Mononobe no Moriya

A great lord in the reign of Emperor Bidatsu and Emperor Yomei. Son of Okoshi. Also called Yuge Moriya due to his mother's surname. In the first year of the reign of Emperor Bidatsu (572), he became a great lord following the reign of Emperor Kinmei, and came into conflict with the Minister Soga no Umako. In the 14th year of the same year, he petitioned for the abolition of Buddhism and was granted permission. He burned the temple and Buddha statue that Umako had built, and dumped the remaining Buddha statue in Horie, Naniwa. In the same year, after the Emperor's death, when he gave a eulogy at the funeral palace, he and Umako mocked each other's appearances, and it is said that this caused a grudge between them, but this is a story that puts the cart before the horse. After Yomyo ascended to the throne, he continued to be a great rival, but eventually allied with Prince Anahobe, the Emperor's half-brother, and tried to support him. Two years later (587), when Yomyo died, he tried to have Anahobe take the throne, but the prince was soon killed by Umako. Moriya and Umako were now faced off against each other, but Umako, who had gained the support of most of the imperial family and powerful clans, attacked his base in Shibukawa, Kawachi (Yao City, Osaka Prefecture), and Moriya was finally shot to death. After the rebellion, he divided up half of his slaves and his residential land and donated them to Shitennoji Temple. Umako's wife was Moriya's younger sister, and Tokito commented that Umako had foolishly killed Moriya according to his wife's plan.

[Hiromichi Mayuzumi]

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敏達(びだつ)・用明(ようめい)朝の大連(おおむらじ)。尾輿(おこし)の子。母姓により弓削(ゆげ)守屋ともいった。敏達天皇元年（572）欽明(きんめい)朝に引き続いて大連となり、大臣(おおおみ)蘇我馬子(そがのうまこ)と対立した。同14年仏法の廃棄を奏請して許され、馬子の建てた寺と仏像を焼き、焼け残りの仏像を難波(なにわ)の堀江に投棄した。同年、天皇の崩後、殯宮(もがりのみや)に誄(しのびごと)したとき、馬子と互いに相手の姿を嘲笑(ちょうしょう)し、これより二人の間に怨恨(えんこん)を生じたというが、本末を顛倒(てんとう)した話であろう。用明即位後も大連となったが、やがて天皇の異母弟穴穂部(あなほべ)皇子と結び、その擁立を図った。その2年（587）用明が没すると穴穂部の即位を図ったが、まもなく皇子は馬子に殺されてしまった。ここにおいて守屋は馬子と雌雄を決することとなったが、皇族・豪族の大半を味方にした馬子に河内渋河(かわちしぶかわ)（大阪府八尾(やお)市）の本拠を攻められ、ついに射殺された。乱後、彼の奴のなかばと宅地とを分けて四天王寺に施入した。馬子の妻は守屋の妹で、時人は、馬子が妄(みだ)りに妻の計により守屋を殺したと評した。

［黛　弘道］

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