Brief history of Yokosuka at this link+
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The area around present-day Yokosuka city has been inhabited for thousands of years.
Archaeologists have found stone tools and shell middens from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jomon and Kofun periods at numerous locations in the area.
During the Heian period, local warlord Muraoka Tamemichi established Kinugasa Castle in 1063. He became the ancestor of the Miura clan, which subsequently dominated eastern Sagami Province for the next several hundred years.
The Miura clan supported Minamoto no Yoritomo in the foundation of the Kamakura shogunate, but were later annihilated by Hojo Tokiyori in 1247.
However, the family name was reassigned to a supporter of the Hojo clan, and the Miura continued to rule Miura Peninsula through the Muromachi period until their defeat at Arai Castle in 1518.
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During the Edo period, the Yokosuka area was controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto.
Due to its strategic location at the entrance to Tokyo Bay, the Shogunate established the post of Uraga Bugyo in 1720, and all shipping into the bay was required to stop for inspection.
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| Crest of the Miura Clan |
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