The Karita clan operated from the Katta District, south of Mutsu Province (now Miyagi Prefecture). This clan founded the Shiroishi Castle in the Heian period.[1][2][3][4] The Karita clan later became the Shiroishi clan, which served the Date clan[5][6]

Karita clan
刈田氏
Home provinceMutsu Province

References edit

  1. ^ (in Japanese)"Monument".
  2. ^ (in Japanese)"history-land.com".
  3. ^ (in Japanese)"rekishi pdf, page 2".
  4. ^ (in English)"Shiroishi Castle".
  5. ^ (in Japanese)"Shiroishi-shi" on Harimaya.com (28 March 2008).
  6. ^ (in Japanese) "Shiroishi-shi" on shiroishi.ne.jp.