Gosho clan (original) (raw)

The Gosho clan (御所氏 or 五所氏, Gosho-shi) is a Japanese samurai and shake family descending from the Fujiwara clan. They served the Kamakura Shogunate in close service of shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo during the early Kamakura period, and served as shinkan government officials at the Atsuta Shrine in the Nanboku-chō and Muromachi periods. As of modern times, they have been a prominent family (meizoku) in Usa, Buzen Province, in the area of Fukuoka and Ōita Prefecture.