Chikusa Tadaaki

Japanese: 千種忠顕 - ちくさ・ただあき

Year of death: 15 July 1336 (July 15, 1336)
Year of birth: Unknown. A nobleman from the late Kamakura period and the Northern and Southern Court period. His father was Rokujo Aritada. In Tadaaki's generation, the clan took the name Chikusa (Chikusa is a place name in Ise), and Tadaaki became the ancestor of the Ise Chikusa clan. He was a courtier of Emperor Godaigo, and is known as one of the "Miki Kazukusa." He served as Kurodo no Kami, Sakonoe no Chujo, Danjo no Daisuke, and Tanba no Kami, before becoming a councilor. He was highly trusted by Emperor Godaigo, and during the Genkō Rebellion (1331), he followed the emperor and barricaded himself in Mount Kasagi, serving him loyally. However, after the fall of Kasagi Castle, he was imprisoned by Sasaki (Kyōgoku) Takauji. In 1332, the emperor was exiled to Oki Island, and Tadaaki followed him. The following year, the Emperor escaped from Oki Island, and under the auspices of Nawa Nagatoshi, he established his base at Funakamiyama in Hoki (Tottori). When the government forces began their attack on Rokuhara in the same year, Tadaaki received an imperial order to lead troops and join the attack with Akamatsu Norimura and Ashikaga Takauji, and when the Emperor entered Kyoto, he accompanied him with over 1,000 cavalry. When the Kenmu Restoration began, he became a resident of the Zasso Ketsudansho (Division of Appeals for Miscellaneous Cases) and was made the feudal lord of three provinces, including Tanba Province, and his success was remarkable. In 1336 (Kenmu 3/Engen 1), he became a monk along with Manri-no-koji Nobufusa. However, in the same year, when Ashikaga Takauji defected and the Kenmu government collapsed, Tadaaki defended the Emperor, who had fled to Mount Hiei, and fought in various battles, but was killed in battle against the army of Ashikaga Tadayoshi at Nishisakamoto in Omi Province (Shiga Prefecture). <References> Collected Works of Murata Masashi, Vol. 7

(Masaaki Komori)

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没年：建武3/延元1.6.7(1336.7.15)
生年：生年不詳
鎌倉末・南北朝期の公卿。父は六条有忠。忠顕の代になり千種氏(千種は伊勢の地名)を称し,忠顕が伊勢千種氏の祖となる。後醍醐天皇の廷臣で,「三木一草」のひとりとして知られる。蔵人頭,左近衛中将,弾正大弼,丹波守などを歴任し,参議となる。後醍醐天皇の信任が厚く,元弘の乱(1331)に際しては天皇に従い笠置山に立て籠もって忠勤した。しかし,笠置落城後は佐々木(京極)高氏のもとに拘禁される。正慶1/元弘2(1332)年天皇は隠岐島へ流罪となり,忠顕もこれに従った。翌年,天皇は隠岐島を脱出,名和長年に奉ぜられ,伯耆(鳥取)船上山を本拠とした。同年,官軍の六波羅攻撃が開始されると,忠顕も勅命を受け兵を率いて赤松則村,足利尊氏らと共に攻撃に加わり,天皇入京に際しては,千余騎を率いて供奉する。建武の新政が開始されると,雑訴決断所の寄人となり,また丹波国など3カ国の知行国主になるなど,その栄達はめざましかった。建武3/延元1(1336)年,万里小路宣房と共に出家。だが同年,足利尊氏の離反によって建武政権が崩壊すると,比叡山に逃れた天皇を守り転戦したが,近江国(滋賀県)西坂本で足利直義軍と戦い戦死した。<参考文献>『村田正志著作集』7巻

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