Yasutsune Takashina

Japanese: 高階泰経 - たかしなのやすつね

Year of death: 1.11.23 (1201.12.20)
Year of birth: 1130
A nobleman from the end of the Heian period to the beginning of the Kamakura period. A trusted vassal of Emperor Goshirakawa. Son of Takashina Yasushige, the governor of Wakasa. His mother was the daughter of Fujiwara Munekane, the deputy chief minister of Shuri. In 1151, he became a treasurer, and after serving as Saemon no Shoi, Kawachi, Dewa, and Settsu no Kami, he was promoted to Shonagon in 1166. He also served as Iyo no Kami and Okurakyo, and was promoted to the rank of Junior Third Rank in 1183. According to Kujo Kanezane's Gyokuyo, he was "the most trusted vassal of the retired emperor," and the favor he received from Emperor Goshirakawa and the influence he wielded were comparable to those of Tango no Tsubone (Takashina Eiko). However, in December 1185, during the rebellion of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Yukiie, he served as an intermediary to the retired emperor along with his son Tsunenaka, which incurred the wrath of Yoritomo, and both father and son were dismissed from their posts as central figures in the conspiracy, and Yasutsune was exiled to Izu Province. He was allowed to enter the service four years later, in the fifth year of the Bun'ei era. In the second year of the Kenkyu era (1191), he was awarded the third rank and became a monk in the eighth year of the same year.

(Megumi Tsuchitani)

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

Japanese:

没年：建仁1.11.23(1201.12.20)
生年：大治5(1130)
平安末・鎌倉初期の公卿。後白河院の近臣。若狭守高階泰重の子。母は修理権大夫藤原宗兼の娘。仁平1(1151)年に蔵人となり,左衛門少尉,河内・出羽・摂津守などを経て仁安1(1166)年に少納言。さらに伊予守や大蔵卿を経て,寿永2(1183)年従三位に叙せられた。九条兼実の『玉葉』によれば「法皇第一の近臣」で,後白河法皇の寵愛ぶりとその権勢は丹後局(高階栄子)とも比されるほどだった。しかし文治1(1185)年12月,源義経と行家の謀反の際に,子経仲と共に法皇への取り次ぎを務めていたことから,頼朝の怒りを買い,陰謀の中心人物として親子ともに官を解かれ,泰経は伊豆国へ配流が決まった。許されて出仕したのは4年後の文治5年のことだった。建久2(1191)年正三位に叙せられ,同8年に出家した。<参考文献>『玉葉』『公卿補任』

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