Fujiwara no Hidesato

Fujiwara no Hidesato (c. 891–958), also known as Tawara Tōda, was a warrior lord of the northern Fujiwara based in Shimotsuke Province. When Taira no Masakado seized eight Kantō provinces in 939, Hidesato joined Taira no Sadamori against him, and in 940 they stormed Masakado's base in Shimōsa and killed him, ending the revolt.

Rewarded with the post of chinjufu shōgun and the governorships of Shimotsuke and Musashi, he became ancestor of numerous warrior houses, including the Ōshū Fujiwara. Legend also makes him slayer of a giant centipede in Ōmi.