Chiba
The Chiba were a samurai family descended from the Taira and based in Shimōsa Province. Chiba Tsuneshige moved his base to Inohana in 1126, and his son Tsunetane supported Minamoto no Yoritomo in establishing the Kamakura shogunate.
In the sixteenth century Chiba Kunitane allied his family by marriage with the Hōjō and fought at their request. He was attacked by a retainer and died in 1585; the Chiba were later conquered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Characters
- Chiba Kazutane
- Chiba Munetane
- Chiba Naritane
- Chiba Sadatane
- Chiba Tanemasa
- Chiba Tanemune
- Chiba Tanetsuna
- Chiba Taneyasu
- Chiba Tokitane
- Chiba Tsuneshige
- Chiba Tsunetane
- Chiba Yoritane
- Taira no Tsunekane