From Minamoto no Noriyori

Japanese: 源範頼 - みなもとののりより

Year of death: 4th year of Kenkyu (1193)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. A military commander from the end of the Heian period to the early Kamakura period. The sixth son (fifth according to one theory) of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. His mother was a prostitute from Ikeda-juku in Totomi Province (Toyota Town, Shizuoka Prefecture). He was born in Kamagyo (Hamamatsu City) near Ikeda, so he was called Kamagoshi, and was raised by a mid-ranking aristocrat in Kyoto, Fujiwara (Takakura) Suenori, and it is believed that he took one character from his given name and took the name Noriyori. It appears that he joined his half-brother Yoritomo shortly after he raised an army in 1180 (Jisho 4), and in 1184 (Genryaku 1), he marched with his half-brother Yoshitsune as Yoritomo's magistrate and one of the great generals in the pursuit of Minamoto no Yoshinaka (Kiso) and the battle against the Taira clan at Ichinotani in Settsu, winning victories, and in June of the same year, he was appointed Sangawa no Kami by Yoritomo's recommendation. In August, he marched out again to pursue the Taira clan, but the fighting dragged on and made no progress, and finally Yoshitsune joined the battle and attacked, destroying the Taira clan at Dannoura in Nagato in March 1185. Noriyori returned to the east after dealing with the aftermath of the war in Kyushu, and in contrast to Yoshitsune, who came into conflict with Yoritomo and fell into ruin, he always swore to be obedient to Yoritomo and to have no ulterior motives, but in 1193, suspicion arose over his handling of the Soga brothers' revenge incident, and he was exiled in Shuzenji, Izu (though there are other theories). <References> Noguchi Minoru, "The Path of Minamoto Noriyori" (Kamakura, No. 65)

(Takao Sugihashi)

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Japanese:

没年：建久4.8(1193)
生年：生年不詳
平安末・鎌倉初期の武将。源義朝の6男(一説に5男)。母は遠江国池田宿(静岡県豊田町)の遊女。池田付近の蒲御厨(浜松市)で生まれたので蒲冠者と称し,京都の中級貴族藤原(高倉)季範に養育され,その諱の1字を得て範頼と名乗ったと思われる。治承4(1180)年異母兄の頼朝が挙兵して程なくその麾下に参じたとみえ,元暦1(1184)年の源(木曾)義仲追討戦や摂津一の谷の対平氏戦に,異母弟義経と共に頼朝代官・一方の大将軍として出陣,勝利を収め,同年6月には頼朝の推挙により参河守に任じた。8月平氏追討のため再度出征したものの,戦いは長期化して進展なく,ようやく義経の参戦・攻撃を得て,文治1(1185)年3月長門壇の浦に平氏一門を壊滅させえた。範頼は九州に在って戦後処理を行ったのち帰東,頼朝と対立・没落した義経とは対照的に,常に頼朝に従順,異心なきを誓ったが,やがて建久4(1193)年曾我兄弟の仇討ち事件への対処方が疑われ,伊豆修善寺(異説もある)で幽殺された。<参考文献>野口実「源範頼の軌跡」(『鎌倉』65号)

(杉橋隆夫)

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