Takenaka clan

In this Japanese name, the family name is Takenaka.

Takenaka clan 竹中氏
140px The emblem (mon) of the Takenaka clan
Home province	Mino Bungo
Parent house	Toki clan
Titles	Various
Founder	Takenaka Shigeuji

The Takenaka clan (竹中氏, Takenaka-shi) is a Japanese family descended from the Seiwa Genji line's Toki branch.

The family, with holdings in the Fuwa district of Mino Province, was founded by Iwate Shigeuji, who was the first to take the name Takenaka.

Perhaps most famed during the headship of the strategist Takenaka Shigeharu (Hanbei), the family became hatamoto under Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Edo era. Takenaka Shigekata, the family head in the Bakumatsu era, was a famous field commander during the Boshin War.

A branch of the Takenaka family was until 1634 daimyo of the Takada and then Funai Domains (Bungo province), before having its lands returned to the Shogunate.

External links

• (Japanese) Photos of the Takenaka clan's Edo-era residence of Iwate Castle