Here is another Japanese clan resulting from a location.
Minamoto Tadahisa (1179-1196)
He was born to the shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo. He would become a steward of the Shimazu estate by his father.
Shimazu Tadahisa (1196-1227)
| Old Name | Change | Commemorative | Locative | New Name |
| Tadahisa | – | – | Tadahisa | |
| Minamoto | built a castle on Shimazu estate | estate in southern Kyushu Island | Shimazu |
After subduing the Hyuga and Osumi provinces, he would build a castle in Shimazu and would name his clan after it.
Sources
- Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan: 1334–1615. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
- “Shimazu Tadahisa.” Wikipedia.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.