came into existence a territorial name (myoji or shi). For example,
when the descendants of Minamoto no Yoshiiye acquired great
properties at Nitta and Ashikaga in the provinces of Kotsuke and
Shimotsuke, they took the territorial names of Nitta and Ashikaga,
remaining always Minamoto; and when the descendants of Yoshimitsu,
younger brother of Yoshiiye, acquired estates in the province of Kai,
they began to call themselves Takeda.
It is unnecessary to pursue the subject further than to note that,
while the names of the great septs (uji) were few, the territorial
cognomens were very numerous; and that while the use of myoji (or
shi) was common in the case of the Fujiwara, the Taira, and the
Minamoto septs, the uji alone was employed by the Abe, the Ono, the
Takahashi, the Kusakabe, the Ban, the Hata, and certain others. It
will readily be conceived that although the territorial sections of
the same sept sometimes quarrelled among themselves, the general
practice was that all claiming common descent supported each other in
war. The Minamoto (Gen) bushi recognized as the principal family line
that of Tsunemoto from whom were descended the following illustrious
chiefs:
Minamoto (Gen) no Tsunemoto, commander-in-chief of local Governments
|
Mitsunaka
|
+---------+--------+
| |
Yorimitsu Yorinobu
|
Yoriyoshi
|
Yoshiiye
|
+----------+------------+-----+-----+-----------+-----------+
| | | | | |
Yoshimune Yoshichika Yoshikuni Yoshitada Yoshitoki Yoshitaka
|
Tameyoshi
|
+----------+------------+-----------+
| | | |
Yoshitomo Yoshikata Tametomo Twenty others
| |
| Yoshinaka
| (of Kiso)
|
+----------+---------+-----------+------------+
| | | |
Yoritomo Noriyori Yoshitsune Six others
A similar table for the Taira (Hei) runs thus:
Taira (Hei) no Sadamori (quell
|