TheMiura family (三浦氏,Miura-shi) was one of the branch families descended from theTaira clan. They held large fiefs, and retained great political influence. They were one of the primary opponents of theHōjō family ofregents in the mid-13th century, and again at the beginning of the 16th. Miura remains a common family name in Japan today.

Miura 三浦
Miura clanmon
Parent house	Taira clan
Final ruler	Miura Yoshimoto
Ruled until	1516,Siege of Arai
Cadet branches	Ashina clan

The Miura clan supportedMinamoto no Yoritomo^[1] in the foundation of theKamakura shogunate, but were later annihilated byHōjō Tokiyori in 1247. However, the family name was reassigned to a supporter of the Hōjō clan, and the Miura continued to ruleMiura Peninsula through theMuromachi period until their defeat at Arai Castle in a 1516 attack byHōjō Sōun.

• Miura Yasumura – member of Council of State, and signer ofJōei Formulary
• Miura Yoshiaki – grandfather toMinamoto no Yoshihira
• Miura Yoshizumi – ally toMinamoto no Yoshitsune at theBattle of Dan-no-ura, 1185^[2]
• Miura Yoshimura – aMinamoto ally during theJōkyū War of 1221
• Miura Yoshiatsu - his son was Miura Yoshimoto, who committed suicide during theSiege of Arai^[1]: 208
• Miura Yoshimoto – the son of Miura Yoshiatsu. Both are said to have committedseppuku in 1516 when theArai castle was stormed,^[3] with Yoshimoto decapitating himself.^[4]
• Miura Tsunesaburō - a rookie of Shinsengumi. Being new and did not comprehendKondō Isami's wish, he killed former captainTōdō Heisuke.

'Miura' was also the family name given to English sailorWilliam Adams, who became shipwrecked inJapan in the year 1600.^{[citation needed]}

• Japanese clans
• Miura Peninsula
• Kanto region