Mochizuki clan

Japanese: 望月氏 - もちづきうじ

From the end of the Heian period to the Sengoku period, this samurai clan had its base near what is now Mochizuki-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano Prefecture. It is said that the clan is an offshoot of the Shigeno clan, an ancient Shinano clan, and that it began when Shigeno Tamemichi's third son, Hiroshige, settled there as the farm supervisor of Mochizuki Ranch and took the name Mochizuki Saburo. The Mochizuki clan was among the samurai who participated in the Hogen Rebellion (1156) at the end of the Heian period, and later followed Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Jisho-Juei Civil War, and became vassals after the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate. After the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate, the Mochizuki clan supported the Nakasendai Rebellion (1335), which was started by supporting Hojo Tokiyuki.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

平安末期～戦国時代にかけて，現在の長野県北佐久郡望月町付近に根拠を有した武士。信濃の旧族とされる滋野（しげの）氏の分流で，滋野為通の三男広重が望月牧の牧監（もくげん）として土着し，望月三郎を称したことに始まるとされる。平安末期，保元の乱(1156)に従った武士に望月氏がみえ，その後，治承･寿永の内乱に際しては源義仲に従い，鎌倉幕府成立後御家人となった。望月氏は鎌倉幕府滅亡後，北条時行を擁して起こした中先代の乱(1335)に与（くみ）した。

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