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===Indirect Ōkubo ''kazoku'' lines=== |
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*[[Ōkubo Toshimichi]], 1830–1878—1st [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Finance Minister]] and 1st [[Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan)|Home Minister]] of [[Emperor Meiji|Meiji]]'s government.<ref>Röhl, William. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=47yhjgB-XhgC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=okubo+clan&source=web&ots=4TWJquMumZ&sig=MtMUjBrUK6UtBWuQi7tGomDhdp8&hl=en ''History of Law in Japan Since 1868'', p. 98;] Acton, John ''et al.'' (1906). [https://books.google.com/books?id=INksAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA864&lpg=PA864&dq=okubo+clan&source=web&ots=0iJfbtfrzI&sig=gkyZCJlaosoYPnADSpmc_z-3vXU&hl=en#PPA865,M1 ''The Cambridge Modern History'', p. 865.] London: [[Macmillan & Company]]</ref> ''[[Genrō]].''<ref>McLaren, Walter. (1966). [https://books.google.com/books?id=1hQ2m17oPE8C&pg=PT121&lpg=PT121&dq=okubo+genro&source=web&ots=zFLua8N0MZ&sig=dibKZ1oTB2R0n0OzvjslFTfwggM&hl=en#PPT121,M1 ''A Political History of Japan: During the Meiji Era, |
*[[Ōkubo Toshimichi]], 1830–1878—1st [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Finance Minister]] and 1st [[Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan)|Home Minister]] of [[Emperor Meiji|Meiji]]'s government.<ref>Röhl, William. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=47yhjgB-XhgC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=okubo+clan&source=web&ots=4TWJquMumZ&sig=MtMUjBrUK6UtBWuQi7tGomDhdp8&hl=en ''History of Law in Japan Since 1868'', p. 98;] Acton, John ''et al.'' (1906). [https://books.google.com/books?id=INksAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA864&lpg=PA864&dq=okubo+clan&source=web&ots=0iJfbtfrzI&sig=gkyZCJlaosoYPnADSpmc_z-3vXU&hl=en#PPA865,M1 ''The Cambridge Modern History'', p. 865.] London: [[Macmillan & Company]]</ref> ''[[Genrō]].''<ref>McLaren, Walter. (1966). [https://books.google.com/books?id=1hQ2m17oPE8C&pg=PT121&lpg=PT121&dq=okubo+genro&source=web&ots=zFLua8N0MZ&sig=dibKZ1oTB2R0n0OzvjslFTfwggM&hl=en#PPT121,M1 ''A Political History of Japan: During the Meiji Era, 1867–1912,'' p. 117]</ref> was the son of a low-ranking [[samurai]] in the service of the [[Satsuma clan]] in [[Kagoshima]]. He claimed descent from a branch of the Ōkubo clan who migrated to [[Satsuma Province]] from [[Kyoto]] during the [[Sengoku period]]. For his services to the [[Meiji government]], he was made a [[marquess]] (''koshaku'') under the kazoku peerage in 1884.<ref name="p46"/> |
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* In 1877, a former samurai from Suruga Province, [[Ōkubo Ichio]] (1817–1888) was ennobled as a "Viscount" under the kazoku system.<ref name="p46"/> Ōkubo Ichio had served as councilor to the last five Tokugawa ''shōguns'', and during the [[Boshin War]], had served as an emissary for [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] to negotiate the surrender of [[Edo]] to imperial forces. Under the [[Meiji government]], he served as appointed governor of Shizuoka (1870) and Kyoto (1875), and as a member of the ''[[Genrōin]]'' (1877). He was also known as Ōkubo Tadahiro. |
* In 1877, a former samurai from Suruga Province, [[Ōkubo Ichio]] (1817–1888) was ennobled as a "Viscount" under the kazoku system.<ref name="p46"/> Ōkubo Ichio had served as councilor to the last five Tokugawa ''shōguns'', and during the [[Boshin War]], had served as an emissary for [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] to negotiate the surrender of [[Edo]] to imperial forces. Under the [[Meiji government]], he served as appointed governor of Shizuoka (1870) and Kyoto (1875), and as a member of the ''[[Genrōin]]'' (1877). He was also known as Ōkubo Tadahiro. |
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Ōkubo clan crest
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Home province | Mikawa |
Parent house | Fujiwara clan via the Utsunomiya clan |
Titles | daimyō, viscount |
Founder | Ōkubo Tadatoshi |
Final ruler | Ōkubo Tadayoshi (II) |
Founding year | 15th century |
Dissolution | still extant |
Ruled until | 1873 (Abolition of the han system) |
Cadet branches | four cadet branches to the Meiji Restoration |
The Ōkubo clan (大久保氏, Ōkubo-shi) were a samurai kin group which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period and the Edo periods.[1] Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ōkubo, as hereditary vassels of the Tokugawa clan, were classified as one of the fudai daimyō clans.[2]
The Ōkubo clan traces its origins to 16th century Mikawa Province.[2] The Ōkubo claimed descent from the Utsunomiya clan, descendants of Fujiwara no Michikane (955–995).[3] Ōkubo Tadatoshi (1499–1581) and his younger brother Ōkubo Tadakazu (1511–1583) were the first to abandon the Utaunomiya name for "Ōkubo". Both brothers were among the seven closest retainers of Matsudaira Hirotada, the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The head of this clan, Ōkubo Tadanori line was ennobled as a viscount ("shishaku") in the kazoku peerage system.[3]