Minamoto no Tametomo
Minamoto no Tametomo ( Japanese 源 為 朝 ; * 1139 ; † 1170 ) was a member of the influential Minamoto in Japan . As a samurai, he took part in the Hogen rebellion of 1156. He was the son of Minamoto no Tameyoshi , his brothers were Minamoto no Yukiie and Minamoto no Yoshitomo .
In the Hōgen rebellion he fought together with his father in the siege of the Shirakawa-den property on the part of the defenders. Opponents included Taira no Kiyomori and his brother Yoshitomo. After the palace was set on fire by the enemy and could no longer be held, Tametomo was forced to flee. He was exiled to the island of imashima , one of the Izu islands .
On the Ryūkyū Islands it was believed for a long time that he had finally made it to Okinawa and founded the Kingdom of Chūzan there by procreating the first king Shunten . Although this version is very unlikely, it was reproduced in the Chūzan Seikan of Shō Shōken , the first story of Ryūkyū, and was probably handed down with the aim of strengthening the mythological and ideological ties between Japan and Ryūkyū.
Tametomo is known in the epic chronicles as an excellent archer. He is said to have sunk an entire ship of the Taira by piercing it with a single arrow below the waterline.
In 1170, as the Minamoto and Taira conflict continued, Tametomo was trapped on a small island by Taira warriors. He became possibly the first warrior in history to commit seppuku .
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- George H. Kerr: Okinawa, the History of an Island People. Revised edition . Tuttle Publishing, Boston MA et al. 2000, ISBN 0-8048-2087-2 .
- Stephen Turnbull: The Samurai Sourcebook . Cassell & Co., London 2000, ISBN 1-85409-523-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Minamoto no Tametomo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 源 為 朝 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the Minamoto in Japan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1139 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1170 |