Izumi Chikahira

Japanese: 泉親衡 - いずみ・ちかひら

Years of birth: unknown. A samurai from Shinano Province (Nagano Prefecture) in the early Kamakura period. Kojiro. A descendant of Mitsuyoshi, the fifth son of Prince Tsunemoto, from the Seiwa Genji clan. Known for his incredible strength. He plotted to support the surviving son of Minamoto no Yoriie, the second Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate, Senjumaru, but this was discovered in February 1213, when he killed the Shogunate's assassins, including Kudo Juro and others, and disappeared. There were over 130 samurai from Harimoto and 200 companions who sided with Chikahira, including the son and nephew of Wada Yoshimori, a meritorious retainer at the beginning of the Shogunate. A rift developed between the Wada clan and regent Hojo Yoshitoki over their treatment, which is said to have been one of the causes of the Wada War in May. Incidentally, Chikahira's younger brother, Izumi Rokuro Kinnobu, fought on the Shogunate side during the Wada War and was killed in battle.

(Fumio Kanno)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
鎌倉前期の信濃国(長野県)の武士。小次郎。清和源氏で経基王5男の満快の流れを汲む。怪力で知られた。鎌倉幕府2代将軍源頼家の遺児千手丸を擁立しようと画策したが,建保1(1213)年2月発覚し,幕府の討手工藤十郎らを殺害して行方をくらました。親衡に与同した武士は張本130人余,伴類200人にのぼり,このなかには幕府草創の功臣和田義盛の子と甥も含まれていた。その処遇をめぐって和田氏と執権北条義時との間に亀裂が生じ,5月の和田合戦の一因となったとされる。なお,親衡の弟泉六郎公信は和田合戦では幕府方で戦い討死している。

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