Mr. Tozawa

Japanese: 戸沢氏 - とざわうじ

A feudal lord in the Sengoku period in Dewa Province. Later he became the lord of Shinjo Domain in Dewa Province. In the early Kamakura period, Taira no Sadamori's descendant, Kanemori, based himself in Tozawa-go, Shizukuishi, Iwate County, Mutsu Province, and called himself the Tozawa clan. His son Kanemori advanced to Kadoya, Yamamoto County, Dewa Province, and in the early 15th century, Iemori established his base in Kakunodate Castle in the same county. This is the theory in the Tozawa Family Genealogy, which was created in the early modern period, but there are no known historical documents to back this up. The first appearance of Iemori in existing historical documents was in the late 15th century, when he was listed as Taira no Hidanokami Iemori on a plaque at Jinguji Hachiman Shrine in Yamamoto County. His movements finally became clear at the end of the Sengoku period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

出羽国の戦国大名。のち出羽国新庄藩主。鎌倉初期に平貞盛後裔という平衡盛が陸奥国岩手郡滴石（しずくいし）の戸沢郷に拠って戸沢氏を称し，その子兼盛が出羽国山本郡門屋（かどや）に進出，15世紀初めに家盛が同郡角館城を本拠とした，と伝えられる。近世期作成の《戸沢家譜》の説であるが，裏付け史料は未詳。15世紀末の山本郡神宮寺八幡宮棟札に記載の平飛驒守家盛が現存史料上の初見であり，戦国末期にようやく動向も明白となる。

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