Daimyo flags - Dewa (Japan)

Last modified: 2023-06-10 by zachary harden
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• Akita Toshisue
• Tozawa Masamori
• Akita Sanesue

Daimyos of this area who ruled multiple kuni

• Date Masamune
• Uesugi Kagekatsu

See also:

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

Akita Toshisue

1598-1649

War flag

by Jaume Ollé

The eldest son of Sanesue Akita, a feudal lord in the Dewa province. He went to battle on the Tokugawa side in the Osaka Campaign of 1614. The war banner has reddish purple background with two meandering lines vertically in black. The meandering line was called “Yamamichi” meaning a mountain road in Japan.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 February 2023

Tozawa Masamori

(1585-1648)

War flag

by Jaume Ollé

Personal flag

by Jaume Ollé

Lord of Matsuoka Domain in Hitachi Province. He belonged to the Tokugawa side in the Battle of Sekigahara and became the lord of a 60,000-goku domain in Dewa Province. The war banner was a striped banner with seven white and six black horizontal stripes. The general’s standard has white background with a red circle in near square shape.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 February 2023

Akita Sanesue

(1576-1659)

War flag

by Jaume Ollé

Lord of Minato Castle in Dewa Province; He succeeded to the governorship in 1587 and was given 50,000 goku by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and played an active role in the Korean invasion. The war banner has white background with two black Yamamichi meandering lines topped with a white Maneki small streaming flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 February 2023