Katagiri clan

The Katagiri clan (Japanese: 片桐氏 Katagiri-shi) were a family of Japanese swordsmen (Buke) from Ōmi Province, derived from the Seiwa Genji. During the Edo Period, they belonged to the Tozama daimyō.

Katagiri clan 片桐氏
Coat of arms of the Katagiri clan
Home province	Ōmi Province
Parent house	Imperial House of Japan
Founder	Katagiri Yoshiki
Final ruler	Katagiri Sadaatsu
Founding year	16-17th century
Dissolution	July 15, 1871

List of daimyō

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	kokudaka
Katagiri clan, 1600 - 1871 (Tozama daimyō)
1	Katagiri Sadataka (片桐 貞隆)	1600 - 1627	Chief (チーフ)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	11,000 koku
2	Katagiri Sadamasa (片桐 定政)	1627 - 1673	Lower Stone Watcher (ロウワーストーンウォッチャー)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	11,000 koku
3	Katagiri Sadafusa (片桐定房)	1674 - 1710	Chief (チーフ)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	10,000 koku
4	Katagiri Sadaoki (さだ沖 片桐)	1710 - 1741	Lower Stone Watcher (ロウワーストーンウォッチャー)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	16,000 koku
5	Katagiri Sadanari (片桐 定成)	1741 - 1750	Chief (チーフ)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	11,000 koku
6	Katagiri Sadayoshi (貞能 片桐)	1750 - 1787	Lower Stone Watcher (ロウワーストーンウォッチャー)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	10,000 koku
7	Katagiri Sadaaki (貞顕 片桐)	1787 - 1822	Shuzensho (修繕書)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	11,000 koku
8	Katagiri Sadanobu (定信 片桐)	1822 - 1841	Sekimonomi (セキモノミ)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	16,000 koku
9	Katagiri Sadanaka (定中 片桐)	1841 - 1843	Sado no kami (佐渡 の 髪)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	16,000 koku
10	Katagiri Sadateru (貞光 片桐)	1843 - 1862	Ishimonomi (医師も飲み)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	10,000 koku
11	Katagiri Sadatoshi (貞利 片桐)	1862	None (なし)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	10,000 koku
12	Katagiri Sadaatsu (さだ圧 片桐)	1862 - 1871	None (なし)	Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)	10,000 koku

History

Middle Ages

Claiming to be of the noble lineage of the Taira, Minamoto, and Fujiwara clans, the Katagiri clan originated from Katagiri in Inada District, Shinano Province. According to the "Kanemasa Chikujō Keizu," the Katagiri family, who were prominent landowners in the Inada District of Shinano Province during the late Heian period, later moved to Ōmi as a branch of the Katagiri clan, adopting the name "Katagiri."

In the Azuma Kagami, it is recorded that Katagiri Yasukage, who inherited Kagemasa's position, was granted a favor directly from Minamoto no Yoritomo, and the territories that had been confiscated by the Taira clan were returned after more than 20 years (around June 23, 1184, Juei 3).

During the Jōkyū War, the Katagiri clan, under the command of the Kosaka and Mutō clans, advanced along the Nakasendō as part of the Shogunate army heading to Kyoto. At this time, Katagiri Genta, Tarō, and Matatarō fought valiantly against the forces of the Kyoto Protectorate, Iga Mitsukiyo, who encircled them. Katagiri Saburō's activities in the "Jōkyūki" are depicted as the battle at Kanzan in Owari Province.

As a reward for their service during the Jōkyū War, they were granted land in Hikonogo, Gifu Province, as a substitute for Yasukage. Subsequently, they settled in Takatsukimura, Ika District, Ōmi Province (now Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture), where they established their domain.

Early Modern Period

Katagiri Katumoto

During the Sengoku period, the head of the Katagiri clan, Katagiri Katsumoto, became a retainer of the Azai clan, the feudal lords of northern Ōmi. After the fall of the Asai clan, Katsumoto's son, Katagiri Sadataka, served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi as one of the "Seven Spears of Shizugatake" and gained favor, receiving 50,000 koku (a unit of measure for rice, representing wealth) in Settsu Province. He was subsequently included among the daimyō. After the Battle of Sekigahara, Sadataka served as an advisor and elder to Toyotomi Hideyori. While receiving a fief of 50,000 koku from the Toyotomi clan, he also received land from the Tokugawa family, including Omi and Kameyama Castle, becoming a special case that received support from both the Tokugawa shogunate and the Toyotomi family. However, just before the outbreak of the Siege of Osaka, he retreated from Osaka Castle. After the Siege of Osaka, his fief was increased to 40,000 koku, but during the time of his grandson, Katagiri Sadamasa, the fief was confiscated due to Sadamasa's unyielding attitude.

On the other hand, Sadataka's younger brother, Katagiri Sadahisa, was given 10,000 koku in Koizumi, Yamato Province (now Koizumi-cho, Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture), and established the Koizumi Domain, which was later increased to 16,600 koku. Sadahisa's child, Sadamichi, became the second feudal lord of the Koizumi Domain. Sadamichi's child, Sadamune, was known as a tea master and the founder of the Katagiri school of tea ceremony, and his descendants maintained the domain. Although the Koizumi Domain eventually faced the threat of being abolished, it survived through adopting heirs twice. Additionally, the Koizumi Domain was divided into 3,000 koku for Sadamune's family and 1,000 koku for his younger son Sadamitsu, who became the founder of the Shimotakada Katagiri family. The Katagiri family continued to exist as hatamoto (direct retainers of the shogunate) until the Meiji Restoration.

Around the first year of the Genji era, Felice Beato photographed a panorama of Edo from Atagoyama, capturing the mansion of the Katagiri family of the Koizumi Domain in the center of the image.

Post-Meiji era

Katagiri Sadaatsu, final daimyō of the Koizumi Domain

The last Koizumi feudal lord, Katagiri Sadaatsu, was appointed as the governor of the Koizumi Domain on June 23, 1869, and served as the governor of the domain until their abolition on July 15, 1871.

Literature

• Hashiba, Akira: Koizumi jinyao in: Miura, Masayuki (Hrsg.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2.
• Takahashi, Ken‘ichi: Katagiri-ke. In: Kamon – Hatamoto hachiman koma. Akita Shoten, 1976.
• Edmond Papinot: Katagiri. In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 version. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8.