Kibi no tasa - Kibi no tasa

Dates of birth and death unknown. A powerful clansman in the Kibi region around the 5th century. His real name is Kibi Kamitsumichi no Omi Tasa. He appears in the "Nihon Shoki" Emperor Yuryaku's 7th year article. Hearing Tasa boast at court about his wife Wakahime being an unparalleled beauty, Yuryaku appointed Tasa as Mimana kokushi and sent him to Korea, and kidnapped Wakahime while Tasa was away. When Tasa found out about this, he entered Silla and, together with Silla, opposed Yuryaku. In response, Yuryaku dispatched Tasa and Wakahime's son Otogimi to Korea along with Kibi no Amabe no Atai Akao, ordering them to invade Silla and bring back Baekje engineers. When Tasa learned that his younger brother had come to Korea, he sent an envoy to advise him to base himself in Mimana and his younger brother in Baekje to oppose Yuryaku, but in the end they did not follow through. This legend is unreliable as it contains various legends and alternative theories.

[Akira Yoshida]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

生没年不詳。古代5世紀ごろの吉備地方の豪族。正しくは吉備上道臣(かみつみちのおみ)田狭。『日本書紀』雄略(ゆうりゃく)天皇7年是歳条にみえる。宮廷で田狭が妻の稚媛(わかひめ)が絶世の美女であるのを自慢しているのを聞いた雄略は、田狭を任那(みまな)国司に任じて朝鮮に送り、その留守に稚媛を奪った。これを知った田狭は新羅(しらぎ)に入り新羅とともに雄略に敵対する。これに対して雄略は、田狭と稚媛の子の弟君(おとぎみ)を吉備海部直赤尾(きびのあまべのあたいあかお)とともに朝鮮に派遣し、新羅の侵略と百済(くだら)の技術者を連れ帰ることを命じた。弟君が朝鮮にきたことを知った田狭は、使を送って、自分は任那を、弟君は百済に拠(よ)って雄略に対抗することを勧めたが、結局は果たさなかったという。この所伝には各種の説話の混入や異説もあり信憑(しんぴょう)性は薄い。

［吉田　晶］

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