Tsuneyoshi Yoshikawa

...A medieval samurai family from Suruga. The family name was Fujiwara, and they were descendants of Otomaro, the fourth son of the Southern Takechimaro. Otomaro's 11th generation grandson, Korekiyo, lived in Irie, Suruga Province, and called himself the Irie family. Tsuneyoshi, the founder of the Yoshikawa clan, was Korekiyo's great-great-grandson and lived in Yoshikawa, Irie Province, for the first time to use the family name Yoshikawa (or Yoshika), and was subordinate to Minamoto no Yoritomo. During the time of Asatsune, he held the Fukui manor in Harima Province. Tsunemitsu belonged to the Hojo clan during the Jokyu War, but was appointed as the land steward of Daicho Manor in Aki Province (Yamagata County, Hiroshima Prefecture) for his achievements in the Battle of Uji Bridge in June 1221 (Jokyu 3). His son, Tsunetaka, moved from Yoshikawa Village, Irie Manor, Suruga Province, to Daicho Manor in 1313 (Showa 2). ...

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…駿河出身の中世武家。姓は藤原，南家武智麻呂の四男乙麻呂の後裔。乙麻呂11代の孫維清は，駿河国入江に住して入江氏を称す。吉川氏の始祖経義は，維清の玄孫で入江の吉川の地に住し，はじめて姓を吉河(または吉香)と称し，源頼朝に従属した。朝経のとき播磨国福井荘を充行われた。経光は承久の乱で北条氏に属したが，1221年(承久3)6月の宇治橋の合戦の功により安芸国大朝荘(広島県山県郡)の地頭職に補任された。その子経高は1313年(正和2)駿河国入江荘吉川邑より大朝荘に下向した。…

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