Ueno Giben

Ueno Giben, first named Yoshiari and called the Ueno Risshi, was a mid-Kamakura warrior and Buddhist monk and ancestor of the Ueno and Hanabusa clans. The eighth son of Ashikaga Yasuuji, he is said to have been adopted by his grandfather Ashikaga Yoshiuji and married a daughter of Kira Nagauji.

He held the jitō office of the Ueno manor, a Hachijō-in estate in Mikawa, giving him standing within the Ashikaga house. His son Hanabusa no Tomimichi died in 1316.