The Tendō clan (天童氏, Tendō-shi) was a Japanese kin group in Dewa Province during the Sengoku Period and Edo period.
History
The clan claimed descent from Shiba Kaneyori.
The castle town of Tendō was the clan center.
Leaders of the clan were patrons of Hiroshige.
See also
References
- ^ King, James. (2010). Beyond the Great Wave: the Japanese Landscape Print, 1727-1960, p. 90.
- Baedeker. (2012). Japan, p. 561; Hotta, Anne and Yoko Ishiguro. (1986). A guide to Japanese hot springs, p. 192.
External links
- 天童氏 at harimaya.com (in Japanese)
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