Daidōji family

The Daidōji clan were a Japanese samurai kin group in the Kamakura period.[1]

History

The Daidōji were descendants of the Taira.[1]

Daidōji Masashige was the governor of Suruga Province with an annual income of 180,000 koku. In 1590, his forces were defeated by Maeda Toshiie. In 1591, Masahige killed himself (harakiri).[1]

Notable clan leaders
  • Daidōji Shigeoki
  • Daidōji Masashige[1]

References
  1. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Daidōji," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 4; retrieved 2013-5-3.



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