Kinohirozumi

Japanese: 紀広純 - きのひろずみ

Year of death: Hōki 11.3.22 (780.5.1)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. A nobleman of the Nara period. Son of Umi, son of Kimaro. In January 758, he became a senior sixth rank and Hokuriku Do Monminkushi (also known as Momikushi), and in January 7, he was promoted to junior fifth rank and became an official in Dazaifu (Dazaifu City). After that, he served as local officials such as Satsuma no Kami, Chikugo no Kami, Mino no Suke, and Kawachi no Kami, and according to the Shoku Nihongi, he was a capable official who was faithful to his duties. After becoming vice shogun of the junju in July 774, he was in charge of the subjugation of the Emishi in the Tohoku region, and after serving as Ansatsushi (administrative supervisor) of Mutsu Province and junju shogun, he was promoted to councilor in February 778. However, the following February, while staying at Iji Castle (Tsukidate Town, Miyagi Prefecture), he was killed in a rebellion by his subordinate, Iji Ishimaro, the chief lord of Iji County. Ikamaro, who was from the Emishi region and highly trusted by Hirozumi, is said to have secretly harbored resentment.

(Terasaki Yasuhiro)

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

Japanese:

没年：宝亀11.3.22(780.5.1)
生年：生年不詳
奈良時代の貴族。紀麻呂の子である宇美の子。天平宝字2(758)年1月,正六位上,北陸道問民苦使(「もみくし」とも)となり,7年1月従五位下に昇り大宰府(太宰府市)の役人となる。以後,薩摩守,筑後守,美濃介,河内守など地方官を歴任,『続日本紀』によれば職務に忠実な能吏だったという。宝亀5(774)年7月鎮守副将軍となってから,東北地方の蝦夷征討を担当し,陸奥国按察使(行政監督官),鎮守将軍などを経て,11年2月参議に昇進。ところが翌2月,伊治城(宮城県築館町)に滞在中,部下の伊治郡大領伊治呰麻呂の反乱により殺された。蝦夷出身で広純の信任厚かった呰麻呂は,内心怨みを抱いていたという。

(寺崎保広)

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