Kamitsukeno-shi - Biting Maggot

Japanese: 上毛野氏 - かみつけのうじ

A powerful clan in the ancient Kamitsukeno Province, later Kozuke Province. A clan of the Imperial lineage, claiming to be descendants of Emperor Sujin's son Toyokiirihiko, whose maiden name was Kimi (Kimi). Later, they were given the surname Ason. Toyokiirihiko, said to be the ancestor of the Kamitsukeno clan, ruled the eastern provinces, and his grandson, Hikosashima-no-Kami, became the governor of the 15 provinces of Tosando. However, he died of an illness in Kasuga Anakui-no-Mura, and the peasants of the eastern provinces mourned his death and buried him in Kozuke Province.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古代の上毛野国，後の上野（こうずけ）国の豪族。崇神天皇の皇子豊城入彦（とよきいりひこ）命の後裔と称する皇別（こうべつ）の氏族で旧姓は君(公)。後に朝臣の姓を授けられている。上毛野氏の祖先と伝えられる豊城入彦命は東国を治めることとなり，また同命の孫とされる彦狭島（ひこさしま）王は東山道十五国都督となったが，春日穴咋邑（かすがのあなくいのむら）で病死し，東国の百姓がそれを悲しみ，王を上野国に葬ったという伝説がある。

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