− | The Satomi family of [[Awa province (Honshu)|Awa province]] claimed descent from [[Nitta Yoshishige]] (d. 1202), whose son [[Nitta Yoshitoshi|Yoshitoshi]] took 'Satomi' as his surname. The Satomi moved from [[Kôzuke province]] to Awa in [[1496]],<ref name=arai>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a ''Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 280n27.</ref> and remained there into the [[Edo Period]]. During the [[Sengoku period]], the Satomi were forced to submit to the overlordship of [[Hojo Ujitsuna|Hôjô Ujitsuna]] in [[1539]]. The remainder of the period saw the clan battle the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô]], [[Takeda clan|Takeda]], and [[Imagawa clan]]s on a number of occasions. | + | The Satomi family of [[Awa province (Honshu)|Awa province]] claimed descent from [[Nitta Yoshishige]] (d. 1202), whose son [[Nitta Yoshitoshi|Yoshitoshi]] took 'Satomi' as his surname. The Satomi moved from [[Kozuke province|Kôzuke province]] to Awa in [[1496]],<ref name=arai>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a ''Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 280n27.</ref> and remained there into the [[Edo Period]]. During the [[Sengoku period]], the Satomi were forced to submit to the overlordship of [[Hojo Ujitsuna|Hôjô Ujitsuna]] in [[1539]]. The remainder of the period saw the clan battle the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô]], [[Takeda clan|Takeda]], and [[Imagawa clan]]s on a number of occasions. |
| The clan's holdings amounted to 120,000 ''[[koku]]'' at the beginning of the Edo period, but the clan was dispossessed of its lands in [[1614]], and their line died out in [[1622]].<ref name=arai/> | | The clan's holdings amounted to 120,000 ''[[koku]]'' at the beginning of the Edo period, but the clan was dispossessed of its lands in [[1614]], and their line died out in [[1622]].<ref name=arai/> |