Honma clan

In this Japanese name, the surname is Honma.

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

Homma Suketada, a young warrior who died in the Genkō War (1333). He was featured in Vol. 6 of the historical epic Taiheiki (太平記).

Honma (本間) is a Japanese clan.

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.