Omiwa no Takechimaro - Omiwa no Takechimaro

Japanese: 大神高市麻呂 - おおみわのたけちまろ

Year of death: Keiun 3.2.6 (706.3.24)
Year of birth: 657
He was a bureaucrat from the 7th to the 8th century. He played an active role on the side of Prince Oama (later Emperor Tenmu) during the Jinshin War (672). He was the son of Togane. He was the older brother of Yasumaro and Komamaro. His surname was Kimi, and he changed it to Ason in the 13th year of Tenmu's reign (684). He is also written as Miwa Takaichimaro and Omiwa Takaichimaro. He joined the Otomo Fukiage forces on Oama's side, and when the Omi forces invaded Yamato, he defended the Kamitsu road and annihilated the enemy forces near Hashihaka (Hashinaka, Sakurai City). He gave a eulogy for the Rikan (later the Ministry of Jibusho) at Emperor Tenmu's funeral palace. At the time, he was a Naodaini (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper). In the 6th year of the reign of Jitō (692), he was a Naodaini (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper) Chunagon, and spoke out against the Emperor's plan to visit Ise, saying that it would interfere with agricultural affairs, but his words were not accepted. In the second year of the Taiho era (702), he was appointed as Nagato no Kami, and at that time his family gathered around the Miwa River to hold a farewell banquet (Man'yoshu, Volume 9). He is said to have been posted to Tsukushi Province afterwards, but the following year he became Sakyo no Daibu. At the time of his death, he was awarded the rank of Junior Third Rank for his achievements in the Jinshin War. He was also one of the greatest literary figures of his time, with poems in the Utakyo Hoshiki and Chinese poetry in the Kaifu-mo. <References> Naoki Kojiro, Jinshin War, Empress Jito

(Kano Hisashi)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：慶雲3.2.6(706.3.24)
生年：斉明3(657)
7世紀から8世紀初の官僚。壬申の乱(672)では大海人皇子(のちの天武天皇)方で活躍。利金の子。安麻呂,狛麻呂の兄。姓は君,天武13(684)年の改姓で朝臣。三輪高市麻呂,大三輪高市麻呂とも書く。大海人側の大伴吹負軍に加わり,近江軍が大和に侵入した際,上ツ道を防衛し,箸墓(桜井市箸中)の付近で敵軍を壊滅させた。天武天皇の殯宮では理官(のちの治部省)の事を誄した。時に直大肆(従五位上)。持統6(692)年直大弐(従四位上)中納言の職にあって,天皇の伊勢行幸計画に対して,農事を妨げるとして直言し諫めたが容れられなかった。大宝2(702)年長門守に任じられたが,そのとき一族のものが三輪河の辺に集い,送別の宴を設けている(『万葉集』巻9)。その後筑紫国に赴任したこともあったらしいが,翌年左京大夫となっている。死去の際,壬申の乱の功により従三位を贈られた。『歌経標式』に歌があり,『懐風藻』にも漢詩を残すなど,当代随一の文人でもあった。<参考文献>直木孝次郎『壬申の乱』『持統天皇』

(狩野久)

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