Yokoyama Clan

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Yokoyama clan
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Yokoyama clan mon
Home province Kizugawa
Parent house Taira clan
Titles Various
Founder Yokoyama Ikemoto (12th century)
Final ruler Yokoyama Tetsuzan (1858-1917)
Current head Yokoyama Yuu (Born 1993)
Founding year 12th century
Dissolution still extant
Ruled until 1877 (Abolition of the han system)
Cadet branches n/a

The Yokoyama clan (横山氏 Yokoyama-shi?) is a family of Nakamian daimyo who were to become an important political force in the unification of Nakami in the mid-16th century.