Kamata family

Japanese: 鎌田氏 - かまたうじ

The Suto (Mori) clan (Sudouji) of the Northern Fujiwara clan, surnamed Moribe. The clan began when Michikiyo, the grandson (or son, according to one theory) of Suto Sukekiyo, called himself Kamata Gon no Kami. It is said that Sukekiyo took the name Morito by combining his real surname Fujiwara with his foster father's surname Moribe, and it is also said that he took the name Suto because he was appointed Uma no Kami (chief horseman) as a reward for his military achievements under Minamoto no Yoriyoshi. His son Sukemichi served Yoriyoshi's son Yoshiie and played an active role in the Gosannen War (1083-87). Michikiyo was Sukemichi's son and a retainer of Minamoto no Tameyoshi. He was, so to speak, a hereditary retainer of the Minamoto clan, but the reason why Michikiyo called himself Kamata is unclear.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

藤原北家，守部姓首藤(守藤)氏（すどううじ）族。首藤資清の孫(一説では子)通清が鎌田権守を称したのに始まる。資清は本姓藤原と養父の姓守部とを合わせて守藤を称したと言われ，また源頼義に属して軍功を立てた賞として主馬首（うまのかみ）に任じられたため首藤を称したとも言われる。その子資通は頼義の子義家に従って後三年の役(1083‐87)に活躍した。通清はこの資通の子で源為義の郎従であった。いわば源氏譜代の家人であるが，通清が鎌田氏を称した由縁については不明。

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