Yoshihide Asahina

Japanese: 朝比奈義秀 - あさひなよしひで

[Born] Angen 2 (1176)?
[Died] Kenpo 1 (1213)?
A samurai in the early Kamakura period. The third son of Wada Yoshimori, he was called Saburo. He was known among the retainers of the Kamakura shogunate for his outstanding bravery. In 1200, when Shogun Minamoto no Yoriie was sightseeing at the seaside, he was ordered to demonstrate his swimming skills, and he is said to have dived deep underwater and caught a shark, which amazed the people. In May 13, when his father Yoshimori fought against Hojo Yoshitoki in Kamakura (→Wada War), he fought bravely as a brave warrior on the Wada side, attacking the Shogun's residence from the front and killing many samurai. It is said that the enemy soldiers avoided Yoshihide's path. After the Wada side was defeated, Yoshihide fled by sea to Awa Province, but was apparently killed in battle shortly thereafter. The Genpei Jōsuiki tells us that Yoshihide was born when Wada Yoshimori married Tomoe (→ Tomoe Gozen), who was a concubine of Kiso Yoshinaka. However, the Azuma Kagami states that Yoshihide was 38 years old in the first year of the Kenpō era, so this theory does not hold up.

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Japanese:

[生]安元2(1176)?
[没]建保1(1213)?
鎌倉時代初期の武士。和田義盛の3男，三郎と称した。鎌倉幕府御家人中で抜群の武勇をもって知られた。正治2 (1200) 年将軍源頼家が海辺遊覧の際，水練の技を披露せよと命じられ，水中深くもぐってさめを手取りにして人々を感嘆させたという。建保1 (13) 年5月父義盛が鎌倉で北条義時と戦ったとき (→和田合戦 ) ，和田方の勇士として奮戦し，将軍の居所の正面から攻め込み，多数の武士を倒した。敵兵は義秀の進路をつとめて避けたと伝えられる。和田方が敗北するに及び，義秀は海路安房国へ向って逃走したが，その直後に戦死したらしい。なお『源平盛衰記』は，和田義盛が先に木曾義仲の妾であった巴 (→巴御前 ) をめとって義秀が生れたと伝えているが，『吾妻鏡』に義秀は建保1年に 38歳とあることから，この説は成立しない。

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