The Makishi Incident

Japanese: 牧氏の変 - まきしのへん

In 1205 (Genkyu 2), Maki no Kata, the second wife of Hojo Tokimasa, the first regent of the Kamakura shogunate, conspired with her husband to assassinate Shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo and install her son-in-law, Hiraga Tomomasa, who was adopted by Yoritomo, as Shogun, but failed. Maki no Kata was the daughter of Ooka (Maki) Munechika, who had served Taira no Yorimori for many years and had been entrusted with Ooka Maki in Suruga Province, and her marriage to Tokimasa dates back to before 1182 (Juei 1). In November 1204 (Genkyu 1), Tomomasa, who was in Kyoto as the governor, got into an argument with Hatakeyama Shigeyasu (Shigetada's son) during a drinking party and falsely accused Shigeyasu against Maki no Kata, and in June of the following year, Tokimasa and his wife annihilated Shigetada and Shigeyasu, father and son, despite the pleas of Yoshitoki, Tokifusa, and others.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1205年(元久2)鎌倉幕府初代執権北条時政の後妻牧の方が，夫と謀って将軍源実朝を殺害，女婿で頼朝の猶子となっていた平賀朝雅を将軍に立てようとして失敗した事件。牧の方は，長年平頼盛に仕えて駿河国大岡牧を預けられた大岡(牧)宗親の娘で，時政との結婚は1182年(寿永1)以前にさかのぼる。1204年(元久1)11月，京都守護として在洛中の朝雅が酒宴の間に畠山重保(重忠男)と争い，重保を牧の方に讒訴，翌年6月時政夫妻は義時，時房らの制止にもかかわらず，重忠･重保父子を滅亡させた。

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