Miura clan

Miura Yoshizumi in an image from the Bakumatsu period

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

The Miura family (三浦氏, Miura-shi^?) was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan. They held large fiefs, and 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. It remains a common family name in Japan today.

The Miura clan supported Minamoto no Yoritomo 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 1518 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 - am ally to Minamoto no Yoshitsune at the Battle of Dan-no-ura, 1185
• Miura Yoshimura - a Minamoto ally during the Jōkyū War of 1221
• Miura Dosun Yoshiatsu^{[citation needed]}
• Miura Yoshimoto - the son of Miura Yoshiatsu. Both are said to have committed Seppuku in 1516 when the Arai castle was stormed,^[1] with Yoshimoto decapitating himself.^[2]

'Miura' was also the family name given to English sailor William Adams, who became shipwrecked in Japan in the year 1600.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Japanese clans
• Miura Peninsula

References

1. ^ Louis, Capa Thomas; Ito, Tommy (2008). Samurai: The Code of the Warrior. Sterling Publishing Company. ISBN 9781402763120. 
2. ^ Bryant, Anthony J.; McBride, Angus (1994). Samurai 1550-1600. Warrior series. 7. Osprey Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 9781855323452. "cut off his own head in 1516"