Suwabe no Sukenaga

Suwabe no Sukenaga was an early Kamakura warrior of the line that later took the name Mitoya, a clan claiming Seiwa Genji descent from Shinano Province.

He fought for the Kamakura shogunate in the Jōkyū War of 1221 and was rewarded that same year with the jitō stewardship of Mitoya-gō in Iishi District, Izumo Province, where he then settled. His descendants made Mitoya their base and adopted the place as their family name.