Mr. Omori

Japanese: 大森氏 - おおもりうじ

Chikaie, a descendant of the Middle Regent Fujiwara no Michitaka, lived in Omori, Suruga County, Suruga Province (present-day Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture) and took the name of Omori. In 1416 (Oei 23), Omori Yoriharu and his younger brother Shojitsu, the 36th head priest of Hakone Gongen, hid Kamakura kubo Ashikaga Mochiuji, who escaped danger during the Uesugi Zenshū Rebellion, and helped him return to Kamakura. In recognition of this achievement, Mochiuji granted them the former territories of the Toi and Tsuchiya clans on Zenshū's side, and built a castle in Odawara, Sagami. After this, the Omori clan came to be noticed as a powerful warrior clan that controlled western Sagami. Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa sent a letter of intent to Yoriharu's son Ujiyori and his son Saneyori to subjugate Koga kubo Ashikaga Shigeuji.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中関白藤原道隆の子孫親家が駿河国駿河郡大森(現，静岡県裾野市)に住し，大森氏を称したという。1416年(応永23)上杉禅秀の乱で難をさけた鎌倉公方足利持氏を，大森頼春と弟36世箱根権現別当証実がかくまい，鎌倉復帰を助けた。その功により，持氏から禅秀方の土肥･土屋両氏の旧領を与えられ，相模小田原に築城した。これ以後大森氏は，相模西部を支配する有力武士として着目されるに至った。古河公方足利成氏（しげうじ）討伐のため，頼春の子氏頼，その子実頼に対し，将軍足利義政は御内書（ごないしよ）を送っている。

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