samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
and head of the
Tamura clan Tamura (usually written 田村), a Japanese placename and family name, may refer to:
In places:
*Tamura, Fukushima, a city in Japan
*Tamura District, Fukushima
is a district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003 population data but ...
. Tamura clan was a
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
ruled part of Mutsu. Kiyoaki inherited the headship of the Tamura clan around 1571.
His daughter Lady Tamura married
Date Masamune
was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyō'' in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...