The was a
Japanese clan which served the
Kamakura shogunate as
local officials on
Tsushima. It is believed the clan may have been derived from the
Taira clan, but the validity of this notion is not fully evident from primary sources.
In 1246, the Abiru rose up against their superiors, the
Dazaifu authorities, headed by the
Chinzei Bugyō , or Defense Commissioner of the West, was the name given to a post created in 1186 to oversee the defense of Kyūshū. At the time, the primary mission of the ''Bugyō'' was to seek out and eliminate anyone who had supported Minamoto no Yoshitsune ...
, which oversaw the governance of
Kyūshū
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
for the shogunate.
Koremune Shigehisa, at the request of Dazaifu, put down the rebellion and put an end to the Abiru clan.
References
*"宗 氏." 戦国武将出自事典
Harimaya.com Accessed 29 Sept 2007.
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