Mr. Suganuma

Japanese: 菅沼氏 - すがぬまうじ

A samurai family of the early modern period. They lived in Suganuma, Tsukude Village, in the mountains of eastern Mikawa in the middle of the Muromachi period, and called themselves the Suganuma clan. Around Tenbun, they moved south to the plains of the Toyokawa River basin, and became powerful local lords in eastern Mikawa. During this time, they repeatedly submitted to and defected from the Matsudaira clan (Tokugawa clan) and the Imagawa clan, and after Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Mikawa, they became his loyal subordinates. In particular, Sadamitsu of the Noda Suganuma clan was highly trusted, and was given 10,000 koku in Abo, Kozuke Province, when he entered the Kanto region. During the time of his grandson Sadaaki, who had no heir, the 40,000 koku of Tanba Kameyama Castle was stripped away, and his two younger brothers were given 10,000 koku in Mikawa Province, and became hatamoto (samurai vassals) through alternating meetings.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近世の武家。室町時代の中ごろ東三河の山間の作手（つくで）村菅沼に住し，菅沼氏を称する。天文ごろ，豊川流域の平野部まで南下し，東三河の有力な国人領主となった。この間，松平氏(徳川氏)と今川氏との間に服属，離反を繰り返し，徳川家康の三河統一後はその忠実な部将となった。とくに野田菅沼氏の定盈（さだみつ）は信任が厚く，関東入国時，上野国阿保で1万石を与えられる。孫定昭のとき嗣子なく丹波亀山城4万石は除封され，弟2人は三河国に1万石を与えられ交代寄合，旗本となった。

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