Anegakōji clan

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The Anegakōji clan (姉小路氏, Anegakōji-shi^?) was a samurai line of direct descent from Japan's Fujiwara clan and became figures of note by the 14th century, during the Kamakura period. Ruling as lords over the province of Hida from the beginning of that period up until the latter years of the Sengoku period, the Anegakōji would become involved with Tokugawa supporter Sasa Narimasa during a 1584 conflict in Kaga province. To their relative detriment, however, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was enraged at the behavior of the Anegakōji, subsequently desolating their entire clan and tearing it apart by 1585. In subtle contradiction to this claim, it has been recorded that the Anegakōji had been led by people who possessed the bloodline of a family known as Mitsugi, which may have resulted in at least the smallest amount of fluctuation in their numbers, despite being destroyed by Hideyoshi.