Otomo Fuke

A military commander in the late 7th century. Also written as Otoko Fukiage or Ko Fukiage. Son of Kuiko. Father of Ushikai and grandfather Ojimaro. He retreated from the Omi court to Yamato (Yamato) and experienced the Jinshin War (672). His elder brother Makuta joined the army of Prince Oama (Emperor Tenmu), while Fukiage stayed behind and ordered his relatives Otomo Yasumaro, Yamato no Aya clan, Hata clan, and others to raid the camp of the Tomari no Tsukasa (Lord Takasago) King and others at Asukadera, and occupied the ancient capital of Asuka. Due to this achievement, he was appointed Shogun, and organized his military system by adding powerful clans such as the Miwa and Kamo clans to his ranks, and had them defend the Tatsuta Road, the Osaka Road (Anamushigoe), and the Ishite Road (Takenouchi Kaido), while he himself was stationed at Narayama. He was defeated by the army of the Omi Court, but with reinforcements he fought in Taima and Nakamichi, and pacified the Yamato lands. He then went to Naniwa and ordered the provincial governors to the west to present him with keys, station bells, and seals. His highest official position during the reign of Emperor Tenmu was Hitachi no Kami. After his death, he was awarded the rank of Daikinchu.

[Yumino Masatake]

"Emperor Tenmu" by Kawasaki Tsuneyuki (Iwanami Shinsho)" ▽ "The Jinshin War" by Naoki Kojiro (1961, Hanawa Shobo)

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7世紀後期の武将。男吹負、小吹負とも書く。咋子(くいこ)の子。牛養(うしかい)、祖父麻呂(おおじまろ)の父。近江(おうみ)朝廷より倭(やまと)（大和）の家に退き壬申(じんしん)の乱（672）にあう。兄馬来田(まくた)は大海人皇子(おおあまのおおじ)（天武(てんむ)天皇）の挙兵に従軍、吹負はとどまって同族大伴安麻呂(やすまろ)や倭漢(やまとのあや)氏、秦(はた)氏らに命じて留守司(とまりのつかさ)高坂王らの飛鳥寺(あすかでら)の営を急襲し、飛鳥古京を占拠した。この功により将軍に任ぜられるとともに、三輪氏、鴨(かも)氏ら諸豪族を配下に加えて軍制を整え、竜田道(たつたみち)、大坂道（穴虫越(あなむしごえ)）、石手(いして)道（竹内(たけのうち)街道）を防がせ、自らは乃楽山(ならやま)に布陣。近江朝の軍に敗れるが、援軍を得て、当麻(たいま)、中道(なかつみち)に転戦して倭の地を平定した。その後難波(なにわ)に出て以西の国司に命じて、管鑰(かぎ)、駅鈴(すず)、伝印(つたいしるし)を進上させている。天武朝の極官は常道頭(ひたちのかみ)。没後、大錦中(だいきんちゅう)を贈位された。

［弓野正武］

『川崎庸之著『天武天皇』（岩波新書）』▽『直木孝次郎著『壬申の乱』（1961・塙書房）』

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