Mr. Yokota

Japanese: 横田氏 - よこたうじ

A local clan that was powerful in the late ancient and early medieval periods, based in the Yokota area of Nita County, Izumo Province. In the late Heian period, Iwashimizu Hachiman Yokota Bekku (Yokota Manor) was established in this area as one of the Izumo Hassho Hachiman, and it became an important base of the Heike forces in Izumo at the end of the Heian period and the beginning of the Kamakura period. The Yokota clan was a local clan descended from the Nita County Governor, and it is assumed that the establishment of Yokota Bekku (Manor) was based on the donation of land by the Yokota clan. In the Genpei Seisuiki, the name of Yokota Hyoe no Jo Koreyuki appears as one of the Izumo lords who participated in the Battle of Ichinotani as part of the Heike forces, and in the Iwami Masuda documents dated May 1184 (Genryaku 1), the name of Yokota Hyoe no Jo also appears as a Heike lord Izumo lord whom Kajiwara Kagetoki ordered the vassals and local government officials of the neighboring Iwami Province to hunt down.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

出雲国仁多郡横田地域を基盤にして勢力を張った古代末･中世成立期の在地豪族。平安末期，この地域には出雲八所八幡の一つとして石清水八幡横田別宮(横田荘)が成立し，平安末･鎌倉初期の出雲における平家方勢力の一重要拠点をなした。横田氏は仁多郡司の系譜を引く在地豪族で，横田別宮(荘)の成立もこの横田氏の所領寄進にもとづくのではないかと推定されているが，《源平盛衰記》には一ノ谷の戦に平家方軍勢としてはせ参じた出雲国人の一人に横田兵衛尉維行の名がみえ，また1184年(元暦1)5月付の石見益田文書には，梶原景時が隣国石見国の御家人･在庁官人等に追伐を命じた平家方出雲国人として，同じく横田兵衛尉の名がみえる。

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