Kurushima (clan)
The Kurushima ( Japanese 久留島氏 Kurushima-shi ) were a family of Japanese warrior class ( Buke ) from the province of Iyo , which derived from Kono Michiari († 1311). The Kurushima were among the smaller Tozama daimyos .
genealogy
- Michifusa ( 通 総 ; 1561–1597) fought against Chōsokabe Motochika , who tried to take his domain from him. Then he submitted to Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1585 , who confirmed him in his possession Kurushima (now part of Imabari ) in the province of Iyo with 14,000 koku . At the time of the Korean campaign in 1592 he commanded a fleet of war junks , achieved some success and received the honorary title Izumo no kami . After the failure of the peace negotiations, he returned to Korea, where he was killed in action.
- Nagachika ( 長 親 ; 1582-1612), a son of Michifusas, was transferred to Mori ( 森 , now part of Kusu ) in the province of Bungo with 14,000 koku in 1601 . In 1619 the family changed the spelling of their name from the original 來 島 to 久留 島 . The Kurushima resided in Mori in a permanent house ( jin'ya ) until the Meiji Restoration in 1668. Then vice count.
literature
- Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yamanouchi, Junji: Mori-jinya . In: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya . Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .