Nejimeji

Japanese: 禰寝氏 - ねじめうじ

A powerful clan in Osumi Province (Kagoshima Prefecture) since the Heian period. Family name Takebe. Based in Minamimata, Nesenin, Shohachimangu Shrine (Nejime Town, Kimotsuki District). In the Kamakura period, they became vassals of the shogunate, and the first Kiyoshige held the position of Jito and Gunji, which was a hereditary position thereafter. A family tree claims them to be descendants of the Taira clan. Other clans in the clan include the Tashiro and Sata clans, and the clan flourished from the end of the Kamakura period to the Nanboku-cho period. Branch clans included the Nishimoto, Ikebata, and Kado clans, and they acted in alliance with one another. They also held Kitamata, Nesenin, Shimazu Manor (Onejime Town, Kimotsuki District). The 7th lord Kiyonari, the 8th lord Kiyoari, and the 9th lord Hisaki, allied with the samurai forces of Hatakeyama Naoaki and Shimazu Sadahisa, and expanded their influence, fighting in various places in Osumi, Hyuga, and Satsuma against the Southern Party led by Kimotsuki Kaneshige, Nirei Yorinaka and Yorishige.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

平安時代以来の大隅国(鹿児島県)の豪族。建部姓。正八幡宮領禰寝院南俣(肝属郡根占町)を本拠とする。鎌倉時代には幕府の御家人となり，初代清重が地頭･郡司職を兼ね以後世襲した。系図では平氏の子孫を称する。同族に田代，佐多氏があり，鎌倉時代末から南北朝時代にかけて一族が繁衍（はんえん）した。支族に西本，池端，角氏等があり，彼らは連合して行動をとった。島津荘禰寝院北俣(肝属郡大根占町)をも併領。7代清成，8代清有，9代久清らは武家方の畠山直顕，島津貞久らに属し勢力を拡大，肝付兼重，楡井頼仲･頼重ら南党に対抗して大隅，日向，薩摩の各地に転戦した。

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