The Nagai clan[1] (永井氏, Nagai-shi), was a prominent samurai and aristocratic lineage in Japan. During the Sengoku period[2], they served under the Tokugawa clan and in the Edo period[3], three branches of the clan became hereditary daimyō, and following the Meiji Restoration[4], all three branches were ennobled as viscount (子爵, shishaku) families within the peerage system.

Nagai clan
永井氏
Mon of the Nagai clan
Home provinceMikawa Province
TitlesSamurai, Peerage
FounderNagai Naokatsu
Final rulerVarious
Founding year1616
DissolutionJuly 1871
Ruled until1871, Abolition of the han system

History

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The Nagai clan traces its lineage back to the Nagata clan [ja], with its origins linked to the Taira clan[5]. The clan relocated to Mikawa Province[6] where they entered the service of Matsudaira Hirotada.

Nagai Naokatsu achieved military success at the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute[7], which earned him additional stipends and, in 1622, the Koga Domain in Shimōsa Province[8] with 72,000 koku. His son, Nagai Naomasa, became a senior councilor and was awarded the Yodo Domain[9] in Yamashiro Province with 100,000 koku in 1633. Nagai Naokatsu’s second son received increased stipends, becoming the daimyō of Takatsuki Domain in Settsu Province[10] with 36,000 koku in 1649. Nagai Naomasa’s son, was granted 20,000 koku, later becoming the daimyō of Kano Domain in Mino Province with 32,000 koku. These domains persisted until the abolition of the han system[11], and the establishment of prefectures.

The Nagai clan’s fief was reduced and transferred to the Miyazu Domain in Tango Province[12] with 73,600 koku in 1668. During the Meiji Restoration, the last daimyōs of the Kushira, Takatsuki, and Kano Domains were made governors and later ennobled as viscounts. The Nagai clan maintained residences in Nishinomiya. Nagai Naoyuki, a notable figure from a the Nagai clan, served in various high-ranking positions during the late Edo[13]and Meiji[14] periods.

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References

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  7. ^ Glenn, Chris (2021-11-24). The Battle of Sekigahara: The Greatest, Bloodiest, Most Decisive Samurai Battle Ever. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-3990-1414-4.
  8. ^ Berna, Cristina; Thomsen, Eric. Hiroshige Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces. Missy´s Clan.
  9. ^ Makimura, Yasuhiro (2017-06-15). Yokohama and the Silk Trade: How Eastern Japan Became the Primary Economic Region of Japan, 1843–1893. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-5560-9.
  10. ^ Takekoshi, Yosaburō (2004). The Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-32380-2.
  11. ^ Lu, David J. (2016-12-14). Japan: A Documentary History: A Documentary History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-46714-4.
  12. ^ Breen, John; Teeuwen, Mark (2013-10-18). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-82697-9.
  13. ^ Nishiyama, Kazuo (1997-04-01). Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600–1868. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1850-0.
  14. ^ Jansen, Marius B. (1995-09-29). The Emergence of Meiji Japan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-48405-3.