MIKIMURA (MIKIO TAMURA)

JAPANESE FAMILY HISTORY

Sakanoue no TAMURAMARO

2nd SHŌGUN in JAPAN'S HISTORY

(758- 811a.c.)

He was a Japanese Samurai General, Court Noble and one of the first SHŌGUN 将軍, (Army Commander, Military Leader) in Japanese History. He served as DAINAGON (Minister of War) and UKON'e NO TAISHO (Army Major), Guard of the Right Division of the Inner Palace, during the early Heian period (794-1185 BC)

Without a doubt, one of the most prominent

characters in Japanese history

SAKANOUE NO TAMURAMARO

Artwork by Toyohara Chikanobu

豊原周延 (1838-1912)

SAMURAI CLAN TAMURA

est. (797-1873)

Over 1000 years of history

Tamuramaro was the founder of the Samurai Clan TAMURA, 田村氏. The Clan ruled the Domain of Ichinoseki, Mutsu Province. (Iwate)

They were local Gözoku (very powerful families), controlling TAMURA SHÕEN (later TAMURA DISTRICT). In what is now Central Fukushima Prefecture.

In 1504, the Tamura Clan moved from Moriyama to MIHARU Castle, in FUKUSHIMA.

As a defense network, the Samurai Clan installed its servants in forty-eight subsidiary castles and border posts in the area.

surviving gate of MIHARU CASTLE c.1504

Town of Miharu, Tamura District,  Fukushima

Around 1571, samurai lord, TAMURA KIYOAKI (田村 清顕), became the head of the Tamura Clan. He was a daimyo (Powerful Japanese magnate), that ruled part of Mutsu Province.

Kiyoaki's daughter (LADY TAMURA), married DATE MASAMUNE 伊達 政宗, 1567 – 1636) also a Japanese daimyo, Head of the (DATE Samurai Clan)

SAMURAI ARMOUR

TAMURA

FAMILY CREST

(丸に三つ柏)

Daimyo Oak tree leaf design

symbolizes continuity, propagation of the family

Antique SAMURAI Helmet

with Tamura's Family Crest (KABUTO, 兜)

TEMPLE FOUNDED by the FIRST TAMURA

KIYOMIZU-DERA TEMPLE 

UNESCO's WORLD HERITAGE SITE

(Kyoto, Japan)

TAMURAMARO, founded the Famous Temple of Pure Water, Kiyomizu-Dera, (清水寺) in the year 778 AD. It also contains 17th-century buildings, including a main hall designated as a National Treasure.

One of the most famous and celebrated Japanese Buddhist Temples in the world.

The complex is part of the Historical Monuments of the city of Kyoto, belonging to the World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO.)