Shitara-san - Shitarauji

Japanese: 設楽氏 - したらうじ

A warrior of Mikawa Province. According to early modern legends, they are descendants of the Sugawara clan, but are believed to have been a branch of the Mikawa Tomo clan, a local government official. There is also a theory that the family name originated from Shitara-go, Shitara County (present-day Toei Town), but this is unclear. This is the first time they have been seen outside of a family tree, as Sukekane, who accompanied Minamoto no Yoshiie to the Gosannen War. There is a Shitara Hyodo warrior on Yoshitomo's side during the Hogen Rebellion. During the Kamakura period, along with the Tominaga clan, they were vassals of the Ashikaga clan, the Mikawa Shugo, and Tarobei Nyudo appears in the records of the Ashikaga clan's land magistrates. In the early Muromachi period, they appear in various records as attendants to the shogun, and were granted land in Hoki, Suo, and other areas.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

三河国の武士。近世の所伝では菅原氏末裔とするが，在庁官人三河伴氏一族とみられる。設楽郡中設楽郷(現，東栄町)を名字の地とする説もあるが不明。源義家に従って後三年の役に出陣した資兼が系図以外での初見。保元の乱の義朝方に設楽兵藤武者がある。鎌倉時代には一族富永氏とともに三河守護足利氏の被官で，足利氏所領奉行番文に太郎兵衛入道がみえる。室町前期には将軍近習の一員として諸記録に散見し，伯耆，周防などで所領給付をうけた。

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