Owari Clan - Owariuji

Japanese: 尾張氏 - おわりうじ

…About 60% of the area is fertile alluvial plain, which is the southern half of the Nobi Plain, and judging from the distribution of ancient tombs, it is believed that powerful clans also had bases in Inuyama and Ichinomiya in the north, and Kasugai in the northeast. However, it was the Owari clan, the Owari kuni no miyatsuko, based in the Atsuta Plateau in the southern part of the plain, who secured the position of control over the entire country. The Owari clan was a powerful clan that flaunted its connection with the imperial family through the legend of Yamato Takeru. …

From Masumida Shrine

...This shrine enshrines Ame no Hoakari. Ame no Hoakari is the ancestor of the Owari clan, and when his son Ame no Kagoyama moved from Yamato to Owari to manage the development of the area, he enshrined his ancestor here, which is said to be the origin of this shrine. Since then, it has developed together with the Owari clan, and in 847 (Jowa 14), it was ranked as a Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, in 851 (Jinju 1) as an official shrine, and in 865 (Jogan 7), it was ranked as a Senior Fourth Rank, and under the Engi system, it was designated as a Myojin Taisha (Great Shrine), and later as the Ichinomiya (Ichinomiya) of Owari Province. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Owari clan" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…面積の約6割が濃尾平野の南半部にあたる肥沃な沖積平野で，古墳の分布などから推察すれば，北部の犬山市や一宮市，北東部の春日井市あたりにも豪族の拠点があったと考えられる。しかし国全体を統轄する地位を確保したのは，平野南部の熱田台地に本拠をおく尾張国造たる尾張氏であろう。尾張氏は，ヤマトタケル伝説を媒介として，皇室とのつながりを誇示する豪族であった。…

【真清田神社】より

…天火明（あめのほあかり）命をまつる。天火明命は尾張氏の祖神で，その子天香語山（あめのかごやま）命のとき，大和より尾張に移って開拓経営にあたり，祖神をこの地に奉斎したのが当社の起源という。以後尾張氏とともに発展し，847年(承和14)従五位下，851年(仁寿1)官社に列せられ，865年(貞観7)正四位上，延喜の制で名神大社，のち尾張国一宮とされた。…

※「尾張氏」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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