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42-617: The Ogyū clan was a cadet branch of the Matsudaira clan based in northern Mikawa Province , and were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa clan . Matsudaira Masatsugu was awarded a 6000 koku hatamoto post within the Tokugawa shogunate for his services in the Battle of Osaka . His son, Matsudaira Noritsugu, increased to 16,000 koku , and was thus promoted to the ranks of the fudai daimyō in 1684. In 1713, Matsudaira Norizane moved

84-529: A mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 45 members. The city contributes five members to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly . In terms of national politics, the city is divided between Aichi District 11 and Aichi District 14 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Toyota is twinned with: The main headquarters of Toyota

126-530: A son of the second shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada, was adopted by Hoshina Masamitsu , the lord of the Takatō Domain . Masayuki was recognized as a relative of the Tokugawa family by his half-brother Tokugawa Iemitsu ; after Iemitsu's death, Masayuki served as a regent for his nephew, the underaged shōgun Tokugawa Ietsuna , thus effectively running the shogunate. It was at this time that Masayuki received rulership of

168-463: A time was forcibly brought into Imagawa service. After the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto and the fall from power of the Imagawa clan, Hirotada's son Matsudaira Motoyasu was successful in forming an alliance with Oda Nobunaga , the hegemon of Owari Province . Motoyasu is better known as Tokugawa Ieyasu , who became the first Tokugawa shōgun in 1603. Several of the pre-Edo branch families survived into

210-659: Is a city in Aichi Prefecture , Japan. As of 1 October 2019 , the city had an estimated population of 426,162 and a population density of 464 people per km . The total area was 918.32 square kilometres (354.57 sq mi). It is located about 50 minutes from Nagoya by way of the Meitetsu Toyota Line . Several of Toyota Motor Corporation 's manufacturing plants, including the Tsutsumi plant, are located there. The longstanding ties between

252-510: Is located in a 14-story building in Toyota. As of 2006 the head office has the "Toyopet" Toyota logo and the words "Toyota Motor". The Toyota Technical Center, a 14-story building, and the original Honsha plant, Toyota's first plant engaging in mass production and formerly named the Koromo plant, are adjacent to one another in a location near the headquarters. Vinod Jacob from The Hindu described

294-689: The Bakumatsu period , the 8th lord Matsudaira Katataka assisted with security duties during and after the arrival of the Perry Expedition ; Katataka's successor, 9th lord Matsudaira Katamori served as Kyoto Shugoshoku , but his clan was later defeated in the Boshin War . The Aizu-Matsudaira survived the Meiji Restoration, and were ennobled with the title of viscount . Katamori's son Morio Matsudaira served as an admiral in

336-708: The Imperial Japanese Navy . The family survives to the present day. Isao Matsudaira, who was governor of Fukushima Prefecture in the 1980s, was a descendant of this family. Princess Chichibu Setsuko, the wife of Emperor Hirohito 's brother Prince Chichibu Yasuhito, was another. Over the course of the Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate granted the use of the Matsudaira surname to certain families as an honorific. These families included both fudai and tozama daimyō families. The Date clan of Sendai ,

378-611: The Japanese paleolithic period onwards. In early proto-historic times, the area was under the control of the Mononobe clan , who built numerous kofun burial mounds. The local place name " Koromo " is mentioned in the Kojiki and other early Japanese documents. During the Edo period , parts of the area of the current city were under the control of Koromo Domain , a feudal han under

420-555: The Sengoku period , the chieftain of the main line of the Matsudaira clan, Matsudaira Motoyasu became a powerful regional daimyo under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi and changed his name to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He subsequently seized power as the first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan during the Edo period until the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, many cadet branches of

462-684: The Shimabara Domain . The Sakurai-Matsudaira ruled the Amagasaki Domain. The Ogyū-Matsudaira had many branches, one of which ruled the Okutono Domain . Nagai Naoyuki was a prominent Bakumatsu -era descendant of the Ogyū-Matsudaira of Okutono. Other pre-Edo branches of the family became hatamoto . The Tokugawa surname was not granted to all of the sons of the shōgun or the heads of the six main Tokugawa branches. Only

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504-830: The Shimazu clan of Satsuma , the Mōri clan of Choshu, the Maeda clan of Kaga (and its branches at Daishōji and Toyama), the Yamanouchi clan of Tosa , the Kuroda clan of Fukuoka, the Asano clan of Hiroshima (and its branch at Hiroshima-shinden), the Nabeshima of Saga, the Ikeda of Tottori (as well as its branches of Okayama, Shikano, Wakazakura, Hirafuku, as well as hatamoto-level Ikeda), and

546-454: The Tokugawa shogunate ; however, most of the area of the current city was tenryō territory controlled directly by the government in Edo and administered through hatamoto class appointed administrators. The village of "Matsudaira", from which Tokugawa Ieyasu took his clan name, was located within what is now the city of Toyota. After the Meiji restoration , the area was organized into

588-524: The Chōshū War. Matsudaira Takeakira, the last daimyō , escaped Hamada and went to Tsuruta, one of the domain's non-contiguous territories; there he set up the Tsuruta Domain, which existed until the abolition of the domains in 1871. In the Meiji era , Takeakira's son Matsudaira (Ochi) Takenaga received the title of viscount . The Hoshina-Matsudaira clan was founded by Hoshina Masayuki . Masayuki,

630-433: The Edo period, there were 19 major branches of the Matsudaira clan: Takenoya ( 竹谷 ) , Katanohara ( 形原 ) , Ōgusa ( 大草 ) , Nagasawa ( 長沢 ) , Nōmi ( 能見 ) , Goi ( 五井 ) , Fukōzu ( 深溝 ) , Ogyū ( 大給 ) , Takiwaki ( 滝脇 ) , Fukama ( 福釜 ) , Sakurai ( 桜井 ) , Tōjō ( 東条 ) , Fujii ( 藤井 ) , Mitsugi ( 三木 ) , Iwatsu ( 岩津 ) , Nishi-Fukama ( 西福釜 ) , Yata ( 矢田 ) , Udono ( 鵜殿 ) , and Kaga ( 加賀 ) . Each of these branches (with

672-621: The Edo period; some of them became daimyōs . The Takiwaki-Matsudaira family became daimyōs of the Ojima Domain, and from 1868 to 1871, ruled the Sakurai Domain . The Nagasawa-Matsudaira, also known as the Ōkōchi-Matsudaira, had several branches, one of them ruled the Yoshida Domain of Mikawa Province . A prominent Nagasawa-Matsudaira is the early Edo-period politician Matsudaira Nobutsuna . The Fukōzu-Matsudaira ruled

714-489: The Hachisuka of Tokushima were all tozama families that had the use of the Matsudaira surname. The Yanagisawa clan of Yamato and Honjō clan of Miyazu were two fudai families among those who had the right to use the Matsudaira surname. In addition, if a Tokugawa princess married into another family, her husband had the right to use the Matsudaira surname and the Tokugawa crest for one generation. Prominent Matsudaira in

756-594: The Meiji era, the heads of all the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira branches received titles in the new nobility . The Ochi-Matsudaira clan was founded by Matsudaira Kiyotake, the younger brother of the 6th shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu. The Ochi-Matsudaira ruled the Hamada Domain . The family lost most of its territory in 1866, when the castle town was occupied by Chōshū Domain forces under Ōmura Masujirō during

798-647: The Mito Tokugawa); Saijō (a branch of the Kii Tokugawa); and Takasu (a branch of the Owari Tokugawa). Notable Matsudaira of these branches include Matsudaira Yoritoshi of Takamatsu, and Matsudaira Yoritaka of Fuchū. Yoritsune Matsudaira and his son Yoriaki Matsudaira , who were 20th-century composers, were descendants of the Matsudaira of Fuchū. The Yūki-Matsudaira clan was founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu's son Yūki Hideyasu . Several branches of

840-598: The Sengoku era, the clan claimed descent from the medieval Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan . According to this claim, the founder of the Matsudaira line was Matsudaira Chikauji, who lived in the 14th century and established himself in Mikawa Province, at Matsudaira village. The location of Matsudaira village is within the borders of the modern city of Toyota, Aichi . A number of locations associated with

882-553: The Toyota Motor Corporation and the town of Toyota, formerly known as Koromo ( 挙母市 , Koromo-shi ) , gave the town its current name. The city's flag (and seal), is a unicursal hexagram . Toyota is located in north-central Aichi Prefecture, and is the largest city in the prefecture in terms of area. The city area is mountainous to the north, with peaks averaging around 1000 feet (328 m) in height along its northern border with Nagano and Gifu Prefectures. Much of

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924-630: The Yūki-Matsudaira came into existence during the Edo period. Though the Yūki-Matsudaira retained control of Kitanoshō (later renamed Fukui), the main Yūki line was not there, but in Tsuyama instead. Branches of the family ruled the Fukui , Hirose, Mori, Matsue , Tsuyama, Akashi , Itoigawa, and Maebashi domains. Famous Yūki-Matsudaira include Matsudaira Naritami and Matsudaira Yoshinaga , two daimyōs of

966-505: The assigned kokudaka , based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. [REDACTED] Ogyū-Matsudaira clan , 1703–1871 ( fudai ) Matsudaira clan The Matsudaira clan ( 松平氏 , Matsudaira-shi ) was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan . It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture ). During

1008-548: The branches of the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira were also allowed the use of the Tokugawa family crest, as well as being formally recognized as Tokugawa relatives ( shinpan ), rather than simply being a fudai family. Branches of the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira ruled the Kuwana , Imabari , and Iyo-Matsuyama domains. Famous Hisamatsu-Matsudaira include the political reformer Matsudaira Sadanobu , the final Kyoto Shoshidai Matsudaira Sadaaki , and shogunate politician Itakura Katsukiyo . In

1050-405: The clan retained the Matsudaira surname, and numerous new branches were formed in the decades after Ieyasu. Some of those branches were also of daimyō status. After the Meiji Restoration and the abolition of the han system , the Tokugawa and Matsudaira clans became part of the new kazoku nobility . The Matsudaira clan originated in Mikawa Province . Its origins are uncertain, but in

1092-516: The domain seat was moved from Mikawa Province to the Tanokuchi district of Shinano Province (though the holdings remained unchanged), and with the construction of Tatsuoka Castle , the domain also became known as Tatsuoka Domain. The domain was dissolved by the Meiji restoration in 1871 with the abolition of the han system . As with most domains in the han system , Okutono Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide

1134-468: The domain was able to escape the more severe effects of the famine due to reforms implemented by its lord, Matsudaira Noritoshi . In the Bakumatsu period , the domain achieved prominence thanks to its last daimyō , Matsudaira Norikata , who served as a senior councilor in the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate. Another contemporary figure born in Okutono was Nagai Naoyuki . During Norikata's tenure,

1176-567: The early history of the clan were collectively designated a National Historic Site of Japan in the year 2000. These include: In its territory in Mikawa Province, the Matsudaira clan was surrounded by much more powerful neighbors. To the west was the territory of the Oda clan of Owari Province ; to the east, the Imagawa clan of Suruga . Each generation of Matsudaira family head had to carefully negotiate his relationship with these neighbors. Before

1218-580: The exception of the Kaga-Matsudaira, which relocated to Kaga Province) took its name from the area in Mikawa where it resided. Also, many of the branches often fought with each other. It was the main Matsudaira line residing in Okazaki Castle which rose the highest during the Sengoku period. During the headship of Matsudaira Hirotada , it was threatened by the Oda and Imagawa clans, and for

1260-420: The fame and economic importance of its major employer, the city of Koromo ( 挙母市 ) changed its name to Toyota on January 1, 1959. Toyota became a sister city with Detroit , Michigan , United States in 1960. It continued to expand by annexing the towns of Kamigo (Hekikai District) on March 1, 1964, and Takaoka (Hekikai District) on September 1, 1965, and Sanage (Nishikamo District) on April 1, 1967, as well as

1302-589: The family's automatic loom manufacturing business. The search led to the founding of what became the Toyota Motor Corporation . Toyota built the first manufacturing facility, known as Toyota Honsha plant in November 1938, breaking ground in December 1935. On March 1, 1951, Koromo gained city status, and absorbed the village of Takahashi from Nishikamo District on September 30, 1956. Due to

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1344-459: The fief of Aizu (with an income of 230,000 koku ). Two generations later, during the reign of the 3rd lord Masakata, the family was allowed the use of the Matsudaira surname and crest. The family remained prominent in shogunate affairs and in security duty in Ezo ( Hokkaido ). It also sponsored several schools of martial arts, as well as working to develop and spread the production of local crafts. In

1386-581: The inheritor received the Tokugawa name, while all of his siblings would receive the Matsudaira surname. For example, the last shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu was not the firstborn heir of his father ( Tokugawa Nariaki of Mito ). Consequently, Yoshinobu was known as Matsudaira Shichirōma during his minority. Some of these sons, particularly of the 3 main Tokugawa branches (the Gosanke ), formed their own families, and received their own fiefs. These included Takamatsu , Shishido , Fuchū , and Moriyama (branches of

1428-497: The late Edo period. Matsudaira Yoshinaga in particular was very important to Japanese politics of the early Meiji period, and his leadership put the Fukui Domain on the side of the victors in the Boshin War (1868–69). The Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan was founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu's half-brother Hisamatsu Sadakatsu . Due to his close relation to Ieyasu, Sadakatsu was allowed the use of the Matsudaira surname. Eventually, some of

1470-597: The main headquarters building as "modest". In 2013 company head Akio Toyoda reported that it had difficulties retaining foreign employees at the headquarters due to the lack of amenities in Toyota. Toyota has 78 public elementary schools and 27 public middle schools operated by the city government and 12 public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There are also two private middle schools and eight private high schools. The prefecture also operates two special education schools for

1512-505: The mountainous northern portion of the city is within the Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park . Toyota is within a two-hour drive of Nagoya . The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters ( Köppen climate classification , Cfa ). The average annual temperature in Toyota is 15.3 °C (59.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,470.4 mm (57.89 in) with September as

1554-524: The present day include Ryūmon Matsudaira (actor), and Iyo-Matsuyama Domain Matsudaira Hisamatsu family of branch family bannermen hits the descendants Sadatomo Matsudaira (ja ; former anchor for NHK ), among others. English German Japanese Toyota, Aichi Toyota ( 豊田市 , Toyota-shi , pronounced [toꜜjota ɕi] ) , formerly known as Koromo ,

1596-608: The seat of the domain from mountainous Ogyū (in what is now the northern portion of the city of Toyota to the more conveniently located Okutono location (in what is now part of the city of Okazaki . However, the domain suffered greatly due to inclement weather and flooding of the Yasaku River during the Kyōhō period, which led to crop failure and famine. The problems were repeated during the Great Tenpō Famine of 1832–36, although

1638-438: The town of Fujioka , and the village of Obara (both from Nishikamo District ), the towns of Asuke , Asahi and Inabu , and the village of Shimoyama (all from Higashikamo District ) to create the new and expanded city of Toyota. Mitsuru Obe and Eric Pfanner of The Wall Street Journal stated that by 2015 Toyota was recovering from an economic depression "so deep that some were comparing it to Detroit ." Toyota has

1680-586: The towns of Asuke and Koromo and numerous villages under Higashikamo District and Nishikamo District with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The area was a major producer of silk and prospered from the Meiji period through the Taishō periods . As the demand for raw silk declined in Japan and abroad, Koromo entered a period of gradual decline after 1930. The decline encouraged Kiichiro Toyoda , cousin of Eiji Toyoda , to look for alternatives to

1722-775: The village of Matsudaira (Higashikamo District) on April 1, 1970. In 1979 the Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) opened the Toyota New Line (now Toyota Line ), and in 1988: The Aichi Loop Line was opened, thus considerably improving access to the city via rail transport. Toyota became a Core City in 1998, with increased local autonomy. On March 25, 2005, Expo 2005 opened with its main site in Nagakute and additional activity in Seto and Toyota. The Expo continued until September 25, 2005. On April 1, 2005, Toyota absorbed

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1764-526: The wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.4 °C (81.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.6 °C (38.5 °F). Per Japanese census data, the population of Toyota has been increasing over the past 50 years. The area of present-day Toyota City has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and archaeologists have found a continuous record of artifacts from

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