Mr. Usami - Usamiuji

Japanese: 宇佐美氏 - うさみうじ

A medieval samurai family whose main territory was Usami Manor in Tagata County, Izu Province. It began when Sukeshige (Sukeshige), a member of the powerful Kudo clan of Izu, lived in Usami and called himself Usami Saburo. Originally, Usami Manor, together with Ito Manor and Kawazu Manor, was called Kusumi Manor and was owned by Suketaka, who called himself Kudo Dayu. Suketaka, who was unable to find an heir, adopted a child born to his second wife's daughter (child from a previous marriage), named him Suketsugu, and gave Ito and Usami to his eldest grandson Sukechika, and thus Kusumi Manor was divided into separate territories.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

伊豆国田方郡宇佐美荘を本領とする中世の武家。伊豆の雄族工藤氏の一族で祐茂(助茂)が宇佐美に住して宇佐美三郎を称したのに始まる。もともとこの宇佐美荘は伊東荘，河津荘とあわせて久須美荘と呼ばれ，工藤大夫を称した祐隆の領有するところであった。後継者にめぐまれなかった祐隆は，後妻の娘(連れ子)との間に生まれた子を養子として祐継と名のらせ伊東，宇佐美を与え，嫡孫の祐親に河津を与えたため，久須美荘は分領されることになった。

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