Nikaidō (clan)

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Coat of arms of the Nikaidō

The Nikaido ( Japanese 二階堂氏 Nikaido-shi ) were an old family of the Japanese warrior class ( Buke ) , which differ from Kudō Yukito ( 工藤行遠 ) from the southern line of the Fujiwara derived.

genealogy

  • Yukimasa ( 行政 ; bl. 1180-1205), son of Yukitō and the sister of the high priest of the Atsuta shrine Fujiwara no Suenori, was the first to take the name Nikaidō from his place of residence (literally: "two-story hall") Kamakura derived. In 1180 he was under clerk list ( 少 允 shōjō ) in the accounting office ( Kazue no tsukasa ), in 1184 first magistrate ( 奉行 bugyō ) then assessor ( 寄 人 yoryūdo ) in the government chancellery ( 公文 所 Kumon-jo ). He accompanied his maternal cousin Minamoto no Yoritomo as he moved into the capital, which led to his appointment as the first Shogun , and served as his secretary. In 1191 he became deputy head ( 令 rei ) of the newly established government agency ( 政 所 Mandokoro ) as the successor to Kumon-jo, in 1192 he was Undersecretary ( 少 丞 shōjō ) in the Ministry of the Interior ( Mimbu-shō ), in 1193 first vice minister ( taifu ) and finally to head ( 別 当 bettō ) of the government agency. A year before his death in 1204 he became the governor of Yamashiro Province ( Yamashiro no kami ).
  • Yukimitsu ( 行 光 ; 1164-1219), son of Yukimasas, began in 1194 as an assessor in the government agency and became director in 1213 ( 執事 shitsuji ). He also held the title of Governor of Shinano .
  • Yukimori ( 行 盛 ; 1189–1253), son of Yukimitsu, became Undersecretary in the Ministry of the Interior in 1218 and director in the government agency in 1224. When Hōjō Masako , wife of the first Shogun, died in the following year , he became a Buddhist monk under the religious name Gyōzen ( 行 然 ), but continued to pursue his profession. He was one of the authors of the 1232 Goseibai Shikimoku Legal Code . 1252 he became chairman of the 4th department of the Hikitsuke-shū ( 引 付 四 番 頭人 hikitsuke yoban tōnin ), which was responsible for the supervision of the legal system.
  • Yukifuji ( 行 藤 ; 1246–1302) entered the Hikitsuke-shū in 1282 and at the same time became chief of the police ( Kebiishi ) of the shogunate. In 1288 he received the title of governor of Dewa ( 出 羽 守 ). Yukifuji became director of the government agency in 1293, member of the cabinet ( 評定 衆 Hyōjō-shū ) and the advisory Yoriai-shū ( 寄 合衆 ) in 1293 , magistrate ( bugyō ) in the appellate chamber ( 越 訴 方Ossokata ) and finally chairman of the 5th department in 1299 of Hikitsuke-shū ( 引 付 五 番 頭人 hikitsuke goban tōnin ). A year before his death he entered the monastic state under the name Dōgyō ( 道 暁 ).
  • Sadafuji ( 貞 藤 ; 1267-1335), son of Yukufuji, was first from 1295 magistrate in the government chancellery, 1330 a chairman in the Hikitsuke-shū and 1332 director in the government agency. In 1329 he negotiated with Crown Prince Kazuhito regarding ascension to the throne. When Emperor Go-Daigo rebelled against the Shogunate after Kazuhito's installation as (counter) Emperor Kōgon , Sadafuji served as a commander in the Shogun's army in this civil war known as the Genkō War . After the Emperor's victory in 1333 and the deposition of the Shogun ( Kemmu Restoration ), Sadafuji and his son Kanefuji ( 兼 藤 ) were later charged and beheaded. Sadafuji was also a monk under the name Dōun ( 道 蘊 ).

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Nikaido . In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan . Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 菊池 紳 一 : 二階 堂 行政 . In: 日本 大 百科全書 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved December 14, 2017 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ 五味 文彦 : 二階 堂 行 光 . In: 朝日 日本 歴 史 人物 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved January 20, 2018 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ 永 井 晋 : 二階 堂 行 盛 . In: 朝日 日本 歴 史 人物 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved January 20, 2018 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ 永 井 晋 : 二階 堂 行 藤 . In: 朝日 日本 歴 史 人物 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved January 20, 2018 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ 福島 金 治 : 二階 堂 貞 藤 . In: 朝日 日本 歴 史 人物 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved January 20, 2018 (Japanese).