Akamatsu clan
| Akamatsu clan 赤松氏 |
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Emblem (mon) of the Akamatsu clan
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| Home province | Harima |
| Parent house | Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan) |
| Titles | Various |
| Cadet branches | Shinmen clan |
Akamatsu clan (赤松氏 Akamatsu-shi?) is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji.
They were prominent shugo-daimyō in Harima during the Sengoku period.
During the Ōnin no ran (1467-1477), Akamatsu Masanori was one of the chief generals of the Hosokawa clan.
The head of the clan at Shizuoka in Suruga Province became a kazoku baron in 1887.
The Shinmen clan were a branch of the Akamatsu.
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