Yasumori Adachi

Japanese: 安達泰盛 - あだち・やすもり

Year of death: November 17, 8th year of Koan (December 14, 1285)
Year of birth: 1231
A military commander in the mid-Kamakura period. His father was Yoshikage. His mother was the daughter of Ogasawara Tokinaga. His wife was the daughter of Hojo Shigetoki. His Buddhist name was Kakushin. His residence was in Amanawa, Kamakura. In 1253, he was a member of the Kamakura Shogunate's Hikitsukeshu. The following year, he succeeded Akita Jonosuke (the official title of the Northern Guard Commander). In 1256, he became the head of Hikitsuke and Hyojoshu, and from 1264 to 1265 he served as the newly established Etsuso Bugyo. From 1266 until his death, he served as the guardian of Higo Province. The scene in which he listens to the appeal of Takezaki Suenaga, the famous author of Mongol Invasion Illustrated Story, at his residence in Kamakura is from his time as the Onsho Bugyo in 1275. He participated in the council to expel the Shogun Prince Munetaka in 1276, and during the Koan era (1278-1288), he was at the heart of the Shogunate, having been in Mutsu no Kami, which was occupied by the Hojo clan. He possessed a famous sword handed down through the Minamoto clan and was entrusted with the protection of Henjoshin-in Temple in Nishihachijo, Kyoto by Sanetomo's wife, Hachijo Zenni, and had deep ties with the Minamoto clan. He was skilled in archery and horse riding, and was also skilled in calligraphy, such as copying out the official documents of the Imperial Palace's daytime guards. He was taught the Shinkosho by Sesonji Kyocho, which led to his inclination towards the Kamakura style of calligraphy, Sesonji style. In terms of religion, as one of the parishioners of Mount Koya, he supported the development of pilgrimage routes and the construction of town stones, erected a stone monument in the inner sanctum for the memory of Emperor Gosaga, and carried out the Koya version of the opening of a wooden board. In terms of faith, he received the Denpo Kanjo from the monk Houjin at Amanawa Muryoju-in Temple in 1275 and became a monk in 1276. Due to slander by his rival, the Inner Kanrei Taira no Yoritsuna, he was wiped out along with his entire clan in the Shimotsuki Incident in 1289 (Shimotsuki Incident). Fujiwara no Shigenori's younger brother, Sohan, who shared the same fate as Yasumori, is also considered to have been Yasumori's academic teacher. The Shimotsuki Incident solidified the autocratic system of the regent. <References> Taga Sojun, "Akita Castle Suke Adachi Yasumori" ("Essays on the Cultural History of the World" Vol. 1)

(Kinji Fukushima)

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没年：弘安8.11.17(1285.12.14)
生年：寛喜3(1231)
鎌倉中期の武将。父は義景。母は小笠原時長の娘。妻は北条重時の娘。法名は覚真。邸宅は鎌倉の甘縄。建長5(1253)年に鎌倉幕府引付衆。翌6年に秋田城介(北辺鎮衛司令官の官職名)を継承する。康元1(1256)年に引付頭人・評定衆となり文永1(1264)年から同4年まで新設の越訴奉行。同9年以降没するまで肥後国守護。著名な『蒙古襲来絵詞』の竹崎季長の訴えを鎌倉の邸宅で聞くシーンは,建治1(1275)年の恩賞奉行時の姿である。文永3年の将軍・宗尊親王追放の合議に加わり,弘安年間(1278～88)には北条氏が占有していた陸奥守にあったように幕府の中枢に位置した。源家相伝の名剣を保持し,実朝の後室・八条禅尼から京都西八条遍照心院の保護を委ねられるなど源氏との繋がりが深かった。弓馬に優れ,御所昼番衆の番文を清書するなど書も達者で,世尊寺経朝から『心底抄』を伝授されているのは,鎌倉の書風の世尊寺流書道への傾斜のきっかけとなった。宗教面では,高野山の檀越のひとりとして参詣道の整備と町石造営を援護し奥院に後嵯峨天皇供養の石碑を建立し,高野版の開板事業を行った。信仰面では,弘安3年に甘縄無量寿院で法爾上人から伝法灌頂を受けて同7年に出家。対立する内管領平頼綱の讒言により同8年の霜月騒動で一族もろともに滅ぼされた(霜月騒動)。泰盛と運命を共にした藤原茂範の弟・相範は泰盛の学問の師ともみられる。霜月騒動により得宗専制体制が固定していくこととなった。<参考文献>多賀宗隼「秋田城介安達泰盛」(『論集中世文化史』上)

(福島金治)

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