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Nitta clan
The was one of several major families descended from the
Seiwa Genji
, and numbered among the chief enemies of the
Hojo clan
regents, and later the
Ashikaga shogunate
. The common ancestor of the Nitta,
Minamoto no Yoshishige
(1135 – 1202), was the elder brother of
Minamoto no Yoshiyasu
, the common ancestor of the
Ashikaga clan
. Yoshishige was the a landowner in the Nitta District of
Kozuke Province
in present-day
Gunma Prefecture
. Yoshishige supported
Minamoto no Yoritomo
(1147 – 1199) in the
Battle of Ishibashiyama
of 1180 against the
Taira clan
.
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