During the Nanboku-chō period following the fall of the Kamakura shogunate the Sōma were one of the few clans in Mutsu to remain loyal to the Northern Court.
dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə nˈænboʊkˌuːtʃˈoʊ pˈiəɹɪəd fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ðə fˈɔːl ʌvðə kˌæmɐkjˈʊɹɹə ʃˈɑːɡənˌeɪt ðə sˈoʊmə wɜː wˈʌn ʌvðə fjˈuː klˈænz ɪn mˈʌtsuː tə ɹᵻmˈeɪn lˈɔɪəl tə ðə nˈɔːɹðɚn kˈoːɹt.