Kato Kagekazu

Japanese: 加藤景員 - かとう・かげかず

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. A military commander in the late Heian period. He is said to be a descendant of either Fujiwara Toshihito, the Shogun of the Naval Forces, or Noin, but there is no definite proof. He was called Kato Go. His father was Kaga no Suke Kagemichi. He lived in Ise Province (Mie Prefecture), but killed a member of the Taira clan in the same province and fled to the eastern provinces with his sons Mitsukazu and Kageyoshi. He sought refuge with the Kudo clan, a powerful clan in Izu Province, and is said to have followed the Kudo clan to defeat Minamoto no Tametomo, who had been exiled to Izu Oshima, during the Kao era (1169-1171). In 1180 (Jisho 4), he and his two sons participated in the uprising of Minamoto no Yoritomo, and fought bravely in the Battle of Ishibashiyama. The battle resulted in a major defeat for the Minamoto clan, and Kagekazu wandered the mountains of Hakone before entering Hashiyuzan and becoming a monk. He was ordered to defeat the Iga Taira clan in 1184 (Genryaku 1), but it seems he died a few years later.

(Kazuto Hongo)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
平安末期の武将。鎮守府将軍藤原利仁の子孫とも能因の子孫ともいうが,確証はない。加藤五と称す。父は加賀介景道。伊勢国(三重県)に住したが,同国において平家の家人を殺害,子の光員,景廉と共に東国に逃げた。伊豆国の豪族工藤氏をたより,嘉応年中(1169～71)には工藤氏に従って伊豆大島に配流されていた源為朝を討ったという。治承4(1180)年ふたりの子と共に源頼朝の挙兵に参加,石橋山の戦で奮戦した。戦いは源氏方が大敗し,景員は箱根山中をさまよったすえに走湯山に入って出家した。元暦1(1184)年に伊賀平氏討伐を命じられているが,こののち数年で死去したらしい。

(本郷和人)

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