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The Ōmura clan (大村氏, Ōmura-shi) was a clan of samurai of Medieval Japan of the province of Hizen descended from Fujiwara no Sumitomo (died 941).[1] The clan is notable for being the first daimyo family in Japan to convert to Christianity in 1562.[2][3]
Ōmura 大村氏 | |
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Home province | Fujiwara Clan |
Titles | Kampaku Daijō-daijin |
Founder | Ōmura Yoshiaki |
Final ruler | Ōmura Sumihiro |
Founding year | c. 1600 |
Dissolution | c. 1871 |
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