Oshu Fujiwara Clan

Japanese: 奥州藤原氏 - おうしゅうふじわらうじ

A powerful clan in the Tohoku region from the mid to late Heian period. They ruled over the Mutsu region from Hiraizumi. They were once thought to have been of Ainu descent, but in terms of genealogy, they descended from the Hidesato line of the Fujiwara clan. The first Kiyohira was raised as a member of the Kiyohara clan, as his mother remarried into the Kiyohara clan of Dewa Province, but after the Battles of Zenkunen and Gosannen, he settled in Hiraizumi around 1094. After that, the clan enjoyed prosperity for three generations under Motohira and Hidehira, but they were destroyed in 1189 when the fourth generation, Yasuhira, was attacked by Minamoto no Yoritomo, due to their having harbored Minamoto no Yoshitsune. The mummified remains of Kiyohira, Motohira, and Hidehira, as well as the head of Yasuhira, are buried in the Konjikido Hall of Chusonji Temple in Iwate Prefecture. → Hiraizumi Culture / Fujiwara Kiyohira / Fujiwara Motohira / Fujiwara Hidehira / Fujiwara Yasuhira / Oshu Conquest / Fujiwara Hidesato / Motsuji Temple / Naval Base → Related Articles Izawa Iekage | Kamakura Shogunate | Kinugawa | Mutsu Province | Mutsu Province Residency | Yanagi Palace Site

Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information

Japanese:

平安中期から後期の東北地方の豪族。平泉を拠点として，陸奥国一帯を支配した。かつてはアイヌの血を引くとの考えもあったが，系譜的には秀郷(ひでさと)流藤原氏の流れをくむ。初代清衡(きよひら)は母が出羽国の清原氏に再嫁(さいか)したため，清原氏の一員として育ったが，前九年(ぜんくねん)・後三年(ごさんねん)の役を経て，1094年頃に平泉に居を構えた。以後，基衡(もとひら)・秀衡(ひでひら)の３代にわたって栄華を誇ったが，源義経をかくまったことなどがあり，1189年源頼朝に４代泰衡(やすひら)が攻められて滅亡。岩手県の中尊(ちゅうそん)寺金色(こんじき)堂には，清衡・基衡・秀衡のミイラ化した遺体と泰衡の首が葬られている。→平泉文化／藤原清衡／藤原基衡／藤原秀衡／藤原泰衡／奥州征伐／藤原秀郷／毛越寺／鎮守府
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