Ogo family

Japanese: 大胡氏 - おおごうじ

A local feudal lord based in Ogogo, Seta County, Kozuke Province. Ogogo is a vast area with Ogocho on its northern border, stretching between and to the north of the old Tone River channel (present Momokigawa and Hirosegawa), and extending from Kozuka and Mimata in Maebashi City to Utsubo and Koyahara. The clan's founder, Ogo Shigetoshi, a descendant of Fujiwara no Hidesato, took root here from the end of the Heian period and promoted development, playing an active role as vassals of the Kamakura Shogunate. In addition, the clan's father and son, Takayoshi and Sanehide, are well known as followers of Jodo Buddhism who studied under Honen. Their influence declined during the Nanboku-cho period, and in 1382 (Kōwa 2/Eitoku 2), the site of Ogo Kazusa Nyudo was given to the Uesugi clan, the guardian of Kozuke Province, as a vassal of the clan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

上野国勢多郡大胡郷を基盤とする在地領主。大胡郷は，大胡町を北辺とし，利根川の旧河道(現在の桃木川･広瀬川)の間および北側に広がり，前橋市幸塚･三俣から笂井（うつぼい）･小屋原に及ぶ広大な郷である。ここに，藤原秀郷流の大胡重俊を祖として，平安末以来根をおろして開発を推進し，鎌倉幕府の御家人として活躍した。また一族の隆義･実秀父子は，法然に師事した浄土教門徒として著名である。南北朝時代には勢力は衰え，1382年(弘和2∥永徳2)大胡上総入道跡は闕所地として，上野守護上杉氏に与えられた。

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