Sōma (clan)

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Sōma coat of arms
Sōma residence in Edo

The Sōma ( Japanese 相 馬氏 , Sōma-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Taira no Masakado . With an income of 60,000 Koku , the Sōma residing in Sōma ( Fukushima Prefecture ) belonged to the larger Tozama daimyō of the Edo period .

genealogy

In 1611 Sōma Toshitane ( 相 馬利胤 ; 1581-1625), coming from Kodaka Castle, received the dilapidated Nakamura Castle , which he restored and established the Sōma-Nakamura fief . The family resided there until 1868. Honorary title Daizen no suke ( 大 膳 亮 , "Vice Director of the Large Table"). Then Vice Count .

The Sōma Nomaoi Festival ( 相 馬 野馬 追 祭 , Sōma nomaoi matsuri ), which is registered as an Important Cultural Asset, commemorates the time of the Sōma.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Excerpt from the Soto-Sakurada district map from around 1850.

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literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Mizoguchi, A .: Nakamura-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 .