Mr. Ema

Japanese: 江馬氏 - えまうじ

The lord of Takaharagoe, Yoshiki County, Hida Province, during the late Muromachi and Sengoku periods. His ancestor was Terutsune, the son of Taira no Tsunemori, but this is doubtful. In 1372 (Bunchu 1, Oan 5), Ema Tajima Shiro, and in 1471 (Bunmei 3), Ema Samanosuke, were ordered by the shogunate to secure the Yamashina family territories, including Hida Okamoto Jojoho. Both were related to the Ise clan, and Samanosuke appears to have been an illegitimate son of Ise Sadamune in the Ishiyama Honganji Diary, and appears to have succeeded the Ema clan. They were also related by marriage to the Ogasawara clan, the governor of Shinano Province, and in the Onin War they sided with Hosokawa Katsumoto, and in 1489 (Entoku 1), when Manri Shukyu visited, they advanced into Kojogo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

室町後期･戦国期の飛驒国吉城郡高原郷の領主。平経盛の子輝経を祖とするが疑わしい。1372年(文中1∥応安5)江馬但馬四郎が，1471年(文明3)江馬左馬助が，飛驒岡本上下保など山科家領の確保を幕府から命ぜられている。ともに伊勢氏と関係があり，左馬助は《石山本願寺日記》に伊勢貞宗の庶子の由とみえ，江馬氏を継いだらしい。信濃守護小笠原氏とも姻戚関係にあり，応仁の乱には細川勝元方に属し，万里集九が訪れた89年(延徳1)には荒城郷にも進出していた。

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