Kotou-ji

Japanese: 厚東氏 - ことううじ

A samurai family from the Heian to Nanboku-cho periods based in Atou, Atou County, Nagato Province (present-day Atou, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture). They called themselves the Mononobe clan. Some genealogies state that they were descendants of Mononobe Moriya, but there are families with the Mononobe surname all over Nagato Province, and the Atou clan is thought to be a branch of the Nagato Mononobe clan. From the late Heian period onwards, they were appointed as the governor of Atou County and as Oshiryoushi, one of the predecessors of the later Shugo, and in the Kamakura period they became Kamakura Gokenin (vassals of the Kamakura clan), and apparently participated in the Battle of Koan in Hakata. Atou Takezane became Shugo under the Kenmu government, likely due to his military achievements in fighting against Nagato Tandai Hojo Tokizane, and his family background as Oshiryoushi in the Heian period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長門国厚東郡厚東(現，山口県宇部市大字厚東)を本拠とした平安～南北朝期の武家。物部氏を称す。物部守屋の末とする系図もあるが，長門国の各地に物部姓の家が存在しており，厚東氏も長門系物部氏の一族と思われる。平安後期から厚東郡司や後の守護の前身の一つ押領使に任じ，鎌倉時代には鎌倉御家人となったようで，弘安の役では博多で参戦したらしい。建武政権下で厚東武実が守護となったのは，長門探題北条時実と戦った武功と平安時代の押領使という家柄によるものだろう。

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