Tagaya Iemasa (多賀谷家政)

Iemasa TAGAYA (dates of birth and death unknown) was busho (Japanese military commander) in Musashi Province in the early Kamakura period. He was Saemon no jo (third-ranked officer of the Left Division of Outer Palace Guards). He was the second son of Ietada KANEKO. He was adopted by Shigemitsu TAGAYA to take on the family name of TAGAYA. He was the father of Omoe TAGAYA.

He was a member of Murayama Party, one of the seven clans among Musashi-shichito Parties (The seven parties of Musashi). He became an adopted child of the Tagaya clan who was jito (manager and lord of manor) in Tagaya-go, Kisai-sho, Saitama County, Musashi Province and was Noyo Party of the same Musashi-shichito Parties.

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