Enya Okihisa

...A medieval samurai family in Izumo. A branch of the Omi Genji Sasaki clan. Sasaki Hideyoshi played an active role on the side of the shogunate in the Jisho-Juei civil war, and his fifth son, Yoshikiyo, was appointed as the guardian of Izumo and Oki, building up his power, and his descendants inherited the title of guardian of both provinces. Yoshikiyo's grandson, Yoritsune, based himself in Shioya-go, Kamimon County, Izumo Province, and called himself Shioya Saemon-no-jo. The branch of Yoritsune's brother, Tokikiyo, became the guardian of Oki Province, while Yoritsune's descendants took the name of the Shioya clan, and Sadakiyo and Takasada inherited the title of guardian of Izumo Province. Shioya Hangan Takasada became the guardian of Izumo and Oki under the Kenmu government, but he committed suicide in 1341 (Kokoku 2 | Ryakuo 4), and many of his family members died. ...

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…出雲の中世武家。近江源氏佐々木氏の一流。佐々木秀義が治承･寿永の内乱で幕府方として活躍し，五男義清が出雲･隠岐の守護に補任されて勢力を築き，その子孫は両国守護を相伝した。義清の孫頼泰は出雲国神門郡塩冶郷に本拠を置き塩冶左衛門尉と称した。頼泰の兄時清の一流は隠岐国守護となり，一方，頼泰の子孫は塩冶氏を名のり，貞清，高貞と出雲国守護を相伝する。塩冶判官高貞は建武政権のもと出雲･隠岐守護となったが，1341年(興国2∥暦応4)に自害し一族も多く死亡した。…

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