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1 Status of Japanese Warring States Daimyo Surnames

The Warring States period had many world-famous Daimyo surnames, all of which were impressive in later generations. But how many modern Japanese actually use these daimyo surnames? Do any of these daimyo's descendants survive today?

Hokujo - currently used by a population of about 21,000, in terms of distribution throughout Japan. If they are from Kanagawa Prefecture (Sagami-kuni), they are more or less related to the post-Hokujo clans. Another large distribution is in Osaka Prefecture, where there are about a hundred people who are descendants of the Hojo family of the Hanoi Sayama clan in the Edo period, and are the direct descendants of the latter Hojo. The family of Kitajo Jikyo, the last lord of the clan, is still in existence today and has dealings with the Tenkoku family. The reason for this is that Kitajo Jikyo served as a close minister to Emperor Meiji after the Restoration. In Nagasaki, there are some families with the name of Hojo who are believed to be the descendants of the Nishikuni family, who were sent by the Hojo clan to defend Kyushu before the Kamakura Shogunate.

Tokugawa - There are currently about 20,000 of them. Most of these are more or less related to the Tokugawa's Gosan family, and there are many descendants of the Gosan family and the Gosan surname. Nearly 100 people in Tokyo who use the Tokugawa name are descendants of the last shogun, Tokugawa Keiki.

Oda - About 30,000 people use it. According to research, only one percent of them are related to the Owari Oda (Nobunaga clan), while most of the others are descendants of Oda clans that existed in other places. The Oda family name is now one of the top thousand in Japan.

Toyotomi - There are only about 40 people who use this surname. According to the evidence, those who used the Toyotomi family name were registered during the Meiji period when civilians were allowed to use the family name, and had nothing to do with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The reason for the use of this surname is that they wanted to be more or less related to Hideyoshi, isn't it?

Takeda - There are about 210,000 people who use this family name. It is distributed from Hokkaido to Kagoshima, but only one in a thousand people are even remotely related to the Kofu Takeda clan. There are also some in the Kansai region who are descended from the Danma Takeda.

Uesugi - There are about 25,000 people who use this surname. Currently there are more users in the Kanto region. It is said that the outer branches of the Echigo Uesugi clan (Kenshin and Kagekatsu) have survived and currently live in Tokyo.

Mouri - Currently used by 36,000 people. Users of this family name are distributed throughout Japan. The current direct line of Mouri also remains and lives in Tokyo.

Ida - Currently there are about 18,000 people who use this name. It is mainly found in the Kanto region and Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. The current head of the Date family in Sendai is Taizo Date, who is the 34th in line. He is currently working at the Date Memorial Museum. In the Uwajima Clan, there is also a direct descendant of the Date family, the twelfth generation of which is Date Soryu. Both families are currently in frequent contact with each other.

Shimazu - The family name is used by nearly 30,000 people, mainly in Kansai and Kyushu. The current head of the Shimazu family is Shuju Shimazu, who is the 32nd generation of the Shimazu family. The Shimazu family currently owns a large-scale general enterprise in Kagoshima Prefecture, which is mainly engaged in tourism, kindergarten education, pottery, glazed ware, museums, transportation, and construction. This enterprise has Shimazu directly as its company name.

Miyoshi - There are about 75,000 people. The distribution is all over Japan, and you can see people using the Miyoshi family name everywhere. Incidentally, last year I worked at a company where a coworker had the last name Miyoshi. He is a Japanese-Taiwanese hybrid and grew up in Taiwan. We all jokingly called him 'Miho Rice'. One day, I asked him if he knew about Miho Changqing or Miho Yi Ji, and he replied that he only knew Miho Sayaka (a certain photo actress). I don't know why, but at that moment I suddenly felt the urge to knock him out with a stick ......

Matsudaira - currently used by about eight thousand people. The distribution of the surname Matsudaira is widely dispersed, with traces of the surname found throughout Japan. It is more common in Aichi Prefecture and the Kanto region. The Matsudaira family name has deep roots in Tokugawa, and many Matsudaira people are more or less related to Tokugawa. It is said that male entertainer Ken Matsudaira (who plays the role of Yoshitsune, the general of Typhoon Square) is one of the Matsudaira clan of Mikawa.

The Matsumae-who currently number about 3,000-are dispersed throughout Eastern Japan. After the Meiji Restoration, some people with the original surname of Oyazaki also changed their surname to Matsumae. I don't know if it's because it's difficult to write the name Oyazaki.

Ashikaga - There are about 3,500 people who use this name. The distribution of the family name is all over Japan, but the Kanto region is still the most common. There are also some areas around Fukuoka where there are many Ashikaga people.

Asakura - There are about 30,000 people who use this family name. The distribution is mainly in the Kiuchi area, and it is easy to see the people who use this name in Kyoto and Osaka.

Asakura - Currently there are about 86,000 people using this name. Asakura is one of the top 500 family names in the world, and it is one of the largest family names in Japan. Asakura is found all over Japan.

Imagawa-There are about 20,000 people who use the name Imagawa, mainly in Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures on the Tokaido Road. However, most of the people who use this family name were registered as commoners after the Meiji Restoration, and are not related to the Imagawa family, which used to dominate the Tokaido.

Rokkaku - There are only about a thousand people left who use it, and they are scattered all over Japan.

Otomo-There are currently about thirty-seven thousand users. This family name can be found all over Japan, but the main areas of distribution are the Kyushu area and Hokkaido.

Minamoto - The originating ancestor of many of the great Takeshi family names, there are still more than 5,400 people using this name. This family name is now rare in Eastern Japan, while it is still concentrated in some parts of Western Japan.

Hira-another great Takeshi family name. Bizarrely, there are nearly 40,000 people who use this surname. This family name is now mainly found in the Tokai Koshin and Kanto regions. It is less likely to be found in Western Japan than in Gen.

Orange - One of the ancient surnames given out by the Emperor, there are still over 36,000 people using it. It is mainly found in the Kiuchi region.

Satomi - There are still more than 10,000 people using this name. The main area of distribution is still not the Kanto area.

Sasaki - This famous martial arts family name has been around since the Kamakura Shogunate period, and has since given rise to many other martial arts family names. There are currently 710,000 people using this surname throughout Japan, and it holds the 14th place in the list of surnames.

Nine Ghosts- About 3,600 people use it, and it is currently scattered throughout Japan.

Hondo - Nearly seventy-six thousand people use this surname throughout Japan. It is a standard common surname in Eastern Japan and is found mainly in the Aichi, Shizuoka, Kanagawa and Tokyo areas.

Southern - Currently, there are about 12,000 people using this name, mainly in Yamanashi and Iwate prefectures in Eastern Japan.

Ouchi - Currently there are more than 58,000 people using this family name. This family name is only found in the Chugoku and Kitakyushu regions. In the Chugoku region, Hiroshima Prefecture has the largest number of people.

Nagamune - This is a very rare surname, with only about 30 people registered as using it. The other family name, Kaemon Ibe, which is similar to Nagamune Ibe, is even rarer, with only about a dozen or so people registered.

There are about 40,000 surnames in Japan, many more than in neighboring China and Korea. According to folklorists, this may have a lot to do with the fact that Japanese people have long been known to take the name of a place, or a place of residence, as their family name.

Top 10 Japanese surnames in Japan

1 Sato - 1.93 million people

2 Suzuki - 1.71 million people

3 Takahashi - 1.46 million people

4 Tanaka - 1.336 million people

4 Tanaka -1,336,000 men

5 Watanabe - 1,135,000 men

6 Ito - 1,080,000 men

7 Yamamoto - 1,077,000 men

8 Nakamura -1,058,000 men

9 Kobayashi - 1,019,000 men

10 Saito - 980,000 men