Murakami (clan)

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Murakami coat of arms
(characters "kami" in a circle)

The Murakami ( Japanese 村上 氏 , Murakami-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ) of the Seiwa-Genji .

They derived themselves from Tamehira-shinnō, a son of Emperor Murakami . In fact, its name comes from the former family seat in Murakami village in Shinano province .

genealogy

  • Yorikiyo ( 頼 清 ), son of the Chinjufu Shogun Minamoto no Yorinobu (968-1048), was adopted by Norisada, Tamehira's son. He was the first to call himself Murakami.
  • Yoshiteru ( 義 光 ; † 1333), a descendant of Yorikiyos, was also called Hikoshirō ( 彦 四郎 ). He was an ardent supporter of the South Court , died defending Prince Morinaga in the mountains of Yoshino. His son Yoshitaka died before him at the age of 18.
  • Yoshikiyo ( 義 清 ; 1501–1573), prince of Katsurao (Shinano province), fought with Takeda Nobutora and Shingen for 30 years . In 1533 he asked Uesugi Kenshin from Echigo Province for help and in turn supported him in his battles at Kawanakajima . In 1569 he shaved his head and left his domains to his son Kunikiyo. He died at Nechi Castle ( 根 知 城 ) in Echigo.
  • Yorikatsu ( 頼 勝 ) or Yoshiakira ( 義 明 ) served first Niwa Nagahide, then Toyotomi Hideyoshi , who gave him Honjō Castle in Echigo Province, which he renamed Murakami Castle , with an income of 95,000 koku .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ikeda, Koichi: Murakami-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 . P. 144
  2. ↑ a b today part of Sakaki
  3. ↑ 村上 氏 . In: 世界 大 百科 事 典 第 ２ 版 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved September 6, 2016 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ today part of Itoigawa

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .