Mibu clan

Mibu clan (壬生氏) was one of the most powerful and important families in Japan during the reign of the Kamakura shogunate and Ashikaga shogunate in the 10th to 14th centuries. Their domains, ruled from the castle town of Hakata, comprised six provinces at their height, and the Mibu played a major role in supporting the Ashikaga in the Nanboku-cho Wars against the Imperial Court. The Mibu remained influential up until the 1880s, when they became eclipsed by their neighboring clans, the Kuroko clan and Akashi clan.

Significant members of the Mibu family

 * Mibu Kyoichiro (date–date) –
 * Mibu Kyojiro (date-date) –
 * Mibu Kyosaburo (date–date) –
 * Mibu Kyoshiro (1541–1605) – Defeated the Toyotomi forces with the Kuroko and Akashi clan maintaining sovereignty in Kyushu. Their expansion was halted with the fall of the Eastern Army which the clan has supported during the Battle of Sekigahara.
 * Mibu Kyokotsu (1832-1910) – The last Mibu lord, Kyokotsu surrendered his land to the Kuroko clan of which the throne of the Prince of Teiko emerged ending the feudal system of Teiko.
 * Mibu Kyoukai (1885-1954) - Founder of Mibu Corporation, a one of the largest architecture, engineering, and construction firms in Teiko.

Significant vassals of the Mibu clan

 * Muramasa Senji (1543-1601) - Famous sword master and maker whose renown works are recorded in the journals of Jesuit priest, Francis Xavier.
 * Shinrei Jusaishi (1829-1914) - Served as regent of Mibu Kyokotsu and supported the independence of Kyushu from the Empire of Japan.