Oonohonji

Japanese: 多品治 - おおのほんじ

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. He played an active role as a military commander on the side of Prince Oama (later Emperor Tenmu) during the Jinshin War (672). His surname was Omi. His father was Shishiki. There is a theory that Oyasumero, the selector of the Kojiki, was Shinji's son. When the Jinshin War broke out, Shinji was the Yubokurei of Azuma County, Mino Province (Yuboku was one of the head priests of Prince Oama). Oama first issued an order to Shinji to mobilize the troops in the county. Together with Ki no Abemaro and others, he led tens of thousands of soldiers and entered Wa from Ise (Mie Prefecture), achieving military feats such as defeating the Omi army that attacked his military camp. He served both Emperor Tenmu and Emperor Jitō thereafter, and in the 12th year of Emperor Tenmu's reign (683), he toured the country and marked the establishment of borders between various provinces. The following year, he was given the surname of Ason, and in the 10th year of the reign of Empress Jitō (696), he was given the rank of Naohiroichi (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) for his achievements in the Jinshin War.

(Kano Hisashi)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
壬申の乱(672)で大海人皇子(のちの天武天皇)側の武将として活躍。姓は臣。父は蒋敷。『古事記』の選者太安万侶を品治の子とする説がある。壬申の乱勃発時,品治は美濃国安八磨郡の湯沐令(湯沐は東宮大海人皇子の食封のひとつ)であった。大海人はまず同郡の兵を動かそうとして品治に命令を発した。紀阿閉麻呂などと共に数万の兵を率いて,伊勢(三重県)から倭に入り,軍営を襲った近江軍を破るなどの武勲をたてた。以後天武・持統両朝に仕え,天武12(683)年には,天下を巡行して諸国の境界を定めるなどの事績を残している。翌年,朝臣の姓を賜り,持統10(696)年には,壬申の乱の功により直広壱(正四位下)を与えられている。<参考文献>直木孝次郎『壬申の乱』

(狩野久)

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