Mr. Fukabori

Japanese: 深堀氏 - ふかぼりうじ

A medieval and early modern samurai family from Kazusa. A first-line branch of the Taira Miura clan. Taira Nakamitsu took the name Fukabori after his estate in Fukabori, Kazusa Province. Nakamitsu became a retainer of the Kamakura Shogunate, and was rewarded for his military achievements on the Shogunate's side during the Jokyu War. However, his son, Noriyuki, requested a change in the location of the reward, and finally in 1255 (Kencho 7), he became the land steward of Hachiura, Sonoki Manor, Hizen Province (present-day Fukabori-cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture). He settled in the area around the time of the Mongol invasion, and thereafter subjugated the existing lords and developed his rule as a feudal lord. The eldest son system weakened from the end of the Kamakura period, and during the Nanboku-cho period, the eldest son and his illegitimate son played separate roles on the Ashikaga side.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

上総出身の中･近世武家。平姓三浦氏の一流。平仲光が上総国深堀を所領として深堀氏を称す。仲光は鎌倉幕府御家人となり，承久の乱では幕府方として軍功をあげ恩賞を受けた。だがその子能仲は恩賞地の変更を願い，ついに1255年(建長7)肥前国彼杵（そのき）荘戸八浦(現，長崎県長崎市深堀町周辺)の地頭となった。蒙古襲来のころ同地に土着して，以後在来の領主を制圧して領主支配を発展させる。鎌倉末期より惣領制は弱体化し，南北朝期には惣領と庶子が個別に足利方として活躍。

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