title: Arakawa clan
text: # Arakawa clan
  
  The Arakawa clan (荒川氏, Arakawa-shi) was a Japanese samurai family which descended from Minamoto no Tsunemoto (894–961) of the Seiwa-Genji.
  
  ## History
  
  Arakawa was the original surname of the family which began calling itself "Ina clan" when it moved to the Ina region in Shinano Province in modern-day Nagano Prefecture. This move was ordered by the Ashikaga shogunate in the 15th century.
  
  