Mr. Mizutani

Japanese: 水谷氏 - みずたにうじ

A medieval samurai family. The family name was Fujiwara. According to the Sonpi Bunmyaku and other sources, Mizutani Jusuke, Kiyoari, and Sueari (Hide) appear in the Kamakura period. Jusuke appeared as an envoy during the Shogunate's Tenchi Saihen Ceremony held between the Ninji and Kangen periods (1240-47), and as a servant of the Shogun Fujiwara no Yoritsune. He also escorted the Shogun to the Hojoe Ceremony at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine (Azuma Kagami). Kiyoari and Sueari appear as members of the Rokuhara Council of Ministers (Sonpi Bunmyaku). There is a theory that their home town was Mizutani-go, Inukami County, Omi Province. There are many instances of Mizutani clan members active on the Shogunate's side in the early Nanboku-cho period, including Mizutani Gyobu-shoyu and Mizutani Hyoe-kuranobu, who appear in the Taiheiki, but their genealogical relationships are unclear.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世武家。藤原姓。《尊卑分脈》などによれば鎌倉期に水谷重輔―清有―季(秀)有がみえる。重輔は仁治～寛元年間(1240‐47)幕府が天地災変祭を行う際の御使として，また将軍藤原頼経の扈従人として現れ，さらに鶴岡八幡宮放生会に際して将軍の役送を務めたりしている(《吾妻鏡》)。清有，季有は六波羅評定衆としてみえる(《尊卑分脈》)。彼らの本貫について，近江国犬上郡水谷郷などとの説がある。《太平記》にみえる水谷刑部少輔，水谷兵衛蔵人をはじめ，南北朝前期に幕府方として活躍する水谷氏が散見するが，系譜関係はつまびらかにできない。

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