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[[Image:Miura_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Miura kamon.]]
[[Image:Miura_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Miura kamon.]]
*''Japanese'': [[三浦]]家 ''(Miura ke)''
The Miura of Sadami Province were descended from Miura Yoshiaki (d.1181), who was himself descended from Miura Takemichi (who claimed Taira ancestry). The Miura, while vice-governors of Sagami Province for the Taira, supported Minamoto Yoritomo in the 1180-85 Gempei War and afterwards enjoyed considerable influence. Perhaps for fear of their strong position, the Hôjô regent Tokiyori but his line was almost wiped out when his son Yasumura was killed following a rivalry with the Adachi family. A minor branch existed into the early Sengoku Period, only to fall to the Hôjô in 1516.
The Miura of [[Sagami Province]] were descended from [[Miura Yoshiaki]] (d. [[1181]]), who was himself descended from [[Miura Takemichi]] (who claimed [[Taira clan|Taira]] ancestry). The Miura, while vice-governors of Sagami Province for the Taira, supported [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in the [[1180]]-[[1185]] [[Gempei War]] and afterwards enjoyed considerable influence. Perhaps for fear of their strong position, the [[Hojo clan (Pre-Sengoku Regents)|Hôjô]] regent [[Hojo Tokiyori|Tokiyori]] almost wiped out the line when [[Miura Yasumura]], along with roughly 500 other members of the clan, committed suicide following their defeat at Tokiyori's hands in [[1246]]. A ''[[yagura]]'', or gravesite, for these fallen members of the clan can be found in [[Kamakura]], a few hundred yards from the grave of Yoritomo.
A minor branch existed into the early Sengoku Period, only to fall to the [[Go-Hojo clan|Go-Hôjô]] in [[1516]].
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