Hideyoshi Sasaki

Japanese: 佐々木秀義 - ささき・ひでよし

Year of death: 19th July 1st (26th August 1184)
Year of birth: Tenei 3 (1112)
A military commander in the late Heian period. Saburo. Uda Genji. His grandfather Tsunekata lived in Kowakidate, a lower-ranking official in Omi Sasaki Manor (Azuchi-cho, Shiga Prefecture). His father was Suesada, and his mother was the daughter of Abe Munenori. He was adopted by Minamoto Tameyoshi, and when he came of age, he was given the sword Tsunagiri, a title that had been passed down since Yoshiie (Shujusho). After he served Minamoto Yoshitomo and was defeated in the Heiji Rebellion (1159), his territory was taken by the Sasaki Takauji (a family of Shinto priests) who supported the Taira clan, and he and his son Sadatsuna and others went down to Oshu relying on his aunt's son Fujiwara Hidehira, staying at the residence of Shibuya Shigekuni in Sagami. In 1180, Sadatsuna and his brothers made a great contribution to the uprising of Minamoto no Yoritomo, and Hideyoshi and his son regained possession of Sasaki Manor. In 1184, he defeated the remnants of the Taira clan from Iga and Ise in Aburahidani, Koga County, but his general Hideyoshi was killed in battle. His son Sadatsuna became the governor of Omi Province, and many of his descendants became governors of other provinces, becoming powerful vassals.

(Yuyama Manabu)

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Japanese:

没年：元暦1.7.19(1184.8.26)
生年：天永3(1112)
平安後期の武将。三郎。宇多源氏。祖父経方は近江佐々木荘(滋賀県安土町)下司,小脇楯に居住。父は季定,母は安倍宗任の娘。源為義の猶子で元服時,義家以来の太刀綱切を賜う(『拾珠抄』)。源義朝に属し平治の乱(1159)に敗北後,平氏方の佐々貴氏(神主家)に本領を奪われ,子定綱らと伯母の子藤原秀衡を頼り奥州へ下向途中,相模の渋谷重国の館に寄留。治承4(1180)年,源頼朝の挙兵に定綱ら兄弟が大功をあげ,秀義父子は佐々木荘を回復。元暦1(1184)年同国甲賀郡油日谷で伊賀・伊勢の平氏残党を撃退したが,大将秀義は討死。子定綱は近江守護となり,子孫に諸国の守護となるものが多く,有力な御家人となった。

(湯山学)

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