For a full list of clans, see Japanese Clans.
The Akamatsu Family (赤松氏) was a descendant clan of the Minamoto, founded by Akamatsu Norimura in 1336 after he allied with Ashikaga Takauji to fight the Kamakura Shōgunate; later being made shugo of Harima. One of four families eligible to head the Samurai Dokoro under the Muromachi Shōgunate, it was all but destroyed after the Kakitsu Incident of 1441.
They were one of only four families who were eligible to head the Samurai Dokoro (Board of Retainers) during the Muromachi Shōgunate.1
The family was all but destroyed by the Yamana and Hosokawa Families in 1441 after Akamatsu Mitsusuke assassinated the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori. This was known as the Kakitsu Incident.
They did regain some power afterwards but finally lost their domain in 1521 after being attacked and defeated by their vassals, the Uragami Family.1
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Members
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- Akamatsu Mitsusuke (1373–1441)
- Akamatsu Noriyasu
- Akamatsu Norimura (1277–1350)
- Akamatsu Norisuke (1311–1371)
- Akamatsu Yoshinori (1358–1427)
Footnotes
1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
