Nakamura no Munehira

Nakamura no Munehira was a warrior official of Sagami Province who took his name from Nakamura village in Yurugi District. In 1144 he followed Minamoto no Yoshitomo in the Ōba estate dispute and turned his own lands into the Nakamura manor as steward.

His sons and grandsons, including Dohi no Sanehira, formed the Nakamura warrior party, and in 1180 they joined Minamoto no Yoritomo's rising. In 1186 he distributed rice to the poor of Sagami on Yoritomo's orders.