Mr. Oguri

Japanese: 小栗氏 - おぐりうじ

A powerful clan in Hitachi Province in the Middle Ages. A branch of the Hitachi Taira clan and the Daijo clan. Taira Shigetomo's son Shigeie was native to Oguri, Niiharu County, Hitachi Province (present-day Kyowa Town, Makabe County, Ibaraki Prefecture) and took the name Oguri. This area became the territory of Ise Shrine at the end of the Heian period and was called Oguri Mikuriya. The Oguri clan inherited the position of Geshi (later Jito) of Mikuriya. Shigeie's grandson Shigenari served Minamoto no Yoritomo, taking part in the Jisho-Juei Civil War and the Oshu Conquest, and was also appointed as the construction magistrate of Kashima Shrine. During the Nanboku-cho period, Oguri Shigesada was a vassal to Ashikaga Takauji. During the Muromachi period, Hitachi Province was under the control of the Kamakura Shogunate, but the Oguri clan instead allied with the shogunate in Kyoto.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世の常陸国の豪族。常陸平氏大掾氏の庶流。平繁朝の子重家が常陸国新治郡小栗(現，茨城県真壁郡協和町)に土着，小栗を称した。この地は平安時代の末に伊勢神宮領となり小栗御厨（おぐりのみくりや）と呼ばれた。小栗氏は御厨の下司（げし）(後に地頭)を世襲した。重家の孫重成は源頼朝に仕え，治承･寿永の内乱，奥州征伐などに従軍，鹿島神宮の造営奉行にも任じられた。南北朝時代，小栗重貞は足利尊氏に臣従した。室町時代，常陸国は鎌倉府の支配下に置かれたが，小栗氏はむしろ京都の幕府と結んだ。

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