Hizen-Arima clan

Hizen-Arima
肥前有馬
Hizen-Arima family crest (mon)
Home provinceHizen Province
Parent houseFujiwara clan
TitlesVarious
Founding yearHeian period
Ruled until1873 (Abolition of the han system)

The Hizen-Arima clan (Japanese: 肥前有馬氏, Hepburn: Hizen-Arima-shi) is a Japanese samurai family.[1] From 1695 until 1871 they ruled the Maruoka Domain as daimyo. They were appointed Viscount after the Meiji Restoration.

  1. ^ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Arima," Nobiliare du Japon, pp. 2-3 [PDF 6-7 of 80]; retrieved 2013-5-5.