Hotta clan
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The was a Japanese clan that ruled the Sakura Domain
in the late Edo period
. Jindai-ji
in the present-day city of Sakura
was the clan's bodaiji
, or family temple, and has many of the tombstones of prominent members of the Hotta clan.
Sakura Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province , Japan. It was centered on Sakura Castle in what is now part of the city of Sakura...
in the late Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
. Jindai-ji
Jindai-ji
' is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Sakura in Chiba Prefecture, J apan. The temple was originally located in Yamagata Prefecture, but when the Hotta clan was granted control of the Sakura Domain, Hotta Masasuke moved the temple in 1746 to serve as the clan’s , or family temple...
in the present-day city of Sakura
Sakura, Chiba
is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 172,176 and a population density of 1660 persons per km². The total area was 103.59 km².-Geography:...
was the clan's bodaiji
Bodaiji
A , in Japanese Buddhism is a temple which, generation after generation, takes care of a family's dead giving them burial and performing ceremonies in their soul's favor. The name is because in Japan the term , which originally meant just Buddhist enlightenment , has also come to mean either the...
, or family temple, and has many of the tombstones of prominent members of the Hotta clan.