Tanegashima clan

Tanegashima clan
種子島氏
The emblem (mon) of the Tanegashima clan
Home provinceTanegashima Island
Parent houseHigo clan
TitlesBaron
Current headTanegashima Tokikuni
Founding year14th century
Dissolutionstill extant
Ruled until1868 (Abolition of the han system)

The Tanegashima clan (種子島氏, Tanegashima-shi) is a Japanese aristocratic family of samurai origins that originated on the Tanegashima Island, just south of Kyūshū. From the late Sengoku era to the start of the Meiji era, the Tanegashima were retainers of the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain. In 1900, they were appointed Baron.