Shigenori Asuke

A samurai from the late Kamakura period. He was from Asuke, Kamo County, Mikawa Province (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture). He was commonly known as Saburo (or Jiro). The Asuke clan was a vassal of the Kamakura Shogunate, but in 1285 (Kōan 8) they sided with the Adachi clan in the Shimotsuki Incident and had their land confiscated. They also served as the manor official of Takahashi Sho, a manor in the Asuke region under Emperor Hachijō, and became close to the Daikakuji clan. In 1331 (Genkō 1), Shigenori participated in a plot to overthrow the shogunate led by Emperor Godaigo, and when the emperor was discovered by the shogunate and fled to Mt. Kasagi (Kasagi Town, Soraku County, Kyoto Prefecture), he followed him. When Mount Kasagi was surrounded by the Shogunate forces, Shigenori fought back and defended against them, and his archery skills in particular caused trouble for the Shogunate forces. He was captured when Mount Kasagi fell, and was executed the following year in 1332 at Rokujo-gawara in Kyoto.

[Eiji Nitta]

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鎌倉後期の武士。三河国加茂(かも)郡足助（愛知県豊田(とよた)市）の人。通称三郎（または次郎）。足助氏は鎌倉幕府の御家人(ごけにん)であったが、1285年（弘安8）の霜月(しもつき)騒動で安達(あだち)氏に加担して所領を没収されたこと、足助地方にあった八条院領高橋庄(しょう)の庄官であったことなどから大覚寺(だいかくじ)統に接近し、重範は1331年（元弘1）後醍醐(ごだいご)天皇の討幕の謀議に参加、幕府に探知されて天皇が笠置(かさぎ)山（京都府相楽(そうらく)郡笠置町）に逃れたときもこれに従った。笠置山が幕府軍に包囲されると、重範は力戦してこれを防ぎ、とくにその弓術は幕府軍を悩ましたという。笠置山陥落のとき捕らえられ、翌1332年京都の六条河原で斬(き)られた。

［新田英治］

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