The was a Japanese clan of the premodern period, which claimed descent from the Fujiwara clan. During the late Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo periods, one of its branches was the daimyo family which ruled the Takasu

Takasu Domain

The was a Japanese domain located in Mino Province . For most of its history, it was ruled by the Takasu-Matsudaira, a branch of the Tokugawa clan of Owari....

 fief. It was dispossessed by the Shogunate, but later forgiven, and carried on as a high-ranking hatamoto

Hatamoto

A was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin. However, in the Edo period, hatamoto were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa...

family.