the was a japanese samurai clan. originally a branch of the taira clan and descended from taira no takamochi, they fell victim to political intrigue in 1205, when hatakeyama shigeyasu, first, and his father shigetada later were killed in battle by hōjō forces in kamakura. after 1205 the hatakeyama came to be descendants of the ashikaga clan, who were in turn descended from emperor seiwa (850–880) and the seiwa genji branch of the minamoto clan.