Hotta clan

In this Japanese name, the family name is Hotta.
Hotta clan
堀田氏

The historic household of the Hotta clan
Home province Shimosa

The Hotta clan (堀田氏 Hotta-shi) was a Japanese clan that ruled the Sakura Domain in Shimosa Province in the late Edo period. Jindai-ji in the present-day city of Sakura was the clan's bodaiji, or family temple, and has many of the tombstones of prominent members of the Hotta clan.

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