Arakawa clan explained

The was a Japanese samurai family which descended from Minamoto no Tsunemoto (894–961)[1] of the Seiwa-Genji.[2]

History

Arakawa was the original surname of the family which began calling itself "Ina clan" when it moved to the Ina region in Shinano Province in modern-day Nagano Prefecture. This move was ordered by the Ashikaga shogunate in the 15th century.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Takahashi, Tomoko T. (2011). Samurai and Cotton: A Story of Two Life Journeys in Japan and America, p. 7.
  2. [Edmund Papinot|Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph]

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