Wada (Klan, Miura)

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Yoshimori

The Wada ( Japanese 和 田氏 ) were an old family of the Japanese sword nobility ( Buke ), which was derived from Miura Yoshiaki (三浦 義 明) and through him from the Taira . The family was very powerful at the beginning of the 13th century.

genealogy

  • Sugimoto Yoshimune (杉 本 義 宗) was a son of Miura.
  • Yoshimori (1147-1213) was a son of Yoshimune. He took the name Wada from the place where he lived. He joined Minamoto no Yoritomo when the latter revolted against the Taira and received the title of Bettō des Samurai-dokoro (侍 所) after the triumph of the Minamoto. Under Minamoto Yoshitsune he took part in the campaign against Kiso no Yoshinaka , participated in the battles of Ichi-no-Tani (1184), Dan-no-ura and in 1189 in the campaign against Fujiwara no Yasuhira (藤原 泰 衡; died 1189). When Izumi Chikahira (泉 親 衡) revolted against the Hōjō in 1213 , two sons of Yoshimori, Yoshinao and Yoshishige, and the nephew Tanenaga Chikahira joined and were arrested. Yoshimori, who was currently in Shimousa Province , hurried to Kamakura and asked for indulgence for his two sons, which Shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo also granted. Strengthened by this success, he also asked for pardon for his nephews, but was rejected. Assuming that this was due to the influence of Hōjō Yoshitoki , he developed a great hatred of him and raised troops to go into the field against him. Yoshitoki, who had been warned, sought refuge in the shogun's residence. Yoshimori attacked him there, was repulsed and died with his two sons.

Remarks

  1. ↑ In a series "One Hundred Excellent Warriors" ( Utagawa Kuniyoshi ).
  2. ↑ Bettō (別 当) was a high official, head of an office in the government of the time.
  3. ↑ With him the rule of the "Northern Fujiwara" (藤原 北 家, Fujiwara Hokke) ended.

literature

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