Helen McCullough translated the first English version of The Tale of the Heike which gives the first historical recording of Ogata No Saburo Koreyoshi, his command of the largest armies and importance that played a key role in the Minamoto's taking control of early Japan.
Dawson and De Benniville's works also explain the historical recordings of the first Ogata clan from Bungo.
[citation needed] Japanese history books do not record the Ogata clan's quick rise and fall, as a clan that had made a huge impact, in a role that helped the Kamamura period to be established.
[clarification needed] Ogata clan descendants remained samurai until the last epic battles in the Meiji Restoration.
Many of Ogata No Saburo Koreyoshi's descendants have the same Kanji and writings as his last name and can be found in Fukuoka and Kumamoto Japan.