Miura clan

Miura clan; 三浦氏
Parent house	Taira clan
Final ruler	Miura Yoshimoto
Ruled until	1516, Siege of Arai
Cadet branches	Ashina clan

The Miura family (三浦氏, Miura-shi) was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan. They held large fiefs, and retained great political influence. They were one of the primary opponents of the Hōjō family of regents in the mid-13th century, and again at the beginning of the 16th. Miura remains a common family name in Japan today.

Miura Yoshizumi in an image from the Bakumatsu period

Yagura of the Miura Clan in Kamakura. Sotoba and gifts are visible

The Miura clan supported Minamoto no Yoritomo[1] in the foundation of the Kamakura shogunate, but were later annihilated by Hōjō Tokiyori in 1247. However, the family name was reassigned to a supporter of the Hōjō clan, and the Miura continued to rule Miura Peninsula through the Muromachi period until their defeat at Arai Castle in a 1516 attack by Hōjō Sōun.

Members of the Miura clan

Miura Yasumura – member of Council of State, and signer of Jōei Formulary
Miura Yoshiaki – grandfather to Minamoto no Yoshihira
Miura Yoshizumi – ally to Minamoto no Yoshitsune at the Battle of Dan-no-ura, 1185[2]
Miura Yoshimura – a Minamoto ally during the Jōkyū War of 1221
Miura Yoshiatsu - his son was Miura Yoshimoto, who committed suicide during the Siege of Arai[1]^:208
Miura Yoshimoto – the son of Miura Yoshiatsu. Both are said to have committed seppuku in 1516 when the Arai castle was stormed,[3] with Yoshimoto decapitating himself.[4]
Miura Tsunesaburō - a rookie of Shinsengumi. Being new and did not comprehend Kondō Isami's wish, he killed former captain Tōdō Heisuke.

'Miura' was also the family name given to English sailor William Adams, who became shipwrecked in Japan in the year 1600.

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References

Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 200. ISBN 1854095234.
Sansom, George (1958). A History of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press. p. 303. ISBN 0804705232.
Louis, Capa Thomas; Ito, Tommy (2008). Samurai: The Code of the Warrior. Sterling Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-4027-6312-0.
Bryant, Anthony J.; McBride, Angus (1994). Samurai 1550-1600. Warrior series. 7. Osprey Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-85532-345-2. cut off his own head in 1516

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[Turnbull2-1] Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 200. ISBN 1854095234.

[Sansom-2] Sansom, George (1958). A History of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press. p. 303. ISBN 0804705232.

[3] Louis, Capa Thomas; Ito, Tommy (2008). Samurai: The Code of the Warrior. Sterling Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-4027-6312-0.

[4] Bryant, Anthony J.; McBride, Angus (1994). Samurai 1550-1600. Warrior series. 7. Osprey Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-85532-345-2. cut off his own head in 1516

Miura clan

Members of the Miura clan

See also

References