Chikayoshi Nakahara

Japanese: 中原親能 - なかはらのちかよし

Year of death: 12/18/1209 (1/25/1209)
Year of birth: Kōji 2 (1143)
He was a vassal of the early Kamakura period. He was the son of Hiroki, a doctor of law. According to one theory, he was the son of Fujiwara Mitsuyoshi, a councilor, and was adopted by his maternal grandfather, Hiroki. He was raised in Sagami Province (Kanagawa Prefecture) as a child, and met Minamoto no Yoritomo when he was an exile. He later became a low-ranking official in Kyoto, but when the Genpei War began, he went down to Kamakura and served Yoritomo. He was appointed as a member of the Komonsho in 1184 and as a public affairs magistrate in 1191, and was highly valued by Yoritomo as a practical official, but he also showed a samurai side, taking part in the pursuit of the Taira clan and the Oshu War. He was also often employed as a negotiator with the Imperial Court, and frequently traveled to Kyoto. Furthermore, he was stationed in Kyoto as the Kyoto Shugo from around 1201, and was involved in negotiations with the Imperial Court and liaison between Kyoto and Kamakura. When Yoritomo's daughter Miwata died in 1199, he became a monk and took the name Jakunin, as he was the husband of her wet nurse. Yoshinao, the ancestor of the Otomo clan, is said to be the adopted son of Yoshinao.

(Takeshige Mita)

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

Japanese:

没年：承元2.12.18(1209.1.25)
生年：康治2(1143)
鎌倉前期の御家人。明法博士広季の子。一説には参議藤原光能の子で,外祖父広季の養子。幼時に相模国(神奈川県)で養育され,流人時代の源頼朝にも接する。その後,京都で下級官人となるが,源平争乱がはじまると鎌倉に下って頼朝に仕えた。元暦1(1184)年に公文所の寄人となり,建久2(1191)年には公事奉行人に任ぜられるなど,実務官吏として頼朝に重用されるが,平家追討や奥州合戦にも従軍しており,武士的な面もみせている。また朝廷との交渉役に起用されることも多く,頻繁に上洛している。さらに建仁1(1201)年ごろより京都守護として在京して,朝廷との折衝や京・鎌倉間の連絡に当たった。正治1(1199)年に頼朝の娘三幡が死ぬと,その乳母の夫であった関係から出家して寂忍と号した。大友氏の祖能直は親能の養子とされる。

(三田武繁)

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