Tanegashima clan

Tanegashima clan 種子島氏
The emblem (mon) of the Tanegashima clan
Home province	Tanegashima Island
Parent house	Higo clan
Titles	Baron
Current head	Tanegashima Tokikuni
Founding year	14th century
Dissolution	still extant
Ruled until	1868 (Abolition of the han system)

The Tanegashima clan (種子島氏, Tanegashima-shi) is a Japanese aristocratic family of samurai origins that originated on the Tanegashima Island, just south of Kyūshū. From the late Sengoku era to the start of the Meiji era, the Tanegashima were retainers of the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain. In 1900, they were appointed Baron.