Taku

The Taku were local lords of Taku in Hizen Province, central Kyushu. A later Taku family, descended from the Ryūzōji, succeeded an earlier family of the same name and served the Nabeshima lords of Saga.

Taku Yasutoshi brought Korean potters, including Yi Sam-pyeong, to Taku after the campaigns in Korea. In 1708 Taku Shigefumi built a Confucian shrine in his domain and used it for teaching.