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Encyclopedia > Miura clan

The Miura(三浦) clan was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan. They held large fiefs, and great political influence. They were one of the primary opponents of the Hojo family of regents, in the mid-13th century, and again at the beginning of the 16th. It remains a common family name in Japan today.


Members of the Miura Clan:

'Miura' was also the family name given to English sailor William Adams, who became shipwrecked in Japan in the year 1600.


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Japanese clans


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Miura clan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (163 words)
) was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan.
Miura Yoshimura - a Minamoto ally during the Shokyu War of 1221
'Miura' was also the family name given to English sailor William Adams, who became shipwrecked in Japan in the year 1600.
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Foreign Minister Miura Goro's plan was essentially a replay of the activities that overthrew Queen Min's faction just before the Sino-Japanese War; occupy Kyongbok Palace, seize the King, then place Japanese pawns in the Korean government.
Miura enlisted the aid of the Taewongun, pro-Japanese Korean officers, a squad of Toyama Mitsuru's Genyosha agents, and Japanese troops and diplomats.
Foreign Minister Miura's patience with this stubborn, aggressive woman finally reached an end in the fall of 1895 when he gave the order to eliminate her and her anti-Japanese faction.
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