Kuri clan

Japanese: 久利氏 - くりうじ

A local feudal lord in Iwami in the Middle Ages. His original family name was Kiyohara, and from the end of the Heian period onwards he ruled over Kuri-go in Nima County, Iwami Province, and called himself the Kuri clan. The first historical document showing the relationship between the Kiyohara clan and Kuri-go was the Iwami Kokushicho-no-sho in 1063 (Kohei 6), which appointed Kiyohara Yoriyuki as Kuri-goji, and thereafter the Kiyohara clan ruled over Kuri-go, as well as Niman, Amakawachi, and Sama districts. With the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate, the Kiyohara (Kuri) clan joined the ranks of the Gokenin and was likely once again appointed as land steward of four districts, including Kuri. In the Middle Ages, the Kuri clan produced one district steward for the Sama and Niman clans, as well as small land stewards (ichibun land stewards) for Akanami, Ichihara, Onimura, and other districts in the main territory of Kuri-go. These illegitimate children participated in the Nanboku-cho civil war with their own unique identity as the head of Kuri.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世石見の国人領主。本姓は清原氏で，平安末期以後石見国邇摩（にま）郡久利郷を領し，久利氏を称した。清原氏と久利郷とのかかわりを示す史料的初見は，1063年(康平6)清原頼行を久利郷司職に補任した石見国司庁宣で，以後清原氏は久利郷をはじめ，仁満，雨(天)河内，佐摩各郷を領有した。清原(久利)氏は鎌倉幕府成立とともに御家人の列に加わり，あらためて久利以下4ヵ郷地頭職に補任されたものと思われる。中世の久利氏は佐摩氏，仁満氏などの1ヵ郷地頭を分出するとともに，本領久利郷においても赤波，市原，鬼村などの小地頭(一分地頭)を分出，これら庶子は久利惣領からの独自性をもって南北朝内乱に参加していった。

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