Shigeno-shi - Shigenouji

Japanese: 滋野氏 - しげのうじ

Middle and lower-ranking officials in Kyoto. The family originated when Isoshiomi was given the title of Shigano no Sukune and then Shigano Ason, and his sons included Shigano Sadatsugu and Sadao. His descendants played important roles in the Gaki (Japanese military commander) position, one of the important posts under the Ritsuryo system. The Shigano clan is also written as Shigeno, and although various genealogies say that they are descendants of Emperor Seiwa, they are thought to have originated when the family of Shigano Sadatsugu settled in Chiisagata County, Shinano. They later split into various families, including the Uno clan, Nezu clan, and Mochizuki clan (the three branches of the Shigano clan), and spread to various provinces and prospered. There are many others who claim to be Shigano in various provinces, such as the Shigano clan, which became middle and lower-ranking aristocrats from the Mitsutaka Genji clan, and the first branch of Shigano Kiyohiko, a samurai of the Choshu domain who became a baron during the Meiji Restoration, but many of their genealogies are unknown.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

京の中･下級官人。伊蘇志臣家訳が滋野宿禰ついで滋野朝臣を賜ったのに始まり，その子に滋野貞主･貞雄がいる。子孫は令制要職の一つ外記などで活躍した。また信濃出身の中世武家に滋野氏がある。繁野氏とも書き，諸系図は清和天皇の後裔と伝えるが，滋野貞主の一族が信濃小県（ちいさがた）郡に土着したのに始まるらしい。のち海(宇)野氏，禰津氏，望月氏(滋野氏三家)以下の諸家に分かれて諸国に広がり繁栄した。そのほか光孝源氏で中･下級貴族となった滋野氏，明治維新で男爵となった長州藩士滋野清彦の一流など，諸国に滋野氏を称する者が多いが，その系譜については不明のものが多い。

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