Ōmura Sumiyori

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ōmura.

Ōmura Sumiyori
Daimyō of Ōmura
In office 1616–1619
Preceded by	Ōmura Yoshiaki
Succeeded by	Ōmura Suminobu
Personal details
Born	c. 1592
Died	18 December 1619 (age 27)
Resting place	Honkyoji Temple in Omura City, Nagasaki Prefecture
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse	Yorinao Matsura (Yorinao Omura) adopted daughter
Children	Junshin
Parents	Ōmura Yoshiaki (father) Yoshizumi Arima (mother)
Relatives	Suneyori, Matsura Takanobu Tsugimuro, Ōmura Kimiyori, Shintaro, Kanenori Fukuda, Ōmura Sumishige, Ōmura Toshitake, Shōtō-in
Occupation	Samurai

Ōmura Sumiyori (大村 純頼, c. 1592 – 13 November 1619) was the second lord of the Ōmura Domain in Hizen Province. He is the grandson of Ōmura Sumitada.

Lifetime

In (CE 1592), as the eldest son of Ōmura Kizen, a daimyo (later the first lord of the Omura domain) under the Toyotomi regime, Born in Miki. From an early age, he conducted joint politics with his father, and in 1607, with the permission of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he entered into the Gogo in order to secure financial resources and strengthen the power of the feudal lord. They are forcibly confiscating a clan's territory, which is known as Ichimon-bari. In November (CE 1614), he participated in the Osaka Winter Siege on the Tokugawa side, and served as a guard at Nagasaki. Ta. The following year, July (Genna), 1615, from the end of April, he led military ships in the Osaka summer camp. I headed to Osaka. On May 1, they advanced to Suo Province, Kaminoseki, currently Yamaguchi Prefecture, Kumage District, Kaminoseki), Osaka Castle fell on May 8, and Suneyori was unable to make it in time. He continued on to Kamigata and had an audience with the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

In the spring of 1615, due to his father's illness, he was given the headship of the family. His father died the following year, 1616. It is speculated that confusion in this area may have been the reason for the delay in the advance to Osaka mentioned above. After the war, he pursued and captured the remaining members of the Toyotomi clan who had escaped from Osaka Castle.

Just like his father, he cracks down on Christians and oppresses them. In September 1614, before the invasion of Osaka, he was ordered by the shogunate to destroy the church in Nagasaki along with the neighboring clans of Nabeshima, Terasawa, Arima, and Matsuura. Around (CE 1617), Alfonso de Navarrete Benito of the Dominican Order and João Batista Machado of the Jesuit , had four foreigners missionary beheaded: Pedro Asumpción of the Franciscans and Hernando de Araya of the Augustinians. On the other hand, historical documents from the missionary side say that his aunt Shōtō-in was actively involved in missionary activities.

In September 1619, he received an order from the shogunate to repair the stone walls of Osaka Castle, which had become Tokugawa territory, but immediately after, on November 13, Kushima Castle ] and died suddenly, at the age of 28. He was buried at Banzai Yamahonkyo-ji Temple, a family temple built by his father. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Suminobu.

Due to his sudden death, it is said that he was poisoned by a missionary who, like his father, hated the oppression of Christians.

Genealogy

Parents

• Ōmura Kizen (father)
• Daughter (mother) of Yoshizumi Arima

Official wife:

• Adopted daughter of Ōmura Yorinao - retainer Kusumotoemon's daughter

Children:

• Ōmura Sumonobu (eldest son) birth mother is legal wife