Hienuki Tameshige

Tameshige Hienuki was the traditional founder of the Hienuki clan. The Date clan genealogy names him as a son of Date Tameie.

In 1197 he went to Hienuki district in Mutsu province, entered Osegawa Castle, and took the district name as his family name. Tradition holds that he served Minamoto no Yoritomo and was granted the lands along the Kitakami River after the Ōshū campaign. His son Mitsuie succeeded him.