Baba-ji

Japanese: 馬場氏 - ばばうじ

Baba was a place where samurai would train their horses, and it was often found in place names and was also frequently used as family names. The main ones are as follows: (1) The Owari Kuni no Miyatsuko lineage Since the mid-Heian period, the position of general inspector of the Atsuta Shrine in Owari was hereditary. (2) The Seiwa Genji The Settsu Genji's Minamoto no Nakamasa, the great-grandson of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, took the name Baba. Nakamasa was a Junior Fifth Rank Upper Grade and Hyogo no Kami, and was the father of Minamoto no Yorimasa, who raised an army to overthrow the Taira clan. The Baba clan was a vassal of the Takeda clan of Kai, and this lineage is said to belong to the Baba clan. However, there is also a Baba clan within the Takeda clan. It is also a branch of the Seiwa Genji, but is a lineage of Yoshimitsu (the son of Yoriyoshi and the younger brother of Yoshiie).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

馬場は武士が馬の調練を行う所であり，地名にも多く，名字としてもよく用いられた。次におもなものをあげる。(1)尾張国造家流　平安中期以来，尾張の熱田社の総検校職を世襲した。(2)清和源氏　摂津源氏で源頼光の曾孫にあたる源仲政が馬場を称した。仲政は従五位上，兵庫頭で，平氏打倒の兵をあげた源頼政の父である。甲斐の武田氏の家臣に馬場氏があり，この系統と称している。ただし別に武田氏の一族にも馬場氏がある。やはり清和源氏であるが，義光(頼義の子，義家の弟)の流である。

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