Edo Shigenaga

Japanese: 江戸重長 - えど・しげなが

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A military commander in the late Heian period. A member of the first branch of the Kanto Taira clan and Chichibu clan, he was a local lord whose family name was Edo-go, Toshima-gun, Musashi Province (around Kita-ku, Tokyo). He was commonly known as Taro. His father was Shigetsugu. When Minamoto no Yoritomo raised an army in August 1180, he attacked the Miura clan, which was on Yoritomo's side, along with his relatives Kawagoe Shigeyori and Hatakeyama Shigetada. In October of the same year, when Yoritomo's large army, which had risen again in Boso, approached Musashi Province, he surrendered with the mediation of his relatives, the Kasai and Toshima clans. At this time, Yoritomo appointed him as Rususho Sokengyo, which was the command authority for the Musashi Province office. There are various theories about this appointment, but it is thought that it was given to him as a temporary official authority to guard Musashi Province while he was away, as most of his relatives, including Kawagoe and Hatakeyama, accompanied Yoritomo to Kamakura.

(Ichiro Kaizu)

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Japanese:

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平安後期の武将。関東平氏秩父氏の一流で,武蔵国豊島郡(東京都北区一帯)江戸郷を名字の地とする在地領主。通称太郎。父は重継。治承4(1180)年8月の源頼朝挙兵の際には,同族の河越重頼,畠山重忠らと共に頼朝方の三浦氏を攻めた。同10月,房総に再起した頼朝の大軍が武蔵国に迫ると,同族葛西・豊島氏の斡旋で降伏した。このとき頼朝から武蔵国在庁の指揮権である留守所総検校職に補任された。この補任については諸説あるが,河越・畠山以下同族の大半が頼朝に従軍して鎌倉に向かったため,武蔵国の留守警護のため一時的職権として与えられたものと考えられている。

(海津一朗)

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