The Inaba clan (Japanese: 稲葉氏, Hepburn: Inaba-shi) were a samurai kin group which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period and the Edo periods.

[2] The Inaba clan originated in 16th century Mino Province,[3] and claimed descent from Kōno Michitaka (died 1374),[4] who claimed descent from Emperor Kanmu (736–805).

[3] He was established in 1585 at Hachiman Domain (40,000 koku) in Mino Province.

[4] In 1600, he and his heirs were installed at Usuki Domain (56,000 koku) in Bungo Province, and his descendants remained in the same place until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

[3] The head of this clan line was ennobled as a viscount (hakushaku) under the kazoku peerage in the Meiji period.