The Yamana clan is descended from the renowned Nitta family; its progenitor was MINAMOTO no Yoshikuni, the son of MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, who was the Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North) and the head of the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan), a family of the Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan). |
家系は清和源氏の河内源氏の棟梁 鎮守府将軍源義家の子 源義国を祖とする名門・新田氏の一門。 |