Hitachi Daijo Biography - Hitachi Daijo Electric

Japanese: 常陸大掾伝記 - ひたちだいじょうでんき

Biographies of the main branch and branches of the Hitachi Daijo clan. Includes a Hitachi Daijo family tree. Each is in one volume. Author and date of publication unknown. The main text is a direct translation of Chinese text and records the lineage of the Bando Heishi clan beginning with Emperor Kanmu, and then describes the various branches that branched off to Hitachi Province. There is particularly detailed description of the illegitimate family that branched off to Yoshida County (present-day Mito City and the surrounding area). Historical material that gives a glimpse into the state of affairs in Hitachi Province since the end of the Heian period. Included in Zoku Gunsho Ruiju. [Tsutsumi Teiko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

常陸大掾氏本宗および支族の伝記。常陸大掾系図が添えられている。各1巻。著者，成立年代ともに不詳。本文は漢文直訳体で桓武天皇から始まる坂東平氏一門の家系を記し，ついで常陸国に分流した諸支族について述べる。とくに吉田郡(現，水戸市とその周辺地域)に分流した庶子家の記述が詳しい。平安末期以来の常陸国の情勢をうかがいうる史料。《続群書類従》所収。【堤禎子】

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