Mr. Nishikori - Nishigoriuji

Japanese: 錦織氏 - にしごりうじ

A warrior of Omi in the Middle Ages. His base was Nishikori-go, Shiga County, Omi Province (now Otsu City, north of Onjo-ji Temple). A descendant of Minamoto no Yoshimitsu of the Seiwa Genji clan. It is said that after the Battle of Zenkunen, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi built a mansion and lived in Nishikori-go, and his son Yoshimitsu also had close ties to Onjo-ji Temple and its surrounding areas, and his descendants became the Yamamoto, Kashiwagi, Nishikori, and Minoura clans. The Nishikori clan is said to have been founded by Yoshihiro, the son of Yoshimitsu's great-grandson Yamamoto Yoshitsune, or Yoshihiro's younger brother Yoshitaka. In 1180 (Jisho 4), Yamamoto Yoshitsune and his son raised an army against the Taira clan in Omi but were defeated, but in 1183 (Juei 2), they joined the army of Minamoto no Yoshinaka and went to Kyoto.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世，近江の武士。近江国滋賀郡錦織郷(今の大津市内，園城寺の北)が本拠。清和源氏，源義光の子孫。前九年の役の後，源頼義は錦織郷に館を構えて住んだと伝え，その子義光も園城寺やその近傍と関係が深く，子孫は山本，柏木，錦織，箕浦（みのうら）の諸氏となった。錦織氏は，義光の曾孫山本義経の子義弘，または義弘の弟義高を祖とするという。1180年(治承4)山本義経父子は近江で反平氏の兵を挙げて敗れたが，83年(寿永2)源義仲の軍に加わり上洛した。

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