Mr. Shibuya

Japanese: 渋谷氏 - しぶやうじ

A medieval samurai family whose main territory was Shibuya Manor in Sagami Province. The Kawasaki Kanja Motoie clan, a branch of the Kanmu Heishi clan, advanced into southern Musashi and expanded further into Sagami Province, where Motoie's grandson Shigekuni became Shibuya Manor's governor and took the name Shibuya. Shigekuni sided with the Taira clan when Minamoto no Yoritomo raised an army in 1180 (Jisho 4). However, when the Sasaki clan, whom he had supported for some time, joined Yoritomo and fled in defeat from Ishibashiyama, Shigekuni hid them again and protected them from the Taira's search. He also served under Yoritomo and maintained his status as a feudal lord in Sagami Province due to his military achievements in the subsequent battle to pursue the Taira clan, and his family received preferential treatment from Yoritomo, such as exemption from taxes on their territories.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

相模国渋谷荘を本領とする中世の武家。桓武平氏の一流秩父氏のうち南武蔵に進出した河崎冠者基家の一族がさらに相模国に展開し，基家の孫重国が渋谷荘司となって渋谷氏を称した。重国は1180年(治承4)の源頼朝挙兵の際平家方にくみしたが，かねてから扶養していた佐々木一族が頼朝に参じ石橋山から敗走してくると，再びこれをかくまい平家方の捜索から守ったという経緯や，頼朝の麾下（きか）に転じて以後の平家追討戦における戦功によって，相模の〈大名〉の地位を維持し，一族も頼朝から所領の年貢免除等の優遇措置をうけた。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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