Yoshida no Kiyomoto

Taira no Kiyomoto, known as Yoshida no Kiyomoto, was the second son of Taira no Shigemoto, head of the Hitachi Taira; genealogies style him Yoshida Jirō. He settled at Yoshida in Hitachi Province, taking the place name as his surname to found the Hitachi Yoshida house.

He married his daughter to Minamoto no Yoshinari, eldest son of Yoshimitsu, and she bore Satake Masayoshi, first head of the Satake. His descendants founded the Namekata, Kashima and other clans.