Kimotsuki clan - Kimotsuki uji

Japanese: 肝付氏 - きもつきうじ

A powerful clan based in Kimotsuki County, Osumi Province, from the end of the Heian period onwards. The surname is Tomo. According to a family tree, the descendants of Tomo Kanesada, the son-in-law of Taira Suemoto, the founder of Shimazu Manor, spread to the three provinces of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga as manor officials of the same manor. The eldest son, Kanetoshi, entered Takayama as the payment agent for Kimotsuki County and took the name of Kimotsuki. The second son and subsequent sons became ancestors of the Hagiwara, Anraku, Izumi and Umekita clans, respectively. After Kanetoshi, the Kimotsuki clan inherited various positions such as payment agent for the west and east, and payment agent for Kishira Village. As non-vassals, they repeatedly argued against the rule of the Shimazu clan and the Hojo (Nagoshi) clan, who were the land lords. Kaneshige (Mimata Hachiro) served as deputy governor for his brother Kanenari, and as guardian of his son Akikane, who succeeded Kanenari, he became head of the clan, and after the fall of the Kamakura shogunate, he played an active role as a powerful military commander on the side of the Southern Court.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

平安時代末期以降，大隅国肝付郡を本拠とした豪族。伴姓。系図によれば，島津荘の開創者平季基の女婿伴兼貞の子孫が，同荘荘官として薩摩，大隅，日向3国に繁衍。長子兼俊は肝付郡弁済使として高山に入り肝付氏を称す。次子以下はそれぞれ萩原，安楽，和泉，梅北氏等の祖となる。肝付氏は兼俊の後，西方･東方弁済使，岸良村弁済使等の諸職を世襲。非御家人として，地頭島津氏，北条(名越)氏の支配に抗して相論を繰り返した。兼重(三俣八郎)は兄兼尚の代官をつとめ，兼尚の跡をついだ実子秋兼の後見として一族を惣領し，鎌倉幕府滅亡後，南朝方の有力武将として活躍した。

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