Himeji  Castle

姫路城

Himeji   CASTLE
- The  Samurai   Fortress -

Himeji Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle complex located in Himeji, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Himeji Castle or Himeji-jo is a World Heritage Site in Japan.
- UNESCO Heritage Site -
Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defense and ingenious protection devices dating from the beginning of the Shogun period.
- Video - Himeji Castle - UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Japan

katabami   CLAN

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Collection   of  family  crests

Collection of family crests with Ken Katabami Mon
at the Himeji Castle - Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

​The   Lords   of   Himeji   Castle   during   the   Edo   Period

The present Himeji Castle was built by Ikeda Terumasa in 1609 at the beginning of the Edo period.
Since then, six different families ruled Himeji one after another and there was 31 lords during about 270 years.
Some of them was short tenure because of childhood.
​​A.D. Japanese year
  1. 1600 Keicho 5
  2. 1613 Keicho 18
  3. 1616 Genna 2
  4. 1617 Genna 3
  5. 1631 Kanei 8
  6. 1638 Kanei 15
  7. 1639 Kanei 16
  8. 1644 Shoho 1
  9. 1648 Keian1
  10. 1648 Keian 1
  11. 1649 Keian 2
  12. 1665 Kanbun 5
  13. 1667 Kanbun 7
  14. 1682 Tenna 2
  15. 1704 Hoei 1
  16. 1704 Hoei 1
  17. 1726 Kyoho 11
  18. 1732 Kyoho 11
  19. 1741 Kanpo 1
  20. 1741 Kanpo 1
  21. 1748 Kanen 1
  22. 1749 Kanen 2
  23. 1772 Anei 1
  24. 1790 Kansei 2
  25. 1814 Bunka 11
  26. 1835 Tenpo 6
  27. 1844 Koka 1
  28. 1853 Kaei 6
  29. 1860 Manen 1
  30. 1867 Keio 3
  31. 1868 Meiji 1 
the Lord
  1. 池田輝政 Ikeda Terumasa​
  2. 池田利隆 Ikeda Toshitaka
  3. 池田光政 Ikeda Mitsumasa
  4. 本多忠政 Honda Tadamasa
  5. 本多政朝 Honda Masatomo
  6. 本多政勝 Honda Masakatsu
  7. 松平忠明 Matsudaira Tadaaki
  8. 松平忠弘 Matsudaira Tadahiro
  9. 松平直基 Matsudaira Naomoto
  10. 松平直矩 Matsudaira Naonori
  11. 榊原忠次 Sakakibara Tadatsugu
  12. 榊原政房 Sakakibara Masafusa
  13. 松平直矩 Matsudaira Naonori
  14. 本多忠国 Honda Tadakuni
  15. 本多忠孝 Honda Tadataka
  16. 榊原政邦 Sakakibara Masakuni
  17. 榊原政祐 Sakakibara Masasuke
  18. 榊原政岑 Sakakibara Masamine
  19. 榊原政永 Sakakibara Masanaga
  20. 松平明矩 Matsudaira Akinori
  21. 松平朝矩 Matsudaira Tomonori
  22. 酒井忠恭 Sakai Tadazumi
  23. 酒井忠以 Sakai Tadazane
  24. 酒井忠道 Sakai Tadahiro
  25. 酒井忠実 Sakai Tadamitsu
  26. 酒井忠学 Sakai Tadanori
  27. 酒井忠宝 Sakai Tadatomi
  28. 酒井忠顕 Sakai Tadateru
  29. 酒井忠績 Sakai Tadashige
  30. 酒井忠惇 Sakai Tadatoshi
  31. 酒井忠邦 Sakai Tadakuni
Family Crest Tiles
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Sakai clan
Ken katabami
​(Blade and Oxalis)
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​Ikeda clan
Ageha chou
​(Swallowtail butterfly)
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Sakakibara clan
Genji guruma
​(Wheel)
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​Honda clan
Tachi aoi
​(Hollyhock trefoil)
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Matsudaira clan
Mitsudomoe
​(Three commas)
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Go-san no kiri
​(Five three paulownia)
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Go-shichi no kiri
​(Five seven paulownia)
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Matsudaira clan (Okudaira)
Omodaka
​(Arrowhead plant)
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Ken    Katabami   crest   Roof  tiles
Himeji Castle, Japan
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Crest   Tiles   of   Himeji   Castle
Himeji Castle, Japan
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Ken  Katabami :   Tadazumi  Sakai

Sword Blade and Oxalia
Tadazumi Sakai ( 1749 - )

The Sakais stayed at Himeji Castle from 1749 to 1868.
​There were ten generations. Some of them were superior in the fields of paintings and politics. They made great contribution to the development of culture in Himeji.
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HIMEJI   DOMAIN

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​KATABAMI  CLAN