Miyake clan

Miyake clan
三宅氏
Miyake clan crest
Home provinceMikawa
Parent house
Titlesdaimyō, viscount
Founder
  • Kojima Takanori (self-proclaimed)
  • Amenohiboko (self-proclaimed)
Final rulerMiyake Yasuyoshi
Founding year14th century
Dissolutionstill extant
Ruled until1873 (Abolition of the han system)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Miyake.

Miyake clan (三宅氏, Miyake-shi) were a samurai kin group which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period and the Edo period. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Miyake were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa clan. The Miyake were classified as one of the fudai daimyō clans.

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