Ōmura clan explained

Surname:	Ōmura
Surname Nihongo:	大村氏
Image Size:	200px
Image Caption:	The emblem (mon) of the Ōmura clan
Home Province:	Fujiwara Clan
Titles:	Kampaku Daijō-daijin
Founder:	Ōmura Yoshiaki
Final Ruler:	Ōmura Sumihiro
Founding Year:	c. CE 1600
Dissolution:	c. CE 1871

The was a clan of samurai of Medieval Japan of the province of Hizen descended from Fujiwara no Sumitomo (died 941).^[1] The clan is notable for being the first daimyo family in Japan to convert to Christianity in 1562.^[2] ^[3]

Notable clan members

Ōmura Tadazumi An eighth-generation descendant of Sumimoto, he was the first to take the surname Ōmura, named after a village in Hizen Province where he lived.
Ōmura Sumitada (; CE 1532–1587) son of Arima Haruzumi, was chosen to succeed Ōmura Sumiaki. Baptized in CE 1562 with the name Bartholomew he was the first daimyō to remain faithful to the religion until his death. It was he who in 1568 opened the port of Fukae to foreign trade, which later became the city of Nagasaki.
Ōmura Yoshiaki (; 1568–1615) son of Sumitada, he was also a Christian and received the name Sanche. In CE1600, he remained neutral during the Sekigahara Campaign and had to pass his own domain to his son. He spent the rest of his life in debauchery.
Ōmura Sumiyori (; CE 1592–1619) son of Yoshiaki. He was baptized and received the name Bartholomew , like his grandfather. However towards the end of his life he persecuted the Christians of his fiefdom.
Ōmura Sumihiro (; CE 1831–1882) received the title of count after the abolition of the han system.

Web site: Edmond Papinot. Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan. 1964. en. https://archive.org/details/historicalgeogra02papi/page/488.
News: Amano . Koichi . Monk inserts Buddhist deity into Madonna and Child work . 13 May 2024 . Asahi Shimbun . December 9, 2023.
Web site: Yoshitaka . Shoji . The Arrival and Flourishing of Christianity . Oratio . World Heritage Division, Nagasaki Prefectural Government . 13 May 2024.

Web site: Mr. Omura su Harimaya.com. ja.
Web site: Omura clan. en. August 11, 2016. August 11, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160811125740/http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Omura_clan.