katsumoto's younger brother Sadataka was granted a fief of 16,400 koku in Koizumi, Yamato. Many heads of the family were appointed as Shuzen-no-sho or Iwami-no-kami. After the Meiji Restoration, he became a viscount. [Kato Mariko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近世大名。信濃国伊那片桐より興り，それを氏としたという。戦国末，為頼のとき近江に移り，曾孫直貞は浅井氏家臣となる。その子且元は豊臣氏に仕えて摂津茨木城主，徳川氏の下で大和竜田城主となり，大坂夏の陣の後4万石をあてがわれた。その子孝利に継子なく，弟為元が相続したが，1万石に減封。その孫貞就の代で断絶した。且元の弟貞隆は大和小泉に1万6400石を領した。当主は多く主膳正，石見守に任じた。維新後，子爵。【加藤真理子】

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