Mr. Muto

Japanese: 武藤氏 - むとううじ

A branch of the Fujiwara clan called the Muto clan during the time of Yorihira. Yorihira participated in the uprising of Minamoto no Yoritomo, and was later appointed as a warrior's official. Muto is said to refer to the Fujiwara clan as a warrior's official. His son, Sukeyori, was appointed as Dazai Shoni and Chinzei Magistrate, and went down to Chikuzen Province. His descendants also served as shugoshoku (military governors) of the northern Kyushu region, and from the time of Tsunesuke in the mid-Kamakura period, they called themselves the Shoni clan.

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Japanese:

藤原氏秀郷流。頼平のとき武藤氏を称する。頼平は源頼朝の挙兵に参陣し，のち武者所に補せられた。武藤とは，武者所である藤原氏の意であるという。子資頼は，大宰少弐，鎮西奉行に任じられ筑前国に下り，子孫は北九州諸国の守護職を兼ね，鎌倉時代中期の経資の頃より少弐氏を称した。

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