Tamura (clan)

Tamura coat of arms

The Tamura ( Japanese 田村氏 , Tamura-shi ) were an old family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (坂上田村麿) .

Genealogy (selection)

Date Munekatsu (伊達宗勝; 1621–1679), 13th and last son Date Masamunes , received in 1660 Ichinoseki (一 in) in the province of Mutsu as a branch with an income of 30,000 koku . He lost his position in connection with the Date Riots and was exiled to Tosa Province . In 1681 Muneyoshi, a son of Tadamune (伊達忠宗; † 1658) and thus a grandson of Masamune, whose mother was a descendant of Tamura, was appointed the new boss of the revived Tamura house.

Muneyoshi (宗良; 1637–1678) received an income of 1,500 koku .
Tatsuaki (建顕; 1656-1708), Muneyoshi's son, received the Ichinoseki domain in 1681 and rose to the Tozama daimyo with an income of 27,000 Koku .

The Tamura resided there in a permanent house (陣屋, Jinya) until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The head of the house then received the rank of vice count.

Individual evidence

↑ The coat of arms is called "Tamura Shazensō" (田村車前草), which refers to "Plantago asiatica". Furusawa Tsunetoshi, editor of the Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, undated, ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , refers to the plant on page 226 as "Japanese ginger" (茗荷, Myōga).

literature

Mizoguchi, Akihiro: Ichinoseki-jinya in: Miura, Masayuki (Ed.): Shiro to jinya. Tokoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604378-5 . Page 21.
Edmond Papinot: Tamura, 田村 . In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

[1] The coat of arms is called "Tamura Shazensō" (田村車前草), which refers to "Plantago asiatica". Furusawa Tsunetoshi, editor of the Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, undated, ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , refers to the plant on page 226 as "Japanese ginger" (茗荷, Myōga).