Sō (clan)

Coat of arms of the Sō ( Paulownia )

Sō residence in Edo

The Sō ( Japanese 宗氏 , Sō-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Taira no Tomomori . With an income of 100,000 Koku , the Sō residing in Tsushima ( Nagasaki Prefecture ) belonged to the larger Tozama daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

Tomomune ( 知宗 ), Tomomori's third son, was able to end the unrest on Tsushima in 1245 and was then appointed governor of the island.
Sukekuni ( 助國 ; † 1274), Tomomune's son, was killed in the battle of Asaji-no-ura against the Mongol invasion.
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Sadamori ( 貞盛 ; 1385–1452) had relations with Korea and, as agreed, sent 50 junks with Japanese products to Korea every year. On the way back, the Japanese took goods from China and Korea with them.
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Yoshitomo ( 義知 ; 1568-1615) went to Hakozaki ( Chikuzen Province ), met Toyotomi Hideyoshi on his Kyūshū campaign and received confirmation of his possessions on Tsushima. In 1590 he was sent to Korea to remind the king of his obligations to attend annual embassies. He was successful in his mission, but that did not prevent Hideyoshi from starting his Korean campaign . Yoshitomo took part in the campaign under the command of Konishi Yukinaga .
In 1600 he joined Tokugawa Ieyasu , but did not take part in the Battle of Sekigahara , but stayed on Tsushima. In the same year he was sent back to Korea and signed a peace treaty with the country. Upon his return, his income was increased to 100,000 koku.
Yoshitomo was baptized Christian in 1591, but later gave up his belief for fear of Ieyasu. His descendants resided at Fuchū Castle until 1868.
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Shigemasa ( 重正 ; 1842–1902) was the last daimyo, after 1868 count .

↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 215.
↑ Excerpt from the "Shitaya" district map from around 1850.

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