Oyamada Clan

Oyamada Clan can refer to one of five different Japanese samurai clans. It is also referred to as the Oyamada clan (小山田氏, Oyamada-shi^?). The five branches were as follows:

• 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)