Honma clan explained

Surname:Honma
Surname Nihongo:本間
Home Province:Sado
Parent House:Yokoyama clan (purported)
Founding Year:12th century
Ruled Until:1589, defeat by Uesugi Kagekatsu
Cadet Branches:Hamochi-Homma
Kawarada-Homma
Sakata-Homma

Honma (本間) is a Japanese clan.[1]

Honma Yoshihisa was appointed shugodai of Sado in 1185. The clan established its rule from Sawata.The clan gave birth to two new branches, the Hamochi-Honma and the Kawaharada-Honma. Those two branches eventually prevailed over the head clan and opposed each other. Uesugi Kenshin, ruler of the Echigo Province at the time, settled the ongoing conflicts between Hamochi-Honma and Kawaharada-Honma. His death sparked a new rows of hostilities between the two branches, but Uesugi Kagekatsu invaded Sado in 1589, putting an end to the ruling of the clan.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Living Buddhism. 1999.