| Honma 本間 | |
|---|---|
| Home province | Sado |
| Parent house | Yokoyama clan (purported) |
| Founding year | 12th century |
| Ruled until | 1589, defeat by Uesugi Kagekatsu |
| Cadet branches | Hamochi-Homma Kawarada-Homma Sakata-Homma |
Honma (本間) is a Japanese clan.[1]
Honma Yoshihisa was appointed shugodai of Sado in 1185. The clan established its rule from Sawata. The clan gave birth to two new branches, the Hamochi-Honma and the Kawaharada-Honma. Those two branches eventually prevailed over the head clan and opposed each other. Uesugi Kenshin, ruler of the Echigo Province at the time, settled the ongoing conflicts between Hamochi-Honma and Kawaharada-Honma. His death sparked a new rows of hostilities between the two branches, but Uesugi Kagekatsu invaded Sado in 1589, putting an end to the ruling of the clan.
- ^ "Living Buddhism". 1999.