Ano Zenjō

Japanese: 阿野全成 - あの・ぜんじょう

Year of death: 23 June 1203 (1 August 1203)
Year of birth: Nihei 3 (1153)
A military commander and monk in the early Kamakura period. The eldest son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo and Tokiwa. His childhood name was Imawaka. He was Yoritomo's half-brother and Yoshitsune's full brother. After the Heiji Rebellion (1159), he became a monk at Daigo-ji Temple and was called Daigo (Aku) Zenji Zensei. In 1180 (Jisho 4), upon hearing of Yoritomo's uprising, he immediately went down to Kanto and joined him. He was given Nagao-ji Temple in Musashi Province, and furthermore, he ruled Ano in Suruga Province, and took the name Ano Hokkyo. He married Awa no Tsubone, the daughter of Hojo Tokimasa, and she became the wet nurse of Chihata (later Sanetomo), so after Yoritomo's death, it is believed that he became embroiled in the conflict between the Hojo clan, who were trying to support Chihata, and the second shogun, Yoriie. In May 1203 (Kennin 3), he was exiled to Hitachi Province on suspicion of rebellion against Yoriie. He was killed in Shimotsuke Province the following month, and his son, Yorimasa, was also killed in Kyoto. His grave is at Daisen-ji Temple (Ide, Numazu City), which is on the site of the Ano mansion.

(Takao Sugihashi)

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

Japanese:

没年：建仁3.6.23(1203.8.1)
生年：仁平3(1153)
鎌倉前期,僧籍の武将。源義朝と常盤の長男。幼名今若。頼朝の異母弟,義経の同母兄。平治の乱(1159)後,醍醐寺で出家して醍醐(悪)禅師全成と称される。治承4(1180)年頼朝の挙兵を聞き直ちに関東に下向,合流。武蔵国長尾寺を与えられ,さらに駿河国阿野を領し阿野法橋と号する。北条時政の娘阿波局を娶り,これが千幡(のちの実朝)の乳母になったことから,頼朝没後は,千幡の擁立をはかる北条氏と2代将軍頼家との対立に巻き込まれたものと思われる。建仁3(1203)年5月,頼家に対する謀反の疑いにより常陸国に配流。翌月下野国で誅殺され,子の頼全も京都で討たれた。墓所は阿野の館跡という大泉寺(沼津市井出)。

(杉橋隆夫)

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