Uemura (clan)

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Coat of arms of the Uemura (inscribed balloon flower of the Uemura)
Uemura residence in Edo

The Uemura ( Japanese 植 村 氏 , Uemura-shi ) were a family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Minamoto no Masazane. With an income of 25,000 Koku , the Uemura residing in Takatori ( Nara Prefecture ) belonged to the smaller Fudai daimyo of the Edo period .

The family comes from the Toki clan from the province of Mino and was later resident in the village of Uemura in the province of Tōtōmi .

genealogy

  • Iemasa ( 家政 ; 1589-1650) was the first of the family to rise to daimyo. He and his descendants resided in Takatori ( Yamato ) with an income of 25,000 koku. The last daimyo was
  • Iemori ( 家 保 ; 1837-1896) with the title Dewa no kami . After 1868 Vice Count .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Castle Takatori belongs with the castles Matsuyama and Iwamura to the "three great mountain castles of Japan."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Excerpt from the "Kiriezu" district map from around 1850.
  2. ↑ 植 村 氏 . In: 世界 大 百科 事 典 第 ２ 版 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved June 25, 2015 (Japanese).

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
  • Hasiba, Akira: Takatori-jo in: Miura, Masayuki (ed.): Shiro to jinya. Saikoku-hen. Gakken, 2006. ISBN 978-4-05-604379-2 .

Web links

Uemura in the "Reichsarchiv"