Shigetada Hatakeyama

A military commander in the early Kamakura period. Son of Shigeyoshi. His mother was the daughter of Miura Yoshiaki. According to a family tree, he descended from the Kanmu Taira clan, and took the name Hatakeyama from Shigeyoshi, who was the head priest of the Hatakeyama Manor in Musashi Province (near the Kawamoto area of ​​Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture). In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in 1180 (Jisho 4), he initially opposed Yoritomo, but eventually submitted to him and distinguished himself in the pursuit of Kiso Yoshinaka and the Taira clan, and in the conquest of Oshu in 1189 (Bunji 5). During this time, in connection with an incident that occurred at Isenumatamamikuriya (Matsusaka city, Mie prefecture) in which the local lord Shigetada was arrested in connection with the obstruction of the local lord's deputy, Shigetada was suspected of treason due to slanderous accusations by Kajiwara Kagetoki. However, Shigetada claimed that he had no ulterior motives towards Yoritomo, and that since a samurai always spoke his mind, there was no need to write a pledge or anything like that, and thus Yoritomo trusted him. This is a famous story. He served Yoritomo in the vanguard during his second visits to Kyoto in 1190 and 1195 (Kenkyu 1 and 6), but in 1205 (Genkyu 2), his son Shigeyasu (whose mother was the daughter of Adachi Tomoto) was killed by Tokimasa in a battle with Hiraga Tomomasa, the son-in-law of Hojo Tokimasa's second wife, Maki clan, and on June 22nd, Shigetada also died in battle against the Hojo army at Musashi Futamatagawa (Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City). After his death, his wife (the daughter of Hojo Tokimasa) remarried Ashikaga Yoshizumi, and their son Yasukuni inherited the Hatakeyama family name. Shigetada was known for his great strength, but he was also blessed with musical talent and is said to have had a profound character.

[Eiji Nitta]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

鎌倉初期の武将。重能(しげよし)の子。母は三浦義明(よしあき)の女(むすめ)。系図によれば桓武(かんむ)平氏の流れで、畠山を称したのは武蔵(むさし)国畠山庄(しょう)（埼玉県深谷(ふかや)市川本地区付近）の庄司(しょうじ)であった重能からである。1180年（治承4）石橋山(いしばしやま)の戦いでは初め頼朝(よりとも)に敵対したが、やがて頼朝に帰服し、木曽義仲(きそよしなか)や平氏の追討、さらに1189年（文治5）の奥州征伐などに戦功をたてた。その間、伊勢沼田御厨(いせぬまたのみくりや)（三重県松阪市）で起こった地頭代(じとうだい)の押妨(おうぼう)事件に関連して地頭であった重忠が捕らえられ、梶原景時(かじわらかげとき)の讒言(ざんげん)で逆心を疑われた際、頼朝に逆心を抱いていないこと、武士に二言はないから起請(きしょう)文など書く必要はないことを主張し、頼朝に信用された話は有名である。1190年、1195年（建久1、6）頼朝再度の上洛(じょうらく)に先陣を勤めるなど頼朝に仕えたが、1205年（元久2）子重保(しげやす)（母は足立遠元(あだちとおもと)の女）が北条時政(ときまさ)の後妻牧(まき)氏の女婿平賀朝雅(ひらがともまさ)と争って時政に殺されたあと、6月22日重忠も北条軍と武蔵二俣川(むさしふたまたがわ)（横浜市保土ケ谷(ほどがや)区）で戦って討ち死にした。彼の死後、妻（北条時政の女）は足利義純(よしずみ)と再婚し、その子泰国(やすくに)が畠山の家名を継いだ。重忠は大力をもって聞こえたが、また音楽的才能にも恵まれ、その性質は重厚であったと伝えられている。

［新田英治］

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