Takanobu Hirano

Date of birth and death unknown. Military commander in the mid-Heian period. Son of Emperor Kanmu's grandson, Prince Takami. Initially, he was in the line of kings as Prince Takamochi, but in 889 (Kanpei 1), he was given the surname Taira no Ason, became a commoner, and traveled east as Kazusa no Suke. According to the Heike Kanmonroku, when the Minister of Civil Affairs, Muneaki Ason (whose existence is unknown), rebelled, he pursued and punished Muneaki, and for this achievement he was bestowed a peerage, given a surname, and appointed to an official position. The "Heike Family Tree" (included in "Keizu Soran") tells the history of Takamochi's appointment as Hitachi Daijo, and also his sons Yoshimochi (Kunika), Yoshikane, Yoshimochi (Yoshimasa), and Yoshimago were appointed as Chinjufu Shogun, Hitachi Daijo, Kazusa no Suke, and Shimousa no Suke, building a considerable power base in the area of ​​Tsutsumi. It can be said that the foundation of the eastern samurai group descended from the Kanmu Heishi clan was solidified by Takamochi's entry into the area, but much of his history is unknown.

[Itoga Shigeo]

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生没年不詳。平安中期の武将。桓武(かんむ)天皇の孫高見(たかみ)王の子。初め高望(たかもち)王として諸王の列にあったが、889年（寛平1）、平朝臣(あそん)姓を賜り臣籍に降(くだ)り、上総介(かずさのすけ)として東下(とうげ)したという。『平家勘文録(へいけかんもんろく)』によれば、民部卿宗章(みんぶきょうむねあき)朝臣（実在不詳）の謀反に際し、宗章を追罰し、その功により叙爵(じょしゃく)・賜姓(しせい)・任官(にんかん)が実現したと伝える。「平氏系図」（『系図綜覧(そうらん)』所収）は高望の任(にん)常陸大掾(ひたちだいじょう)の履歴を伝え、また、良望(よしもち)（国香(くにか)）、良兼(よしかね)、良持(よしもち)（良将(よしまさ)）、良孫などの子息らも鎮守府(ちんじゅふ)将軍、常陸大掾、上総介、下総(しもうさ)介として任官を遂げ、常総の地にかなりの権力基盤を形成していった。桓武平氏流東国武士団の基礎が、高望の入部によって固められたといえるが、その所伝は多くが不詳である。

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