Togawa-shi - Sogo Uji

Japanese: 十河氏 - そごううじ

One of the samurai families of the Middle Ages. A local lord from Soga-go, Yamada County, Sanuki (present-day Sogawa, Takamatsu City). In 1293 (Einin 1) during the late Kamakura period, there was Togawa Motokiyo, who advanced into Awa as a vassal of Awa Shugo Ogasawara Tsuneharu, and in 1356 (Shohei 11, Enbun 1) during the Nanboku-cho period, there is Togawa Toku, who was appointed as Shugodai of Iyo as a deputy of Hosokawa Yoriyuki. Thus, the Togawa clan advanced into various parts of Shikoku following the Shugo of Awa, Sanuki, etc. from early on, but in the Muromachi period, as the Hosokawa clan acquired a part of the Kinai region, they advanced to the center, and from 1492 (Genchu 9, Meitoku 3) they worked as members of the inner corps at the Hosokawa residence in Kyoto, and in 1425 (Oei 32) Togawa Sozen was appointed Shugodai of Settsu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世の武家家門の一つ。讃岐山田郡蘇甲郷(現，高松市十川（そがわ）)出身の土豪。鎌倉後期の1293年(永仁1)には阿波守護小笠原常春の被官として阿波に進出した十河元清がおり，南北朝期の1356年(正平11∥延文1)には細川頼之の目代として伊予の守護代に任ぜられた十河遠久がみえる。このように十河氏は早くから阿波，讃岐等の守護に従って四国各地に進出したが，室町期に入って細川氏の畿内分国獲得とともに中央に進出し，92年(元中9∥明徳3)以降京都の細川邸に内衆として在勤し，1425年(応永32)には十河宗善が摂津守護代に補されている。

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