Takuma-shi - Takuma-ji

Japanese: 詫磨氏 - たくまうじ

A samurai family in the medieval Higo region. A powerful branch family of the Otomo clan, on a par with the Shiga and Tahara clans, they were successively called Takuma betto, beginning with Yoshihide, the second son of the first Otomo clan leader Yoshinao. Yoshihide based himself in Kankura Manor in Takuma County, which Yoshinao had given him, and held the position of land steward and subordinate officer in that manor and in Kanoki Higashi Manor in the neighboring Akita County, controlling the headman class in the area. His son Tokihide participated in the Mongol Wars with his brother Akihide, and as a result of his achievements he was given the position of land steward in part of Kanzaki Manor in Hizen Province, as well as land steward in Shitoya in Chikuzen Province and Murayoshi in Koshi County in Higo Province. The next son, Yorihide, also held the position of Shirakawa Tsumotoshiki, becoming an increasingly powerful force in central Higo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世肥後の武家。志賀，田原などとならぶ大友氏の有力庶家で，大友氏初代能直の次男能秀にはじまり，歴代詫磨別当と称する。能秀は能直から譲られた託麻郡の神蔵荘を本拠とし，その地頭下司職および隣接する飽田郡の鹿子木東荘の地頭下司職を領し，管内の名主層を従えていった。その子時秀は弟顕秀とともに蒙古合戦に参戦，その功により肥前国神崎荘内の一部地頭職，筑前国志登社，肥後国合志郡村吉等の地頭職を得た。次の頼秀は白川津本司職をも得て，いよいよ肥後中央部の有力勢力となっていった。

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