Harumi Okura - Haruzane Okura

Japanese: 大蔵春実 - おおくらのはるざね

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. An official in the mid-Heian period. His father was Okura Muranushi, a Junior Fifth Rank and the Governor of Tsushima. When Fujiwara no Sumitomo rebelled in 940, he was appointed as the head of the police force to pursue and capture the criminals, and fought against them together with Ono Yoshifuru, Tachibana Tomoyasu, and Fujiwara no Masahira. When Sumitomo invaded Dazaifu (Dazaifu City), he charged in from the sea and defeated Sumitomo's forces in Hakata-tsu (Fukuoka City), paving the way for the end of the rebellion. Due to this work, the Okura clan continued to establish their influence in this area as Dazaifu officials for generations. In 960, Taira no Masakado's son entered Kyoto, and he was involved in a search together with the Kebiishi.

(Oboriya Hisashi)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
平安中期の官人。父は大蔵村主。従五位下で対馬守。天慶3(940)年に藤原純友が反乱を起こした際に追捕凶賊使の主典に任命され,小野好古,橘遠保,藤原正衡らと共に立ち向かった。純友が大宰府(太宰府市)に侵入したときには,海上から突入して博多津(福岡市)にあった純友軍を破り,乱鎮定のきっかけをつくった。この働きにより,のち大蔵氏は代々大宰府の官人としてこの地に勢力を扶植するにいたる。天徳4(960)年には平将門の子が入京したということで,検非違使とともに捜索に当たっている。

(朧谷寿)

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