Mr. Wakizaka

Japanese: 脇坂氏 - わきざかうじ

A feudal lord in the early modern period. Azai Hidemasa's great-grandson Norimunesa became a lower-ranking official in Wakisaka Manor in Azai County, Omi Province, and is said to have taken the name Wakisaka. The fifth head of the clan, Yasuaki, was killed in the Battle of Kannonji in Omi Province in 1568 (Eiroku 11). His son Yasuharu served Toyotomi Hideyoshi and achieved many military feats, but defected to the Tokugawa side in the Battle of Sekigahara, and in 1609 (Keicho 14) was granted a fief of 53,000 koku in Ozu, Iyo Province. Yasuharu's son Yasumoto moved to Iida in Shinano Province in 1615 (Genwa 1), and his son Yasumasa moved to Tatsuno in Harima Province (Tatsuno Domain) with 53,000 koku in 1672 (Kanbun 12), and his descendants continued to make him a viscount until the Meiji period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近世大名。浅井秀政の曾孫教政が近江国浅井郡脇坂荘の下司となり，脇坂氏を称したという。5世安明は1568年(永禄11)近江国観音寺合戦で討死。その子安治は豊臣秀吉に仕え，幾多の戦功をあげたが，関ヶ原の戦では徳川方に寝返り，1609年(慶長14)伊予大洲5万3000石を襲封。安治の子安元は15年(元和1)信濃国飯田に転じ，その子安政は72年(寛文12)播磨国竜野5万3000石(竜野藩)に移り，子孫相承して明治に至り子爵となる。

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