Mr. Inage - Inage Maggot

Japanese: 稲毛氏 - いなげうじ

A medieval samurai family whose main territory was Inage-sho in Tachibana County, Musashi Province. A branch of the Kanmu Heishi clan, the Chichibu clan. It began when Shigenari, the third son of Oyamada Ariyoshi, ruled Inage-sho and called himself Inage Saburo. Shigenari followed Minamoto no Yoritomo from the beginning of his uprising, and became a powerful vassal through his military achievements. However, he was also a very devoted husband, and when his wife died of illness, he could not bear the grief of their separation and became a monk, spending a huge amount of money to build a bridge over the Sagami River for her memorial service. However, because his wife was the daughter of Hojo Tokimasa, he was caught up in a plot by Tokimasa and his wife, Maki no Kata, and in 1205 (Genkyu 2), he was forced to help destroy the Hatakeyama clan, a clan of his own clan, and was executed along with his son Ozawa Shigemasa, for being branded as the central figure in the plot.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

武蔵国橘樹郡稲毛荘を本領とする中世の武家。桓武平氏秩父氏族。小山田有重の三男重成が稲毛荘を領して稲毛三郎と称したのに始まる。重成は挙兵当初から源頼朝に従い，武功をあげて有力御家人となったが，他面たいへんな愛妻家であり，妻の病没に際しては別離の愁いに耐えかねて出家し，追善のためにと莫大な費用を投じて相模川に橋を架けている。しかし妻が北条時政の娘であったために時政とその後妻牧の方の策謀にまきこまれ，1205年(元久2)同族の畠山氏討滅の片棒を担がされたうえ，策謀の中心人物との汚名をきせられて子息小沢重政ともども誅殺されてしまう。

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