Taira no Yasuyori - Taira no Yasuyori

Date of birth and death unknown. Late Heian period samurai. Son of Nakahara Yoritsune, Governor of Shinano. In 1174 (Joan 4), he rose from a northern warrior to Kebiishi no Jo (chief of the police). For this reason, he is also known as Taira no Hangan Yasuyori. He was a master of modern samurai and a favorite of Emperor Goshirakawa. In 1177 (Jisho 1), he was implicated in the Shishigatani Incident and exiled to Kikaigashima along with Sozu Shunkan and Fujiwara no Naritsune. On the way, he became a monk in Suo Province (Yamaguchi Prefecture) and took the name Seisho. He is famous for stories such as the invocation of Kumano Gongen on Kikai Island and the floating of a thousand stupas. He was pardoned in 78 and returned to Kyoto the following year. He later secluded himself in Higashiyama Sorin-ji Temple and wrote the collection of tales "Hobutsushu." In 86 (Bun'ei 2), when he was in Owari Province, he donated 30 cho of rice paddy land to the grave of Minamoto no Yoshitomo in Noma-sho and built a small chapel, which earned him the position of Asaho Ward in Awa Province (Tokushima Prefecture).

[Kunio Higuchi]

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生没年未詳。平安後期の武士。信濃権守(しなののごんのかみ)中原頼季の子。1174年（承安4）北面(ほくめん)の武士から検非違使尉(けびいしのじょう)となる。このため平判官(へいほうがん)康頼ともいわれる。今様(いまよう)の名手で後白河(ごしらかわ)院の寵臣(ちょうしん)。77年（治承1）鹿(しし)ヶ谷(たに)事件に連座して俊寛僧都(しゅんかんそうず)、藤原成経(なりつね)とともに鬼界(きかい)ヶ島へ流された。途中、周防(すおう)国（山口県）で出家して性照と号す。鬼界ヶ島における熊野権現(ごんげん)の勧請(かんじょう)、千本の卒都婆(そとば)流しなどの話は有名。78年大赦され、翌年に帰洛(きらく)。のち東山雙林(そうりん)寺に籠居(ろうきょ)して説話集『宝物集(ほうぶつしゅう)』を著す。86年（文治2）、かつて尾張(おわり)国にあったとき、野間荘(しょう)にある源義朝(よしとも)の墓に水田30町を寄進し、小堂を建てた功により、阿波(あわ)国（徳島県）麻殖保(おえのほ)保司になっている。

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