Watanabe

Watanabe
Language(s)Japanese
Origin
Region of originJapan

Watanabe (渡辺 and other variants[note 1]) is a Japanese surname derived from the noble and samurai Watanabe clan, a branch of the Minamoto clan, descending from the Emperor Saga (786-842), the 52nd Emperor of Japan, and refers to a location called 'Watanabe no tsu' which was settled by the Watanabe clan, who took the name of the place. It was located in the medieval period near the mouth of the Yodogawa River in Settsu Province, in present-day city of Osaka.

The emblem (mon) 'Mitsuboshi ni ichimonji' (three stars over a straight line) of the Watanabe clan
Dungeon of Hirado Castle
Dungeon of Kishiwada Castle


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