Kikkawa clan

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Kikkawa clan
吉川氏
Marunouchinimitsuhikiryo.svg
The emblem (mon) of the Kikkawa clan
Home province Izumo
Suō
Titles Samurai
Daimyo


Kikkawa clan (吉川氏 Kikkawa-shi?) was a samurai clan of Japan's Sengoku period. The most famous member of the clan is likely Kikkawa Motoharu (1530-1586), one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's generals, who was adopted into the family. Along with the Kobayakawa clan, the Kikkawa played an important role in Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign (1586-7), and later became daimyo in Izumo province and Iwakuni after that.

Clan members of note

References

  • Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.

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