Mr. Tagaya

Japanese: 多賀谷氏 - たがやうじ

A medieval and early modern samurai family from Musashi. It is said that the family began when Mitsumoto, the son of Ariga Heitaro Yoriki, a member of the ruling party of the Musashi Seven, lived in Tagaya, Saitama County, Musashi Province, and called himself Tagaya Jiro. It is also said that the family began with Iemasa, the son of Kaneko Juro Ietada, also of the Murayama party. They became retainers of the Kamakura Shogunate, and in the Muromachi and Sengoku periods, they became retainers of the Yuki clan of Shimousa. After the Battle of Yuki, Ujiie assisted his lord, Yuki Shigetomo, and made a great contribution to the restoration of the clan, and based himself in Shimotsuma Castle in Hitachi. His descendants were important vassals of the Yuki clan, and in times of political and economic struggle, they allied with Satake Yoshishige of Hitachi Ota Castle to counter the advance of the Hojo clan, and in 1576 (Tensho 4), they defeated the troops of Hojo Ujimasa.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

武蔵出身の中･近世武家。武蔵七党の野与党の有賀平太郎頼基の子光基が，武蔵国埼玉郡多賀谷に住して，多賀谷二郎を称したのに始まるという。また同じく村山党の金子十郎家忠の子家政に始まるとも伝える。鎌倉幕府御家人となり，室町･戦国時代には下総結城氏の家人となった。氏家は結城合戦後に主君結城成朝を助けて同氏再興に大功あり，常陸下妻城に拠った。その子孫は結城氏の重臣として重きをなし，政経のときには北条氏の進出に対抗するため，常陸太田城の佐竹義重と結んで，1576年(天正4)北条氏政の兵を破った。

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