Tamura

The Tamura were a warrior family of Mutsu, associated with the Tamura estate and later with Miharu. During the wars of the Northern and Southern Courts, the Tamura estate was contested; Utsumine Castle, a stronghold of the Tamura estate lords, fell in 1353.

Tamura Kiyoaki married his daughter Megohime to Date Masamune and obtained Date support against the Ashina and Satake. His death in 1586 sparked a succession dispute. Toyotomi Hideyoshi dispossessed the family in his settlement of Ōshū, but a Tamura house was later restored as a branch of the Date lords of Sendai.