Arakawa clan

The Arakawa clan (荒川氏, Arakawa-shi) 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]

References

^ ^a ^b Takahashi, Tomoko T. (2011). Samurai and Cotton: A Story of Two Life Journeys in Japan and America, p. 7.
^ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Ina" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 15; retrieved 2013-4-11.

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[takahashi7-1] Takahashi, Tomoko T. (2011). Samurai and Cotton: A Story of Two Life Journeys in Japan and America, p. 7.

[papinot15-2] Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Ina" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 15; retrieved 2013-4-11.

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