Minamoto no Yoshichika

Japanese: 源義親 - みなもとのよしちか

Year of death: Tennin 1.1.6 (1108.2.19)
Year of birth: Unknown. A warrior of the late Heian period. Second son of Minamoto Yoshiie. His mother was the daughter of Minamoto Takanaga. He was appointed as the governor of Tsushima after serving as Sahyoe no jo, but with the support of Higo no Kami Takashina Motozane and others, he rampaged through the nine provinces of Chinzei and committed acts of debauchery, such as refusing to follow orders from Dazaifu. In July of the third year of the Kowa era (1101), the Imperial Court responded by issuing an official order to pursue Yoshichika. Meanwhile, Yoshiie's father, Sudo Sukemichi, a trusted retainer, was sent to Chinzei to summon Yoshichika, but Sukemichi instead sided with Yoshichika and killed the official envoy sent to pursue him, making the situation even more complicated. In December of the following year (1104), Yoshichika was exiled to Oki, but in 1107, he crossed over from Oki to Izumo on the opposite shore, killed the provincial governor's deputy and his seven retainers, and seized tribute (official property). As some residents of nearby provinces were also in favor of this, the Imperial Court appointed Taira Masamori, the Inaba no Kami of the Ise Heike clan, to pursue and kill them. In January of the following year, Tennin 1, Masamori defeated Yoshichika in battle and returned in triumph to Kyoto bearing Yoshichika's head. However, doubts arose as to whether the head was actually Yoshichika's, and rumors that Yoshichika was still alive and people claiming to be Yoshichika continued to appear. He can be said to be a figure who symbolizes the decline of the Minamoto clan and the rise of the Heike clan during the Insei period. <References> Takahashi Masaaki, Before Kiyomori; Yasuda Motohisa, Minamoto no Yoshiie

(Minoru Noguchi)

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Japanese:

没年：天仁1.1.6(1108.2.19)
生年：生年不詳
平安後期の武士。源義家の次男。母は源隆長の娘。左兵衛尉を経て対馬守に任じたが,肥後守高階基実などの支持のもとに鎮西9カ国を横行して大宰府の命に従わないなどの乱行を働いた。康和3(1101)年7月,これに対して朝廷は義親追討の官符を下した。一方,父義家は腹心の郎等首藤資通を鎮西に下して義親の召喚をはかったが,資通はかえって義親に味方して追討の官使を殺害するなど事態は泥沼化した。翌4年12月に至り,義親は隠岐に配流されたが,嘉承2(1107)年隠岐から対岸の出雲に押し渡って国守の目代とその郎従7人を殺害し,調庸物(公事物)を奪い取るという事件を起こした。これには近境の国々の住人のなかにも与同する動きがあったため,朝廷は伊勢平氏の因幡守平正盛を起用して追討に当たらせた。翌天仁1年正月,正盛は一戦のもとに義親を破り,その首級をかかげて京都に凱旋した。しかし,この首級が義親のものであったか,その真偽が疑われ,その後,義親生存の風聞や義親を称する者の出現が続いた。院政期における源氏の凋落と平氏の隆盛を象徴する人物といえよう。<参考文献>高橋昌明『清盛以前』,安田元久『源義家』

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