Oyamada clan
In this Japanese name, the family name is Oyamada.
Oyamada clan (小山田氏 Oyamada-shi) is a Japanese samurai family group. It can refer to one of five different Japanese clans, including
- One claimed descent from the Taira clan. One famous descendant was the Sengoku period samurai general Oyamada Nobushige.
- One was descended from the Usa clan.
- One claimed descent from the Northern Fujiwara by way of Uesugi Shigefusa.
- One claimed descent from the Northern Fujiwara by way of Onomiya Saneyori.
- One claimed descent from the Northern Fujiwara by way of Kikuchi Noritaka.
References
- (Japanese) "Oyamada-shi" (Taira descent) on Harimaya.com (accessed 28 August 2008)
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