Amano clan - Amanouji

Japanese: 天野氏 - あまのうじ

The Amano clan originated from Amano-go, Tagata-gun, Izu Province, when Kagemitsu, the son of Ryue Kagezumi, a branch of the powerful Kudo clan of Izu, took the name Amano. Kagemitsu's son Amano Tokage followed Minamoto no Yoritomo as his aide after he raised an army in 1180 (Jisho 4), and then joined Minamoto no Noriyori's army and traveled to the western provinces to pursue the Taira clan. In 1185 (Bun'ei 1), he became the magistrate of the Chinzei region and moved to Dazaifu in Kyushu, where he became the local representative for the Kamakura shogunate's control of Kyushu. The Amano clan thus acquired territory in Kyushu, but Tokage was relieved of his post after less than ten years, and so he did not put down roots there, and his descendants ended up with territories in Musashi, Totomi, Mino, Noto, and other areas.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

伊豆国田方郡天野郷を本領とし，伊豆の雄族工藤氏の分流入江景澄の子景光が天野を称したのに始まるという。景光の子天野遠景は1180年(治承4)の挙兵以来源頼朝に従ってその側近となり，さらに源範頼軍に属して平家追討のため西国に下向，85年(文治1)鎮西奉行人となって九州大宰府に移り，鎌倉幕府による九州支配の現地代行者となった。したがって天野氏は九州にも所領を得ているが，遠景が10年足らずで任を解かれたこともあって九州には根をおろさず，その子孫は武蔵，遠江，美濃，能登等の所領を分領することになる。

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