Maeda clan
was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 3rd "daimyō" of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 4th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. His courtesy titles were "Chikuzen-no-kami" and "Sakonoe-shosho". His childhood name was "Inuchiyo" (犬千代).