The Imagawa clan (今川氏) were descendants of the Seiwa Genji, the most successful branch of warriors from the Minamoto clan. Their roots are said to have began when the Ashikaga shogunate desired to separate itself from the Kira family sometime in the mid 12th century. The reasons for the split are highly debated and generally unclear. The popular account writes that the Ashikaga desired to have its own separate family apart from various official positions and so created the Imagawa. Yoshimoto claimed that they were direct descendants of a distinguished Minamoto general and their rule naturally gained power over time. Kuniuji is generally seen as the clan's founder, even though other warriors with the same family name also obtained high regard. Norinobu was the last leader and, since his hei
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| - The Imagawa clan (今川氏) were descendants of the Seiwa Genji, the most successful branch of warriors from the Minamoto clan. Their roots are said to have began when the Ashikaga shogunate desired to separate itself from the Kira family sometime in the mid 12th century. The reasons for the split are highly debated and generally unclear. The popular account writes that the Ashikaga desired to have its own separate family apart from various official positions and so created the Imagawa. Yoshimoto claimed that they were direct descendants of a distinguished Minamoto general and their rule naturally gained power over time. Kuniuji is generally seen as the clan's founder, even though other warriors with the same family name also obtained high regard. Norinobu was the last leader and, since his hei
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- Two hikiryou and a paulownia planted in white soil
- Yoshimoto's version of the akaitori
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| - Ounami no Kori, Mikawa
- mainly Suruga and Tōtōmi provinces during the Warring States period
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| - Sadayo, Ujichika, Yoshimoto, Ujizane
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| - The Imagawa clan (今川氏) were descendants of the Seiwa Genji, the most successful branch of warriors from the Minamoto clan. Their roots are said to have began when the Ashikaga shogunate desired to separate itself from the Kira family sometime in the mid 12th century. The reasons for the split are highly debated and generally unclear. The popular account writes that the Ashikaga desired to have its own separate family apart from various official positions and so created the Imagawa. Yoshimoto claimed that they were direct descendants of a distinguished Minamoto general and their rule naturally gained power over time. Kuniuji is generally seen as the clan's founder, even though other warriors with the same family name also obtained high regard. Norinobu was the last leader and, since his heir died young, the clan ended with his death in 1887. The hikiryou (also called hiryou, hiryu or hitamashii) has no definite meaning or translation. According to legend, the horizontal line has various meanings to the people who used it. One states that it shows the splitting of a human soul, others reason that it could be a dragon and its tail, and the third common interpretation is that it divides the sun and moon apart. The akaitori (赤鳥, lit: red chicken) is said to have been fashioned after a woman's comb. There is also another story stating that a woman once rode a horse and her long robes fluttered in the wind, thus creating the comb-like shape. Miraculously, the steed ran so fast that the woman's clothes were not filthy from the ride.
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