prestige for the clan even though he was soon demoted to hatamoto. This branch of the family was granted the title of Viscount following the Meiji Restoration. Significant members of the Tachibana family Ōtomo Sadatoshi Tachibana Shinsei Tachibana Munekatsu Tachibana Shinzen Tachibana Dōsetsu (1513–1585) Tachibana Ginchiyo (1569–1602) Tachibana Muneshige (1567–1642) Tachibana Naotsugu (1573–1617) Tachibana Takachika References Tachibana