The Nanbu clan was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled most of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The N
Nanbu Nobunao, Nanbu clan head in the Azuchi–Momoyama period
Nanbu Naofusa, first lord of Hachinohe
Nanbu Shrine, where the ancestors of the Nanbu clan are enshrined as kami
The Takeda clan was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan
Nanbu clan
…the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The Nanbu claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji of Kai Province and were thus related to the Takeda clan. The clan moved its seat from Kai to Mutsu Province in the early Muromachi period, and were confirmed as daimyō of Morioka Domain under the Edo-period…
Minamoto no Yoshimitsu was famous in horsemanship and archery, here playing the musical instrument shō
Komoro Castle, a Takeda clan's castle in Shinano province
Gold coin of the Takeda clan of Kai (also called Kōshū (甲州金)) in the 16th century, an early example of Japanese currency
Morioka Castle, the seat of the Nambu of Morioka