The was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan. They held large fiefs, and great political influence. They were one of the primary opponents of the Hōjō family of regents, in the mid-13th century, and again at the beginning of the 16th. It remains a common family name in Japan today. Members of the Miura clan: 'Miura' was also the family name given to English sailor William Adams, who became shipwrecked in Japan in the year 1600.[citation needed]