Matsuda clan

{{Short description|Japanese family}} {{Distinguish|text=the Matsura clan}} {{family name hatnote|松田|lang=Japanese}} {{Multiple issues| {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=ja|otherarticle=Matsuda clan|date=May 2020}} {{One source|date=October 2024}} }} {{Infobox Japanese clan |surname nihongo = 松田氏 |home province =Bizen |parent house =Hatano clan }} The {{nihongo|'''Matsuda clan'''|松田氏|Matsuda-shi}} is a Japanese family tracing its origins to Bizen Province,<ref name=Hall>{{cite journal |last1=Hall |first1=John Whitney |title=Foundations of the Modern Japanese Daimyo |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |date=23 March 2011 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=317–329 |doi=10.2307/2050818|jstor=2050818 |s2cid=56154455 }}</ref> and heirs of Fujiwara no Hidesato. Members of the Matsuda clan were military governors of Bizen during the Ashikaga Shogunate and retained significant power during the Sengoku period, but their influence was eliminated in the late 1500s as the result of campaigns by Ukita Naoie of the Ukita clan.<ref name=Hall />

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