Kakumei (Monk)

...When Emperor Mochihito raised his army, he wrote a letter of reply from Kofuku-ji Temple, criticizing Kiyomori as "a leper of the Taira clan and a samurai's trash", which angered Kiyomori and led him to flee from Nara. The Enkeihon and other sources say that he covered himself in lacquer, disguised himself as a leper, and escaped to the eastern provinces, where he joined Minamoto no Yukiie, but after joining Yoshinaka, he is said to have drafted documents and served as a strategist under the pseudonym Daifubo Kakumei. After Yoshinaka's defeat, he stayed at Hakoneyama Jingu-ji Temple, but when he came to Yoritomo's knowledge, he was confined to the mountain in 1195 (Kenkyu 6), according to the Azuma Kagami....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kakumyo (monk)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…以仁王挙兵の際に興福寺の返牒を代作し，〈清盛入道は平氏の糟糠，武家の塵芥〉と批判したため，清盛の怒りを買い，南都から亡命したという。《延慶本》等では，漆を身に浴び，癩病人に変装して東国に落ちのび，源行家に付いたと伝えるが，義仲に従ってからは，大夫房覚明と号して文書を起草したり参謀を務めたとされる。義仲敗亡後は箱根山神宮寺にいたが，頼朝の知るところとなり，1195年(建久6)山内に禁足されたと《吾妻鏡》に伝える。…

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