Imagawa 今川
The emblem (mon) of the Imagawa clan
Home province	Suruga Tōtōmi Mikawa
Parent house	Ashikaga clan
Titles	Various
Founder	Imagawa Kuniuji (Ashikaga Kuniuji)
Founding year	13th century
Cadet branches	Horikoshi clan Sena clan

Imagawa clan (Japanese:今川氏,Hepburn:Imagawa-uji) was aJapanesesamuraiclan that claimed descent from theSeiwa Genji by way of theKawachi Genji. It was a branch of theMinamoto clan by theAshikaga clan.

Ashikaga Kuniuji, grandson ofAshikaga Yoshiuji, established himself in the 13th century at Imagawa (Mikawa Province) and took its name.

Imagawa Norikuni (1295–1384) received the provinces of Tōtōmi, and later Suruga, from his cousin ShōgunAshikaga Takauji

Ounami no Kori, Mikawa (modern dayNishio, Aichi) mainlySuruga Province andTōtōmi Province during the Warring States period

• Two hikiryou
• Yoshimoto's version of the akaitori (pictured)
• Two hikiryou and a paulownia planted in white soil

• Imagawa Sadayo
• Imagawa Yoshitada
• Imagawa Ujichika
• Imagawa Ujiteru
• Imagawa Yoshimoto
• Imagawa Ujizane

• Imagawa Sadayo, was a renowned Japanese poet and military commander who served astandai ("constable") ofKyūshū under theAshikaga bakufu from 1371 to 1395.

During theSengoku period in the 1540s and 1550s, Yoshimoto Imagawa attempted to establish his clan as the strongest in eastern Japan. However, after the death of Yoshimoto at theBattle of Okehazama in 1560, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Once a powerful clan. Within a decade, the clan had lost its entire land holdings to theTokugawa andTakeda clans. The Imagawa subsequently becamemasters of ceremonies in the service of the Tokugawa clan.^[1]

Separated by province name.

• Suruga Province: Imagawa Kan (later known asSunpu Castle),Shizuhatayama Castle,Mochifune Castle,Tanaka Castle
• Tōtōmi Province:Kakegawa Castle, Takatenjin Castle (ja),Futamata Castle,Inui Castle,Hamamatsu Castle,Utsuyama Castle.
• Mikawa Province:Yoshida Castle,Tahara Castle,Okazaki Castle,Anjō Castle
• Owari Province:Katsukake Castle,Ōdaka Castle,Narumi Castle

• Shinagawa Takahisa, the son ofImagawa Ujizane. He was ahatamoto and served theTokugawa clan.
• Imagawa Norinobu, an Imagawa of the late Edo period, was awakadoshiyori in the Tokugawa administration.

Suruga

Tōtōmi

Tōtōmi (Horikoshi branch)

Tōtōmi (Sena branch)

• Jukei-ni
• Lady Tsukiyama
• Lady Hayakawa

Imagawa is a playable nation inEuropa Universalis IV.

• (in Japanese)"Suruga Imagawa-shi" on Harimaya.com (12 July 2008)

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• Ashikaga clan

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