Matsura no Hisashi

Matsura no Hisashi (1064–1148) was a late-Heian samurai and the ancestor of the Matsura clan of Hizen Province. Said to descend from the warrior Watanabe no Tsuna, in 1069 he became steward of the Uno imperial estate in Matsura District and settled at Kajitani.

He held roughly 2230 chō of fields across Matsura and Sonogi districts and Iki Province, took the name Matsura, and was made kebiishi at junior fifth rank. Calling himself Gendayū Hōgan, he ruled these lands and began the Hizen Matsura warrior band.