Kanazawa Sadaaki

Japanese: 金沢貞顕 - かねさわ・さだあき

Year of death: 2nd year of Shokei/3rd year of Genkō (1333.7.4)
Year of birth: Koan 1 (1278)
A military commander in the late Kamakura period. His father was Akitoki and his mother was the daughter of Endo Tametoshi. His residence was Akahashi. In 1294, he served at the Imperial Court as a treasurer of Higashi-Nijo-in. In 1302, he was appointed as the Rokuhara Tandai Nanga, and in 1309, he went down to the area and joined the Hyōjōshū and Yorigoshū, and after Nagai Munehide retired, he became the head of the Injutsu Bureau. From the following year until 1314, he was in the Rokuhara Tandai Kitagata. The following year, he became Renshō. He joined the Gonen Yorigoshū. In 1326, Hojo Takatoki resigned as regent, and amidst efforts to prevent Nagasaki Takasuke from assuming the position of regent for his younger brother Yasuie, Hojo Takatoki assumed the position, but he resigned after about ten days. His appointment as regent was the result of resolving internal disputes over the selection of the successor to Tokuso, including members of the Hojo clan and Tokuso's vassals. When Hojo Tokimura was assassinated in 1305 while he was still in office, rumors circulated that he would be transferred to the Chinzei Tandai, and he had an unusual career, having served as the Rokuhara Tandai twice. In terms of culture, he collected many Japanese and Chinese books, enriching the Kanazawa Library to the extent that it "contained all the books in Japan." He also completed the Seto Bridge in Mutsuura Manor, improving the transportation network with Kamakura, and dispatched Chinese ships to secure construction fees to repair the main hall of his family temple, Shomyoji. Sadaaki was the main sect of Jozaiko-in Temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto. In negotiations with court nobles, Sadaaki backed up the plan to build a platform for the precepts of Akiben (Sadaaki's younger brother) of Miidera, and the succession of the Muromachi-in territory, which infuriated Emperor Hanazono, was handled in favor of the Daikakuji line. Kanazawa Sadaaki's letters, of which there are about 500, are basic historical materials for the political history of the late Kamakura period. There is a picture and a Gorinto (a memorial tower) at Shomyoji Temple. <References> Motoshige Maeda, "The Culture of the Samurai" (Kanagawa Prefecture History/Special Topics 3/Culture), Kanazawa Bunko Materials Catalog/Letter Volume 1, Shinichi Sato, "Research on the Lawsuit System of the Kamakura Shogunate"

(Kinji Fukushima)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：正慶2/元弘3.5.22(1333.7.4)
生年：弘安1(1278)
鎌倉後期の武将。父は顕時。母は遠藤為俊の娘。邸宅は赤橋。永仁2(1294)年に東二条院蔵人として宮廷に仕えた。乾元1(1302)年に六波羅探題南方,延慶2(1309)年に下向し評定衆・寄合衆に加わり長井宗秀の退任後に引付頭人に就任。翌年から正和3(1314)年まで六波羅探題北方にあった。翌4年に連署。5年寄合衆に加わる。正中3(1326)年,北条高時は執権を辞任し,長崎高資による弟・泰家の執権就任を阻止する動向のなか執権に就任したが10日間ほどで辞任した。執権就任は北条氏一族・得宗被官を含む得宗継承者選定にからむ内訌の調整の結果であった。南方在任当時の嘉元3(1305)年の北条時村暗殺では鎮西探題への転任が噂され,両度六波羅探題を経由するなど異例の経歴を持つ。文化面では,和漢の書籍を多数収集し金沢文庫を「日本国中ノ書籍ヲ収ム」ほどに充実させる一方,六浦荘内に瀬戸橋を完成させ鎌倉との交通網を整備し,唐船の派遣を行い造営料を確保し菩提寺・称名寺の金堂を修造した。京都の東山常在光院は貞顕を本願とする。公家との交渉では,三井寺の顕弁(貞顕の舎弟)による戒壇建立の企ては貞顕の後ろ盾があり,花園天皇を激怒させた室町院領の継承では大覚寺統に有利に処理した。500点ほど伝来する金沢貞顕の書状は鎌倉末期政治史の基本史料となっている。称名寺に画像と供養塔の五輪塔がある。<参考文献>前田元重「武家の文化」(『神奈川県史/各論編3/文化』),『金沢文庫資料図録/書状編1』,佐藤進一『鎌倉幕府訴訟制度の研究』

(福島金治)

出典　朝日日本歴史人物事典：（株）朝日新聞出版朝日日本歴史人物事典について　情報

<<: Kanazawa Sanetoki

>>: Akitoki Kanazawa