Kibi no Kamitsumichi no Tasa - Kibi no Kamitsumichi no Tasa

Japanese: 吉備上道田狭 - きびのかみつみちのたさ

A figure in the legend of a rebellion around the 5th century. Father of Anikimi and Otokimi. He was appointed as the governor of Mimana by Emperor Yuryaku, who tried to take away his wife Wakahime (one theory says she was Kehime, daughter of Katsuragi Tamada no Sukune), but when he found out about the truth at his post, he conspired with Silla. His son Otokimi was ordered to suppress the rebellion, but he did not obey and instead conspired with Tasa, and was killed by his wife Kuzuhime. Wakahime gave birth to Prince Iwaki and Prince Hoshikawa with Yuryaku, and after Yuryaku's death he encouraged Hoshikawa to rebel and seized the Otakutei, but was burned to death along with Hoshikawa and Anikimi by Otomo no Muroya. The legend of Tasa's rebellion is difficult to accept as historical fact, but it is interesting when considering the structure of the Wa kingship at that time, as powerful families from Kibi (Okayama Prefecture) served in the central government and one theory says there was a marriage relationship between him and the Katsuragi clan. <References> Shinya Ohashi, "Historical Study of the Kibi Clan Rebellion Tradition" (Japanese History Review, Vol. 3)

(Sato Nagato)

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Japanese:

5世紀ごろの反乱伝説中の人物。兄君,弟君の父。その妻稚媛(一説に葛城玉田宿禰の娘毛媛という)を奪おうとした雄略天皇によって任那国司に任じられたが,任所で事実を知ると新羅に通じた。その子弟君は討伐を命じられたが従わず,逆に田狭と通じたため妻樟媛に殺されたという。稚媛は雄略との間に磐城皇子,星川皇子を生み,雄略の死後星川に反乱を勧めて大蔵を占領したものの,大伴室屋によって星川,兄君らと共に焼き殺された。田狭の反乱伝承は史実とは認めがたいが,吉備(岡山県)の豪族が中央に出仕していたこと,一説に葛城氏との間に婚姻関係が存在していたことなど,当時の倭王権の構造を考えるうえで興味深い。<参考文献>大橋信弥「吉備氏反乱伝承の史料的研究」(『日本史論叢』3輯)

(佐藤長門)

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