The Former Nine Years' War

Japanese: 前九年の役 - ぜんくねんのえき

In the late Heian period, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Yoshiie waged a campaign to subjugate the Abe clan, the head of the Mutsu prisoners of war. Abe Yorimitsu (Yoritoki), who ruled over six districts in Mutsu at the time, did not pay tribute to the provincial government or perform forced labor, so the governor Fujiwara no Narito and Akita no Suke Taira no Shigenari tried to subjugate him, but failed. In 1051, the Imperial Court appointed Minamoto no Yoriyoshi as the governor of Mutsu and ordered him to pursue and defeat him. Yorimitsu temporarily returned to power, but in 1056, just before the end of Yoriyoshi's term as governor, he rebelled, attacking Yoriyoshi's camp and taking up residence in Kinugawa. Yoriyoshi reappointed him to the position and began a campaign to subjugate the Abe clan, defeating and killing Yorimitsu the following year, but the Abe clan, led by Yorimitsu's son Sadato, remained firmly united, and Yoriyoshi and his men continued to struggle. However, with the support of Dewa prisoners of war, including Mitsuyori Kiyohara and Takenori Kiyohara, they finally defeated Sadato and put down the rebellion in 1562. In 1563, Sadato's younger brother, Munenori, and others were exiled to Iyo.

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Japanese:

平安時代後期に起った源頼義，義家による陸奥の俘囚長安倍氏討伐戦。当時陸奥6郡を支配し勢力のあった安倍頼良 (頼時) が，国府に貢賦を納めず，徭役もつとめないので，太守藤原登任 (なりとう) ，秋田城介平繁成らはこれを討伐しようと攻めたが失敗したため，朝廷では永承6 (1051) 年源頼義を陸奥守に任じてこれを追討させた。頼良は一時帰服したが，頼義の守任期終了まぎわの天喜4 (56) 年反乱を起し，頼義側の宿営を襲撃して衣川に拠った。頼義は重任して安倍氏征伐にあたり，翌年頼良を敗死させたが，頼良の子貞任 (さだとう) を中心にした安倍氏の結束は堅く，頼義らの苦戦は続いた。しかし出羽の俘囚清原光頼，武則らの応援を得て，康平5 (62) 年ようやく貞任を倒してこの乱を鎮定した。同7年貞任の弟宗任らは伊予に流された。

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