Yoshinori YAMANA, the illegitimate child of Yoshishige NITTA (also known as Tarosaburo), adopted the name when he resided in Yamana-go in the Togo Country of Kozuke Province, present day neighboring areas of Yamana-machi in Takasaki City in Gunma Prefecture; the clan name Yamana originated from this. |
新田義重の庶子・山名義範(または太郎三郎とも)が上野国多胡郡(八幡荘)山名郷(現在の群馬県高崎市山名町周辺)に住して山名三郎と名乗ったことから、山名氏を称した。 |