Ōtomo Yoshinao (大友 能直, January 29, 1172 - December 20, 1223) was a Japanese samurai lord and gokenin of the early Kamakura period. He was a close retainer...

hereditary lands lay in Kyūshū. The first family head, Ōtomo Yoshinao (1172–1223), took the name from the Ōtomo territory in Sagami Province. The clan claims descent...

father of Ōtomo Yoshinao, the founder of the Ōtomo clan, and has been credited for creating a foundation for the future dominant position of the Ōtomo clan...

no Tsunetomo. Tachibana clan (立花氏) – cadet branch of Ōtomo clan, descended from Ōtomo Yoshinao; no direct relation to the ancient Tachibana clan (橘氏);...

Name Term Wada Yoshimori 1180 - 119? Ōtomo Yoshinao (acting) 1194 Kajiwara Kagetoki 119? - 1199 Wada Yoshimori 1200 - 1213 Hōjō Yoshitoki 1213 - 1224 Hōjō...

"second son". His mother whose name is unknown was from the equally famous Ōtomo clan and a great-granddaughter of Minamoto no Yoritomo through his illegitimate...

drawn asking why the samurai were causing disorder near the shogun. Ōtomo Yoshinao calmed him down and Koheiji reported to Yoritomo that the nightly attackers...

branch of the Ōtomo clan. He was also known as Buzen Hachirō. Shiga Yoshisato was born as the eighth son of Ōtomo Yoshinao and Shinmyō. Yoshinao was a gokenin...

went to the Ōtomo even though he was from that clan himself. "The head of the Ōtomo family, Ōtomo Yoshiaki placed his younger brother Ōtomo Shigeharu as...

Sukenobu Soga Sukenari Soga Tokimune Gosho no Gorōmaru Nitta Tadatsune Ōtomo Yoshinao Ogasawara Nagakiyo Miura Yoshizumi Miura Yoshimura Miura Yoshitsura...