Akita clan

For the feudal domain also known as Akita, see Kubota Domain(In this Japanese name, the family name is Akita.) The Akita clan (秋田氏 Akita-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan of northern Honshū that claimed descent from Abe no Sadato. The Akita clan was originally known as the Andō clan (安東氏 Andō-shi). In the Kamakura period, they were installed in the Tsugaru district of Mutsu Province to trade with Ainu people for the Hōjō clan, and to administer Ezo as a penal colony.

Akita clan

For the feudal domain also known as Akita, see Kubota Domain(In this Japanese name, the family name is Akita.) The Akita clan (秋田氏 Akita-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan of northern Honshū that claimed descent from Abe no Sadato. The Akita clan was originally known as the Andō clan (安東氏 Andō-shi). In the Kamakura period, they were installed in the Tsugaru district of Mutsu Province to trade with Ainu people for the Hōjō clan, and to administer Ezo as a penal colony.