Daimyo flags - Mutsu (Japan)

Last modified: 2023-07-08 by zachary harden
Keywords: mutsu | kuni: mutsu | daimyo | sun: yellow | mon: swastika | matsushita shigetsuna | katou yoshiaki | tsugaru nobuhito | nanbu toshinao |
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• Matsushita Shigetsuna
• Katou Yoshiaki
• Tsugaru Nobuhiro
• Nanbu Toshinao

Daimyos of this area who ruled multiple kuni

• Date Masamune
• Uesugi Kagekatsu

See also:

• Japan
• Daimyo flags, 15th - 17th century

Matsushita Shigetsuna

1579-1627

Personal flag

by Jaume Ollé

War flag

by Jaume Ollé

In 1598, he succeeded to the family and became the lord of Kuno Castle in Omi Province, and After 1600, he was given 50,000 goku in Mutsu Province for his activities in the Battle of Sekigahara and the Osaka Summer Campaign. The war banner has black background with two crossed gold stripes. It symbolizes the protection of a castle or house in the form of crossed building materials. The general’s standard (Umajirushi in japanese) has black background with two crossed gold stripes in square shape.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 February 2023

Katou Yoshiaki

1563-1631

War flag

by Jaume Ollé

Served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and commanded naval forces. He became the lord of Matsuyama Castle in Iyo Province. In the Battle of Sekigahara, he served on the Tokugawa side and was given 400,000 provinces in Aizu-Wakamatsu. The war banner has white background with a black brush ten letter. There is no record that he was a Christian Daimyo.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 February 2023

Tsugaru Nobuhiro

1586-1631

Personal flag

by Jaume Ollé

War flag

by Jaume Ollé

He succeeded to 47,000 goku of Tsugaru Province upon his father's death in 1607, and consolidated his position by taking Tokugawa Ieyasu's adopted daughter as his wife in 1611. The war banner has white background with two red swastikas. The general's standard has white background with a gold circle.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 February 2023

Nanbu Toshinao

1576-1632

War flag

by Jaume Ollé

Toshinao Nanbu was the first lord of Morioka, Mutsu Province, with 100,000 goku. After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, he became close to Tokugawa Ieyasu and sided with the Eastern Army in the Battle of Sekigahara, and joined the Eastern Army in the Osaka Winter Campaign of 1614. The war banner has a white round crane on a sky blue background.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 30 June 2023