The are a daimyō

Daimyo

is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...

branch of the samurai

Samurai

is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...

Minamoto clan

Minamoto clan

was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were demoted into the ranks of the nobility. The practice was most prevalent during the Heian Period , although its last occurrence was during the Sengoku Era. The Taira were another such offshoot of...

 in Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

 Japan.

In the Edo period, the Makino were identified as one of the fudai

Fudai

was a class of daimyo who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa in Edo period Japan. It was primarily the fudai who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa administration.-Origins:...

or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan

Tokugawa clan

The was a powerful daimyo family of Japan. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa and were a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan. However, the early history of this clan remains a mystery.-History:...

, in contrast with the tozama

Tozama

A ' was a daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan. The term came into use in the Kamakura period and continued until the end of the Edo period.-Edo period:...

or outsider clans.

Makino clan branches

The fudai Makino clan originated in 16th century Mikawa Province

Mikawa Province

is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces....

. Their elevation in status by Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a daimyo warrior, general and politician of the Sengoku period. He unified the political factions of Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, named after Hideyoshi's castle...

 dates from 1588. They claim descent from Takenouchi no Sukune

Takenouchi no Sukune

Takenouchi no Sukune was a legendary Japanese hero-statesman, and is a Shinto kami.- Life :Takenouchi no Sukune was supposedly the son of Princess Kagehime, and is said to be grandson to Imperial Prince Hikofutódhimakoto no Mikoto...

, who was a legendary Statesman and lover of the legendary Empress Jingū.

• a. The senior branch was established at Tako Domain
  Tako Domain
  was a minor Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province , Japan. It was centered on what is now part of the town of Tako in Katori District. It was ruled for most of its history by the Matsudaira clan....
  
   in Kōzuke Province
  Kozuke Province
  was an old province located in the Tōsandō of Japan, which today comprises Gunma Prefecture. It is nicknamed as or .The ancient provincial capital was near modern Maebashi. During the Sengoku period, Kōzuke was controlled variously by Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, the late Hōjō clan, and...
  
   in 1590; and in 1616, their holdings were moved to Nagamine Domain in Echigo Province
  Echigo Province
  was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It was sometimes called , with Echizen and Etchū Provinces. Today the area is part of Niigata Prefecture, which also includes the island which was the old Sado Province. This province was the northernmost part of the...
  
  . From 1618 through 1868, this branch of the Makino remained at Nagaoka Domain
  Nagaoka Domain
  The ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Echigo Province . It was ruled by the Makino clan for most of its history. It was also the center of some of the fiercest fighting of the Boshin War, during the summer of 1868. Nagaoka joined the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei during the war, and...
  
   (74,000 koku) in Echigo Province
  Echigo Province
  was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It was sometimes called , with Echizen and Etchū Provinces. Today the area is part of Niigata Prefecture, which also includes the island which was the old Sado Province. This province was the northernmost part of the...
  
  . The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.

• b. A cadet branch of the Makino was created in 1633. The Makino were installed at Sekiyado Domain
  Sekiyado Domain
  was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province , Japan. It was centered on Sekiyado Castle in what is now the city of Noda, Chiba....
  
   in Shimousa Province
  Shimousa Province
  was a province of Japan in the area modern Chiba Prefecture, and Ibaraki Prefecture. It lies to the north of the Bōsō Peninsula , whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was or .Shimōsa is...
  
   in 1644. From 1668 through the Meiji Restoration
  Meiji Restoration
  The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868...
  
  , the descendants had holdings at Tanabe Domain (35,000 koku) in Tango Province
  Tango Province
  was an old province in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. It was sometimes called , with Tamba Province. Tango bordered on Tajima, Tamba, and Wakasa provinces....
  
  . Descendants lived from 1634 through 1868 at Mineyama Domain
  Mineyama Domain
  The ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Tango Province . It was ruled for the entirety of its history by the Kyōgoku clan, until the Meiji Restoration.-Lords of Mineyama:*Kyōgoku clan...
  
   (11,000 koku) in Echigo Province
  Echigo Province
  was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It was sometimes called , with Echizen and Etchū Provinces. Today the area is part of Niigata Prefecture, which also includes the island which was the old Sado Province. This province was the northernmost part of the...
  
  . The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.

• c. Another cadet branch of the Makino was created in 1634. They were established at Yoita Domain
  Yoita Domain
  The ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Echigo Province.-List of lords:*Makino clan, 1634-1689 #Yasunari#Yasumichi#Yasushige*Ii clan, 1705-1871 #Naonori#Naoharu#Naokazu#Naoari#Naokuni...
  
   in Echigo Province
  Echigo Province
  was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It was sometimes called , with Echizen and Etchū Provinces. Today the area is part of Niigata Prefecture, which also includes the island which was the old Sado Province. This province was the northernmost part of the...
  
   in 1634; and then, from 1702 through 1868, this branch was transferred to Komoro (15,000 koku) in Shinano Province
  Shinano Province
  or is an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture.Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces...
  
  . The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.

• d. Yet a further cadet branch of the Makino was created in 1680. These Makino resided successively at Sekiyado Domain
  Sekiyado Domain
  was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province , Japan. It was centered on Sekiyado Castle in what is now the city of Noda, Chiba....
  
   in Shimousa Province
  Shimousa Province
  was a province of Japan in the area modern Chiba Prefecture, and Ibaraki Prefecture. It lies to the north of the Bōsō Peninsula , whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was or .Shimōsa is...
  
  ) in 1683 ; at Yoshida Domain
  Yoshida Domain
  was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in eastern Mikawa Province , Japan. It was centered on Yoshida Castle in what is now the city of Toyohashi, Aichi. It was ruled by a number of different fudai daimyō over the course of the Edo period, before finally passing into the hands of the...
  
   at Mikawa Province
  Mikawa Province
  is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces....
  
   in 1705; at Nabeoka Domain in Hyūga Province
  Hyuga Province
  was an old province of Japan on the east coast of Kyūshū, corresponding to the modern Miyazaki Prefecture. It was sometimes called or . Hyūga bordered on Bungo, Higo, Ōsumi, and Satsuma Province.The ancient capital was near Saito.-Historical record:...
  
   in 1712; and, from 1747 through 1868 at Kasama Domain
  Kasama Domain
  ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Hitachi Province .-List of lords:*Matsudaira clan#Yasushige*Ogasawara clan #Yoshitsugu*Tenryō...
  
   (80,000 koku) in Hitachi Province
  Hitachi Province
  was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Hitachi Province bordered on Iwashiro, Iwaki, Shimousa, and Shimotsuke Provinces....
  
  . The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in the Meiji period.

Notable members of the clan

• Makino Yasunari, 1555-1609.
• Makino Chikashige
  Makino Chikashige
  was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period. He was also known by his title, Sado no kami—Makino Sado no kami Chiashige. He was the son of Makino Takumi no kami Nobushige....
  
  , 1654-1668—3rd Kyoto shoshidai
  Kyoto Shoshidai
  The was an important administrative and political office in the early modern government of Japan. However, the significance and effectiveness of the office is credited to the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, who developed these initial creations as bureaucratic elements in a consistent and...
  
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• Makino Hideshige
  Makino Hideshige
  , also known as ', was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period.The Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans....
  
  , 1724-1734—17th Kyoto shoshidai.
• Makino Sadamichi
  Makino Sadamichi
  was a Japanese daimyo of the mid-Edo period.The Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.-Makino clan genealogy:...
  
  , 1742-1749—19th Kyoto shoshidai.
• Makino Sadanaga
  Makino Sadanaga
  was a Japanese daimyo of the mid-Edo period.The Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.-Makino clan genealogy:...
  
  , 1781-1784—28th Kyoto shoshidai.
• Makino Tadakiyo
  Makino Tadakiyo
  was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period.The Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans....
  
  , 1798-1801—32st Kyoto shoshidai.
• Makino Tadamasa
  Makino Tadamasa
  was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period.The Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.-Makino clan genealogy:...
  
  , 1840-1843—48th Kyoto shoshidai.
• Makino Tadayuki
  Makino Tadayuki
  was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period.The Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.-Makino clan genealogy:...
  
  , 1862-1863—55th Kyoto shoshidai.
• Makino Nobuaki
  Makino Nobuaki
  Count was a Japanese statesman, active from the Meiji period through the Pacific War.- Biography :Born to a samurai family in Kagoshima, Satsuma domain , Makino was the second son of Ōkubo Toshimichi, but adopted into the Makino family at a very early age.In 1871, at the age of 11, he accompanied...
  
   -- created Baron (1907); created Viscount (1918).
• Makino Kazushige -- House of Peers
  House of Peers (Japan)
  The ' was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan ....
  
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• Makino Tadaatsu, 1870-1935—House of Peers.