Yoshimi family search

[MrTimmyDee]

Hello, I am looking for info regarding the Yoshimi family. A friend of mine here in NZ had a grandmother who was Japanese with the family name of 'Yoshimi'. She seemed to believe it was a Samurai family

In researching, I know this much,
Hagi (窶昶?ｹﾅｽs, Hagi-shi?) is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan and was incorporated as a city on July 1, 1932. Formerly part of Abu District.On March 6, 2005, the former city of Hagi merged with Asahi, Fukue, Kawakami, Mutsumi, Susa and Tamagawa to form the new city of Hagi. This city was formerly known as a castle town as well.
In the medieval period, Hagi was dominated by the Yoshimi clan, who built a branch castle in Hagi. ...

Attached is a pic of where Yoshimis now reside in Japan...

Any historical info would be appreciated

 

[Nuala]

Hey MrTimmyDee! I think your best bet would be locating the website for the town of Hagi, or the Yamaguchi prefecture.

Click here for the website of the Yamaguchi prefecture.. Good luck!

 

[MrTimmyDee]

Hey, on a side note, I believe this website has the Kamon of the Yoshimi Clan:
h t t p : / / translate.google.co.nz/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww7a.biglobe.ne.jp%2F~onmyousansaku%2Fyosimi-oogiri.htm
This is remarkably similar (i.e., the same,) to the Futatsuhikiryo Kamon
h t t p : / / commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Futatsuhikiryo.svg
Any thoughts? This suggests a link in Clans somehow...

 

[Nuala]

On second thought, perhaps this would be better suited being moved/re-posted to the All-Things Japanese section. Click here to go to that section.