SHIONOYA shosho was a Governor of Hoki Province as well as kokushi or a provincial governor of Oshu Kanhasshu; he lived in Shioya where he served as kokushi ordered by TAIRA no Kiyomori during the reign from the seventy-seventh Emperor Goshirakawa to the seventy-ninth Emperor Rokujo.
塩谷少将伯耆守奥州関八洲国司伯耆権現之也、人皇七十七代後白河天皇御宇ニ也人皇七十九代六条天皇御宇ニ平清盛ニ国司職ヲサイラル塩谷ニ住居ス。