Inaba Masanobu
In the Edo period, the Inaba were identified as one of the "fudai" or insider "daimyō" clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the "tozama" or outsider clans. Inaba clan genealogy. The "fudai" Inaba clan originated in Mino Province. They claim descent from Kōno Michitaka (d. 1374), who claimed descent from Emperor Kanmu (736–805). Masanobu was part of the cadet branch of the Inaba which was created in 1588. This branch is descended from Inaba Masanari (d. 1628), who fought in the armies of Nobunaga and then Hideyoshi. In 1619, Masanari  was granted the "han" of Itoigawa (25,000 "koku") in Echigo Province; then, in 1627, his holding was transferred to Mōka Domain (65,000 "koku") in Shimotsuke Province. Masanari's descendants resided successively at Odawara Domain (105,000 "koku") in Sagami Province from 1632 through 1685; at Takata Domain in Echigo Province from 1685 through 1701; at Sakura Domain in Shimōsa Province from 1701 through 1723. Masanobu's heirs and others who were also descendants of Inaba Masanari settled at Yodo Domain (115,000 "koku") in Yamashiro Province from 1723 through 1868. The head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Viscount" in  the Meiji period. Tokugawa official. Masanobu was the Tokugawa shogunate's Kyoto "shoshidai" in the period spanning March 4, 1804 through October 5, 1806.