Hidehira Fujiwara of Mr. Fujiwara Oshu, who has a close relationship with Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Shortly before his death, he even left a will to his three sons to prepare for Kamakura, following Yoshitsune's instructions.
So this time, the taiga drama [ 13 Lords of Kamakura ] But I will write about Hidehira Fujiwara, who made the heyday of Mr. Fujiwara Oshu.
What is Mr. Fujiwara Oshu?
Mr. Fujiwara It is said that he follows the flow of the Kita family and Fujiwara no Tsunekiyo, and Keisei is the role of nine years ago . He has been defeated and executed in conflict with Minamoto no Yoriyoshi. It is said that the execution was also a very brutal method called sawing.
It is believed that the background of the sawing execution was that Minamoto no Yoriyoshi was tossed about in a strategy against the background of financial strength and made him struggle a lot.
In this way, Mr. Fujiwara Oshu and Mr. Genji are said to have left a deep grudge in the role of the previous nine years.
Only the person himself knows what his descendants, Hidehira Fujiwara and Minamoto no Yoritomo / Yoshitsune, had in mind.
In 1083, the internal conflict of Mr. Kiyohara, who ruled Oshu, occurred, and Minamoto no Yoriyoshi's firstborn, Yoshiie, intervened in this internal conflict, and Kiyohara Kiyohira and Iehira ruled Oshu in three groups each. However, the two Kiyohara, who were dissatisfied with this decision, started fighting again.
Minamoto no Yoshiie intervened in Kiyohara again and defeated Kiyohira.
Gosannen War in this series of battles Is called.
In this way, Kiyohira Kiyohara ruled the 6th group of Oshu, and his father, Keisei's surname [ Fujiwara ] Was named Kiyohira Fujiwara again and became the ancestor of Mr. Fujiwara Oshu for about 100 years.
Mr. Fujiwara Oshu
Kiyohira Fujiwara
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Fujiwara no Motohira
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Hidehira Fujiwara
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Fujiwara no Yasuhira
Fujiwara no Hidehira's succession to Mr. Fujiwara Oshu
Hidehira Fujiwara The childhood of is not clear.
It was 1157 that Hidehira succeeded Mr. Fujiwara Oshu. It was that.
It is said that it was a proper inheritance without any objection in the house.
At the same time, it is the official position that controls military and police authority. ] Is also inherited, and it is said that about 170,000 troops can be mobilized in Oshu at this time. In addition, since Oshu was a production center for famous horses and gold dust, it is believed that they had considerable strength in military funding.
Around this time, in the center, [Hogen rebellion] and [Heiji rebellion] After that, the Heike led by Taira no Kiyomori was in its heyday. In the center, there was a big war, but Hidehira was positively involved, but Oshu, which is far away from the location, was not greatly affected.
Because it is far from the central government, Oshu is a independent force . ], But as mentioned earlier, Hidehira was from the imperial court [ Ryoshin . ] The power of Mr. Fujiwara Oshu is supported by the imperial court because he has obtained the official position.
Also, it is not that the Kokushi had no influence in this region.
From the imperial court's point of view, what Mr. Fujiwara Oshu had was [ military rights . ] And [ Political Rights ] It is not. As evidence, Hiraizumi was a prosperous metropolis with a large population and financial strength at that time, but it also made upward donations, gifts, and donations to temples and shrines.
In fact, Hidehira Fujiwara's Seishitsu is also a close vassal of the institute, Motonari Fujiwara Is my daughter. Motohira was a person who had previously served as a guardian of the land and a general of the guardian office, and has been associated with Hidehira since his father, Motohira.
In this way, although it was a remote area called Oshu, it seems that it maintained its prosperity by firmly incorporating the upper culture while maintaining a reasonable sense of distance.
Perhaps because of this effort, people gather in places with wealth, and the flow of goods and people becomes active, and further wealth is born. One of the reasons why Minamoto no Yoshitsune came all the way to Hiraizumi in his childhood was that the flow of people was active before that.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune came to Hiraizumi
During the time of Fujiwara no Hidehira, the central government was aware of Hidehira's existence, and in 1170, Go-Shirakawa was given the title of 5th subordinate and guardian general. Some officials said that they were rural people who had never been to the city.
Knowing that, Hidehira himself was quiet because he made donations and gifts, and received the official post quietly. However, it seems that the donation to Mt. Koya was flashy, and it was for the opening of the eyes of the Five Great Tahoto and the statue of Shaka Nyorai, and the Mt. Koya side was very grateful and praised Hidehira.
In this way, Hidehira maintained a close relationship with the center, but history began to move after the young Minamoto no Yoshitsune visited Hiraizumi.
At this time, Minamoto no Yoritomo Was exiled and was living in Izu's humble life.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune decided to escape to Hiraizumi, Oshu, relying on Hidehira's nephew, Motonari Fujiwara.
Hidehira should be aware of the conflict between Genji and Taira above, and if he hides something related to Genji, he may be able to catch his eye. Only the person himself knows what he intended to hide Yoshitsune, but it goes without saying that this decision influenced future history.
Minamoto no Yoritomo's recruitment
1180 Hiraizumi was also informed that Minamoto no Yoritomo would raise troops.
Knowing this, Yoshitsune offered to visit his brother, but Hidehira was said to oppose it.
I don't know if I had any feelings or other speculations while spending time with him, but in the end I decided to give him a vassal and a horse to accompany him. Given his last will, he may have wanted his daughter to be married to Yoshitsune and help his sons.
On the other hand, in the Heike, 1181 To Hidehira Fujiwara Jugoi 5th place, Mamoru Rikuoku Investiture.
This is Taira no Munemori who succeeded the Soke It seems that [ Go-Shirakawa has issued an inzen to Mr. Fujiwara Oshu to avenge Yoritomo . ] To spread the rumors.
In response to this rumor, Hidehira did nothing and waited in Hiraizumi.
From Hidehira's point of view, there was honestly no merit in participating in the Heike and Genji.
If Yoshitsune had sent soldiers in the first place, he would have been doing more military things when he went to his brother. Perhaps Hidehira did not want to threaten Hiraizumi's security as a top priority, rather than the central trend.
Without riding the provocation from Minamoto no Yoritomo in Kamakura
Mr. Fujiwara no Hidehira, who has huge wealth and troops in Tohoku, was also a smoker from the surroundings. In particular, pressure was constantly applied from Minamoto no Yoritomo in Kamakura, which is a little geographically close.
The famous harassment of Minamoto no Yoritomo was 1186 .
Did you say that?
At first glance, it looks like a good guy, but since Hidehira has been sending goods and money directly to the city, there is no need to ask Yoritomo for mediation.
Yoritomo's remarks about this were [ It is outrageous for the barbarians of Oshu to communicate directly with the capital! You are under us! !! ] Is being said in a roundabout way.
Even such childish slander was a good strategy at that time.
Nevertheless, Hidehira sees through Yoritomo's ideas, avoids direct conflicts, and delivers money and horses to Kamakura as Yoritomo says. However, Yoritomo didn't withdraw because he really wanted to crush Oshu.
There, Minamoto no Yoshitsune confronted Yoritomo and left Kyoto to return to Oshu.
At this time, Hidehira decided to set up a matter with Kamakura and decided to hide Yoshitsune again.
Yoritomo is trying to rebel through the imperial court [ Hidehira hides Yoshitsune ] I asked.
However, from the perspective of Pope Go-Shirakawa, [ Hidehira has offered a huge amount of donations and gifts so far, so I can't think of any reason to go to the imperial court. Rather, Yoritomo, who is not moving from Kamakura and is accumulating power, is more dangerous. ] I thought.
In any case, from the imperial court side, a samurai with power was just an obstacle, and I even thought that Oshu and Kamakura would collapse together.
Hidehira had another problem in such a trouble.
That is the problem of taking traces of Mr. Fujiwara Oshu.
Hidehira is said to have been blessed with children and had six sons. Among them, his eldest son and second son are the problems, and the eldest son, Kokuhei , who is a well-made concubine child from the local area. , Yasuhira , the second son of a decent child from Seishitsu from above was.
Locally, Kokuhei is a child of a woman from Oshu who is also very brave. It seems that there were many voices pushing.
If the succession problem was postponed as it was, there was a risk that Yoritomo would intervene and destroy Mr. Fujiwara Oshu, leaving the danger of division in the house.
There, Hidehira made his wife angry with Kunihira and ended up with Yasuhira and his step-parent and child.
I used the custom that the widow would marry my son, but I can see that the whole family of Mr. Fujiwara Oshu at that time was so nervous that he had to do it before he was alive.
Fujiwara no Hidehira's will
Around this time, Hidehira, who was about to reach the final moment of his life, squeezed his last power and made a will to Yasuhira and Yasuhira.
Perhaps Hidehira thought that Yoritomo's purpose was to take advantage of Yoshitsune's case, destroy Europe, and expand Kamakura's power. Even if he offered Yoshitsune, he knew that it would not have a positive effect on the survival of Mr. Fujiwara Oshu.
If so, wasn't he hoping to draw out the mediation of the imperial court by showing a certain level of will, led by Yoshitsune?
However, this will was broken by Yasuhira Fujiwara, and even though he tried to get Yoritomo's forgiveness with Yoshitsune's head, he failed, and Yoritomo's Oshu battle destroyed Oshu Fujiwara, who was in his fourth generation for about 100 years.
In this battle, Yasuhira [ Yoshitsune was protected by his father, Hidehira, and I didn't know anything about it ... ] And other letters were thrown into Yoritomo's dormitory Azuma Kagami Considering what is written in, it is speculated that his father, Hidehira, told him to fight with Yoshitsune without talking too much at the time of his death.
In short, Yasuhira did not see through the thoughts of his father, Hidehira, and the aim of Yoritomo.
Probably the Taiga drama [ 13 Lords of Kamakura ] But I think that Yoshitsune relations and the subjugation of Mr. Fujiwara Oshu will be drawn, so I would like to look forward to how it will be broadcast.