Yagyu Clan

Japanese: 柳生氏 - やぎゅううじ

A hereditary daimyo of Yamato Province in the Edo Period. It is said that the origins of the Yagyu clan date back to the Heian Period, when Sugawara Nagayoshi entered the area of Koyagyu-go (later Yagyu Village) in Yamato Province, which was located in present-day Nara City, as a magistrate. During the Sengoku Period, Muneyoshi became independent and established the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu school. He began by teaching swordsmanship to Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1594, and later became the swordsmanship instructor for the Tokugawa Shogunate. In 1636, Munenori became a daimyo with 10,000 koku of rice, which was later increased to 12,500 koku, but as the territory was divided among his family, Munenori's son, Jubei Mitsuyoshi, became a hatamoto with 8,300 koku of rice. In 1668, Munefuyu, the younger brother of Sangenji, was again ranked as a feudal lord with 10,000 koku of rice. He became the lord of the Yagyu clan, which held 10,000 koku of rice in the Soekami and Yamabe districts of Yamato Province and the Soraku district of Yamashiro Province, and this succession continued for generations until the Meiji Restoration. → Yagyu Munegen / Yagyu Munenori / Yagyu Jubei / Yagyu Munefuyu / Yagyu school → Related topics Yagyu

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Japanese:

江戸時代の大和国の譜代(ふだい)大名。平安時代，現在の奈良市にあった大和国小楊生(こやぎゅう)郷（のちの柳生村）に菅原永珍(ながよし)が代官として入部したのが始まりという。戦国期に宗厳(むねよし)が自立し，柳生新陰流(しんかげりゅう)を興した。1594年徳川家康に剣術を伝授したのに始まり，のち徳川将軍家の剣術師範となる。1636年宗矩(むねのり)が１万石の大名に列し，のち１万2500石まで加増されるが，一族に所領を分割したため，宗矩の子十兵衛三厳(みつよし)は8300石の旗本(はたもと)となる。1668年三厳の弟宗冬が再び１万石の大名に列し，以後大和国添上(そえかみ)郡・山辺(やまべ)郡および山城国相楽(そうらく)郡で１万石を領有する柳生藩の藩主となり，代々世襲して明治維新に至る。→柳生宗厳／柳生宗矩／柳生十兵衛／柳生宗冬／柳生流
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