Go clan called themselves descendant of OE no Hiromoto; at first their ancestors lived in Aterazawa, Dewa Province (now Oe-cho, Yamagata Prefecture), and later on in late Muromachi period moved to Hoken County, Mino Province (present-day Gifu City), introducing themselves as Go clan. 郷氏 大江広元の後裔を称し、先祖がまず出羽国左沢(あてらざわ、現山形県大江町)に居住し、後に室町末期に美濃国方縣郡(現岐阜市)に遷住し、江(ごう)氏を名乗ったという。 |