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| Akizuki clan 秋月 | |
|---|---|
 Akizuki clan emblem | |
| Home province | Chikuzen |
| Parent house | Ōkura clan |
| Titles | Various |
| Founder | Asakura Taneo |
| Current head | Akizuki Tanetaka (秋月 種高) |
| Founding year | 1202 |
The Akizuki clan (秋月氏, Akizuki-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled Takanabe Domain of what is now part of Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu Japan under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. In the Meiji period, the former daimyō became part of the kazoku peerage, with Tsugaru Tsuguakira receiving the title of shishaku (Viscount). [1]
- ^ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Akizuki" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 2; retrieved 2013-5-28.