Oda Ujiharu (小田 氏治) (1534–1602) was a warlord of the Japanese province of Hitachi during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. Ujiharu was the son of...

Hitachi Province (常陸国, Hitachi no Kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture. It was sometimes called Jōshū (常州). Hitachi Province...

served as middle-class kuge in the Imperial Court of Kyoto. The Oda clan at the time of Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) also claimed Taira descent, they were descendants...

emperor Seiwa; origin of many samurai clans. Kawachi Genji (河内源氏) – descended from Minamoto no Yorinobu; origin of Hitachi Genji (常陸源氏), Ishikawa Genji (石川源氏);...

within the clan also became precarious (as he did not fully inherit the clan leadership position); in 1582, two of his relatives defected to the Oda/Tokugawa...

when it was attacked by lord Oda Nobunaga. Another division of the clan whom many believed became extinct is the Saikyū clan (細九氏). The Hosokawa of Kokura...

the Oda clan, Hitachi with Oda Castle, was the most powerful. The Oda clan was a cadet branch of the Hatta clan, who were the shugo of Hitachi Province...

include the supplanting of the Hosokawa clan by the Miyoshi, the Toki by the Saitō, and the Shiba clan by the Oda clan, which was in turn replaced by its underling...

the Mito Tokugawa family or simply the Mito clan. Mito Domain, was a Japanese domain of the Edo-period Hitachi Province. In 1657, a Mitogaku was created...

(1185–1333) by Isa Tomomune who originally came from the Isa district of Hitachi Province (now Ibaraki Prefecture), and was a descendant of Fujiwara no...

Japanese daimyō who served the Oda clan. Nagashige was the eldest son of Niwa Nagahide and married the 5th daughter of Oda Nobunaga. He took part in his...

Province in 1616, and subsequently to Tsuchiura Domain (Hitachi Province) from 1617-1649. The clan then ruled Tanaka Domain (Suruga Province) from 1649-1679...

(Izumo-taisha) Important Traditional Building Preservation Area Ōmori (Ōda City) Yunotsu (Ōda City) Iwami dialect Unpaku dialect (Izumo dialect, Oki dialect,...

Shiba clan, who were the shugo of Owari Province. The clan rose to prominence in the Sengoku period. Niwa Nagahide became a senior retainer of Oda Nobunaga...

Watari districts of the Mutsu Province, Kikuta, Iwaki districts of the Hitachi Province are incorporated into Iwaki Province (718). 801, Mutsu was conquered...

retainer of the Azai clan of Ōmi Province. Starting his career as an officer of the Azai clan, he later defected to the Oda clan shortly before the fall...

ninth shoguns were from the imperial lineage. Oda Nobunaga, who claimed to be a descendant of the Taira clan, was approached for the position of shogun a...

and taken by Oda Nobunaga, leading to the downfall of the Asai clan. Sugoin-in, along with her mother Oichi and sisters, was rescued by Oda Nobunaga's forces...

Ietsuna was relocated to Nagashima from Shimodate Domain in Hitachi Province, and the Masuyama clan continued to rule from Nagashima stole until the Meiji...

historically the Dewa and the Michinoku regions, a term first recorded in Hitachi-no-kuni Fudoki (常陸国風土記) (654). There is some variation in modern usage...

hirayama-style Kamakura period Japanese castle located in the Makabe District, Hitachi Province in what is now the city of Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the...

under Oda Nobunaga against inhabitants of Iga, at Iga province. In 1582, Nagamasa also accompanied Hideyoshi in his campaign against the Mōri clan, at Siege...

Chikafusa was defeated at Oda Castle, he sought shelter at Daihō Castle and recognized the Shimotsuma clan as shugo of Hitachi Province before escaping...

Tsuchiya clan. During the Sengoku period, the area around Tsuchiura was controlled by the Oda clan, who were later destroyed by the Yūki clan. After the...

area around Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture is the Joso plateau and Hitachi plateau. Gunma Prefecture and the Chichibu region of Saitama Prefecture...

The Yamaguchi clan was a junior branch of the Ōuchi clan and originated in what is now Yamaguchi Prefecture. Yamaguchi Shigemasa served Oda Nobukatsu and...

Endō clan, who pledged fealty to Oda Nobunaga, followed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Under Hideyoshi, they were reduced to serve under the Inaba clan; however...

the Yuki clan based at Shirakawa, who were allied with the Ashina clan of Aizu. The area was constantly contested by the Satake clan of Hitachi Province...

Hosokawa clan. Hosokawa Okimoto was the second son of Hosokawa Fujitaka, a noted retainer of the Ashikaga shōguns. He was awarded Tango Province by Oda Nobunaga...

Yoshishige consolidated the Satake's hold over Hitachi and fought with such local houses as the Ashina, Oda, and Naya. While he would take Shirakawa Castle...