Taketoki Kikuchi

Japanese: 菊池武時 - きくち・たけとき

Year of death: Masayoshi 2/Genkō 3.3.13 (1333.4.27)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. A military commander in the late Kamakura period. Son of Takamori. Childhood name: Shoryumaru, Buddhist name: Jakua. A warrior with his family home in Kikuchi County, Higo Province (Kumamoto Prefecture), he steadily expanded his influence as a local warrior group, mainly in Higo Province, during the Kamakura period. In 1333, Emperor Godaigo issued an imperial edict to Taketoki to urge him to gather forces to overthrow the shogunate. Sensing these disturbing movements, Chinzei Tandai Akahashi Hidetoki summoned the warriors of Kyushu to Hakata. Taketoki also appeared in Hakata, but his actions had always been viewed with suspicion, and he was scolded by Samurai-dokoro Hirota Hisayoshi for his late arrival. Knowing that he was under suspicion, Taketoki tried to attack the Chinzei Tandai together with Shoni Sadatsune and Otomo Sadamune, but the two of them thought it was too early and instead confided in the Chinzei Tandai. Taketoki had no choice but to lead 250 of his clan members to attack the Chinzei Tandaikan, but was defeated and died in battle along with his son Yoritaka and his younger brother Kakusho. <References> Ryokaku, "Hakata Diary"; Sugimoto Naoyuki, "Three Generations of the Kikuchi Clan"; Kawazoe Shoji, "Kikuchi Takemitsu"; Aso Shina Yasuo, "The Kikuchi Clan"

(Seno Seiichiro)

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Japanese:

没年：正慶2/元弘3.3.13(1333.4.27)
生年：生年不詳
鎌倉末期の武将。隆盛の子。幼名正竜丸,法名寂阿。肥後国(熊本県)菊池郡を本貫地とする武士で,鎌倉時代には肥後国を中心に着々と在地武士団として勢力を伸ばしていた。元弘3(1333)年,後醍醐天皇は倒幕勢力を結集するため,武時にも軍勢催促の綸旨を発給した。このような不穏な動きを察知した鎮西探題赤橋英時は,九州の武士たちを博多に召集した。武時も博多に出頭したが,日ごろからその行動を疑惑の目で見られていた武時は,侍所広田久義から遅参をなじられた。疑われていることを知った武時は,少弐貞経,大友貞宗と共に鎮西探題を攻撃しようとしたが,両者は時期尚早として,逆に鎮西探題に内通した。やむなく武時は一族250騎を率いて鎮西探題館を攻撃したが,敗れて子の頼隆,舎弟覚勝らと共に戦死した。<参考文献>良覚『博多日記』,杉本尚雄『菊池氏三代』,川添昭二『菊池武光』,阿蘇品保夫『菊池一族』

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