Minamoto no Yukiie - Yukiie of Minamoto

A military commander from the end of the Heian period to the beginning of the Kamakura period. He was the son of Tameyoshi and the uncle of Yoritomo. His real name was Yoshimori. After his father Tameyoshi was defeated in the Hogen Rebellion (1156), he hid in Kumano Shingu and called himself Shingu Juro. In 1180 (Jisho 4), he was summoned by Minamoto no Yorimasa, who served Emperor Mochihito, and changed his name to Yukiie. He disguised himself as a mountain ascetic and conveyed Emperor Mochihito's edicts to the Minamoto clan in various provinces. Soon after, Emperor Mochihito and Yorimasa were defeated, and Yukiie gathered troops in Owari, Mikawa, and other areas to fight against the Taira clan. He asked for his territory from Yoritomo in Kamakura, but was not accepted, so he eventually allied with Kiso Yoshinaka. In 83 (Juei 2), he entered Kyoto with Yoshinaka, had an audience with Emperor Goshirakawa, and was appointed as the Governor of Bizen, Junior Fifth Rank. However, he later came into conflict with Yoshinaka and retreated to Kii. After the downfall of the Taira clan (1185), he sided with Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who was at odds with Yoritomo, and received an imperial edict to pursue and kill Yoritomo. He and Yoshitsune left Daimotsuura in Settsu (Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture) to go to the Western Sea to fight against Yoritomo, who had personally gone to war, but were shipwrecked in a strong wind and hid in Izumi, but the following year he was attacked by Hitachibo Shomyo, an assassin from Kanto, and was killed at Akaigawara on May 12, 12th year of Bunji.

[Tanabe Hisako]

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平安末期～鎌倉初期の武将。為義(ためよし)の子で、頼朝(よりとも)の叔父にあたる。本名義盛(よしもり)。保元(ほうげん)の乱（1156）に父為義が敗れてのち、熊野新宮(くまのしんぐう)に隠れ、新宮十郎と称した。1180年（治承4）以仁王(もちひとおう)を奉ずる源頼政(よりまさ)に召し出され、名を行家と改め、山伏(やまぶし)姿となって諸国の源氏に以仁王の令旨(りょうじ)を伝えた。まもなく以仁王、頼政は敗北し、行家は尾張(おわり)、三河などで兵を結集し、平氏と戦った。鎌倉の頼朝に所領を請うたがいれられず、やがて行家は木曽義仲(きそよしなか)と結んだ。83年（寿永2）義仲とともに入京、後白河(ごしらかわ)法皇に謁し、従(じゅ)五位下備前守(びぜんのかみ)となった。しかしその後義仲と対立するに至り、紀伊(きい)に退いた。平氏滅亡（1185）後は頼朝と不和となった源義経(よしつね)に味方し、頼朝追討の宣旨を得た。自ら出陣した頼朝に対して、西海に赴こうと義経ともども摂津大物浦(だいもつのうら)（兵庫県尼崎(あまがさき)市）をたったが、大風にあって遭難、和泉(いずみ)に隠れたが、翌年関東の討手常陸房昌明(ひたちぼうしょうみょう)に攻められ、文治(ぶんじ)2年5月12日赤井河原で斬(き)られた。

［田辺久子］

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