samurai family

[Rich T]

Hi all, does anyone know of a samurai family from the mid 1700's from I suspect Bitchu province by the name of Hiramatsu.

 

This is taken from the Haynes Indexes and they are referred to as the Bitchu Hiramatsu family.

 

Cheers

 

Richard

[Pete Klein]

Yes, actually I remember them quite well. Not really 'bad' neighbors but they did let the children run around naked all the time and they had a bit of an odor to them. They finally moved and the koku appropriation increased.

[AndreasU]

:D

[Brian]

Pete,

That was nasty. Funny....but nasty

Rich, feel free to ban him from your Tosogu forum for that :D

 

Brian

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Rich, this is a forum that deals mostly with Samurai genealogies :

 

http://forums.samurai-archives.com/

 

and this is the "mother site" which the forum is from and the

"Samuraiwiki" where you can search on yourself :

 

http://www.samurai-archives.com/

 

http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index. ... =Main_Page

 

If you wantn't register in the forum I'll be glad to can ask for you.

[Rich T]

This is greatly appreciated, unlike that other dribble I received. I will go and see what I can find out.

 

Best

 

Richard

[Justin]

Hi Tricky-san,

 

The only Hiramatsu I could find was a westerner (Prussian born Edward Schnell) who served the Aizu domain as a military instructor and procurer of weapons. He was granted the Japanese name Hiramatsu Buhei (平松武兵衛), which inverted the characters of the daimyo's name Matsudaira (松平). Hiramatsu (Schnell) was given the right to wear swords, as well as a residence in the castle town of Wakamatsu, a Japanese wife, and retainers.

 

This was at the time of the Meiji restoration though, so it's probably not your guy.

 

There is also a Hiramatsu in Hawley's mon book (Butterfly mon). It doesn't say anything about the family except that they were Kuge (a royal family).

 

I thought 'The Samurai' sourcebook by Stephen Turnbull would have a listing, but no luck.

 

Regards

Justin

[Rich T]

Thanks bud. The Kyo Goto artist I am researching died in the 1740's so yes, your man is a lot later than that. But an interesting story though. I wonder if he had photo's taken being that late ?.

 

Thanks for making the effort though. it is greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers mate

 

Richard