Sakado clan

Japanese: 坂戸氏 - さかどうじ

A medieval warrior of Kawachi who called himself the Montoku Genji. His base was in Sakato (To) Maki in the same province. His connection with Sakado dates back to the 11th century, when Tadanori, the son of Minamoto no Kinnori (the son of Fujiwara no Ikue, the governor of Echizen Province, and the adopted son of Montoku Genji no Akitsune) is known to have lived in Sakado. Kinnori was also Fujiwara no Michinaga's household steward and Kawachi no Kami, and it is believed that he gained a base in Kawachi through this relationship. Tadanori's son Nobusuke and grandson Yasusue also made Sakado his main territory, and from then on this line came to be known as the Sakado Genji. Yasusue was the first to be called to the northern side of the retired Emperor Shirakawa, and subsequently Sukinori and Chikayasu also became northern sides of Shirakawa and Toba-in.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

文徳源氏を称する河内の中世武士。同国坂門(戸)牧を本拠とする。坂戸との関係は11世紀ごろからで，源公則(越前国押領使藤原伊傅の子で文徳源氏章経の養子)の息忠念が坂戸に住したことがみえる。公則は藤原道長の家司で河内守でもあったから，その関係で河内に基盤をもったと思われる。忠念の子信季，孫康季も坂戸を本領とし，以後この流が坂戸源氏と号するようになった。康季は白河上皇の最初の北面に召され，続いて息季範･近康も白河･鳥羽院の北面となっている。

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