Akizuki clan

The Akizuki clan (秋月氏, Akizuki-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled Takanabe Domain of what is now part of Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu Japan under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. In the Meiji period, the former daimyō became part of the kazoku peerage, with Tsugaru Tsuguakira receiving the title of shishaku (Viscount).

Akizuki clan
秋月
Akizuki clan emblem
Home provinceChikuzen
Parent houseŌkura clan
TitlesVarious
FounderAsakura Taneo
Current headAkizuki Tanetaka (秋月 種高)
Founding year1202
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