After the Hogen rebellion, the samurai forces have emerged. The two major samurai powers are Taira and Genji . So, it was a rival, so to speak.
Taira no Kiyomori is the first to stand out. The Taira clan led by him. However, Kiyomori makes a mistake at this time, driving himself to destruction. I didn't execute Minamoto no Yoritomo, the firstborn of Genji That is.
Minamoto no Yoritomo By making the best use of, the Taira clan will be destroyed soon.
This Taira no Kiyomori Let's take a look at the treatment of Minamoto no Yoritomo, which is the biggest failure of the Hogen rebellion, while reviewing the Hogen rebellion and the Heiji rebellion.
Hogen rebellion and Heiji rebellion
After the Hogen rebellion, the situation is going wild again. While the Emperor Nijo faction and the Go-Shirakawa in school were fighting, there were forces in both factions who did not like Shinsai, who had been strengthening as an aide to Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
As a result, the situation became complicated and unstable.
So, anti- Shinsai School Fujiwara no Nobu Plans a coup d'etat. Joined here is Yoritomo's father, Minamoto no Yoshitomo . was. Genji's territory is in the same eastern country, and the interests are in agreement.
And what happened was the Heiji rebellion in the first year of Heiji (1160) . is.
Kiyomori, who was absent from Kyoto, was upset, but when he gradually regained his position, Fujiwara no Nobuyori and Minamoto no Yoshitomo Repel.
Yoshitomo, who was defeated by Kiyomori, was separated from his children on the way back to the eastern country, and was eventually caught by Kiyomori and executed. Yoritomo and others who were separated from his father are also caught by the pursuit and sent to Kiyomori.
Everyone was considered dead because he was the son of a defeated general. However, Kiyomori's stepmother, Ike no Zenni saw Yoritomo when he was only 13 years old. Offers life.
There are various theories as to the reason for the lifesaving, but it is said that Yoritomo resembled his early-deceased son Iemori. Kiyomori is this Ike no Zenni Accepting the petition, Yoritomo was exiled to Hirugakojima in Izu.
This Ike no Zenni is not only the stepmother of Kiyomori, but also the nanny of Emperor Sutoku's Shigehito-shin during the Hogen rebellion. He was a meritorious person who instructed Emperor Shirakawa to join him.
It's a good story to finish here, but history is cruel.
After that, Minamoto no Yoritomo, who grew up in Izu, became the builder of Genji and will raise the soldiers of the overthrowing Taira. After the Genpei War, he will succeed in destroying Mr. Taira, who is led by Kiyomori.
Ieyasu Tokugawa learned from Taira no Kiyomori's failure! ??
This historic failure is described as " Azuma Kagami Ieyasu Tokugawa, who loved reading the book, used it as a lesson.
Ieyasu, who was a reading insect when he was a hostage of Imagawa, was addicted to "Azuma Kagami", which tells the story of Taira and Genji. The episodes of Kiyomori and Yoritomo are also written there.
I am now thanks to His Imperial Highness Taiko, but still Toyotomi Hideyori Did not make use of. Ieyasu knew that if Hideyori was kept alive, he would surely be a threat to Tokugawa in the future. So, after taking the world, he probably did the last big job of destroying the Toyotomi clan.
Kiyomori accepted the words of his mother and made the biggest mistake of destroying the Taira clan. Ieyasu may have created the 260-year history of the Edo Shogunate by taking this failure as a lesson and not being distracted by the emotions.
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