Mr. Ogata

Japanese: 緒方氏 - おがたうじ

A group of warriors in Bungo Province during the Heian Period. Ogata-go, Ono County, Bungo Province, appears in the Wamyōshō, and Ogata-sho in the Usa Daikyō. The Oga clan was based in this area. There is a legend that the Bungo Oga clan is the descendant of Mt. Sobo Myōjin, and is said to be the indigenous descendants of the Miwa clan of Yamato, or the ancestor of the Usa Hachiman Shrine Daigūji family, but in short, it is believed that they were the governor of Ono County in Bungo for generations. The most famous in history is Koreyoshi (Tadaharu), who was active during the Genpei period. Koreyoshi initially belonged to the Taira clan, who controlled Dazaifu, but after Minamoto no Yoritomo raised an army, he sided with the Minamoto clan and formed an anti-Taira force with warriors from central and northern Kyushu, such as the Hizen Matsuura Party, the Higo Kikuchi clan, and the Aso clan, and became its central force.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

平安時代，豊後国の武士団。《和名抄》に豊後国大野郡緒方郷がみえ，《宇佐大鏡》に緒方荘がある。この地に拠った大神（おおが）氏の一族。豊後大神氏は，祖母岳明神の神裔という伝説があり，大和三輪氏の下向土着とも，宇佐八幡宮大宮司家の祖たる大神氏ともいわれるが，要するに代々豊後大野郡の郡領だったと思われる。史上に有名なのは源平時代に活躍した惟義(惟栄)である。惟義は，初め大宰府を掌握した平氏に属したが，やがて源頼朝挙兵後は源氏の側に立ち，肥前松浦党や肥後菊池氏，阿蘇氏など中北部九州一帯の武士団とともに反平氏勢力を結成，その中心的勢力となった。

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