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Gosho No Gorōmaru
Gosho no Gorōmaru (御所 五郎丸) was a Japanese samurai lord and retainer of the Kamakura Shogunate in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He is best known for saving the shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident in 1193 by capturing Soga Tokimune. According to legend, he was the lord of Tobe. His legacy survives in noh and kabuki drama and in place names in Kanagawa Prefecture. In kabuki he is known as Gosho no Gorozō. His ''imina'' is Shigemune (重宗) but he is best known by his '' azana'' Gorōmaru. Life According to ''Soga Monogatari'', Gorōmaru was born in Heian-kyō (present-day Kyoto). He served as a samurai at the Enryaku-ji temple, but left the capital at the age of 16 after avenging the death of his lord. He then moved to Amari Manor in Kai Province (present-day Nirasaki, Yamanashi Prefecture), and was a retainer of Ichijō Tadayori. Gorōmaru became well-known for his great strength and horse-riding skills. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyohara Kunichika
Toyohara Kunichika ( ja, 豊原 国周; 30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of yakusha-e, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time. An alcoholic and womanizer, Kunichika also portrayed women deemed beautiful (''bijinga''), contemporary social life, and a few landscapes and historical scenes. He worked successfully in the Edo period, and carried those traditions into the Meiji period. To his contemporaries and now to some modern art historians, this has been seen as a significant achievement during a transitional period of great social and political change in Japan's history. Early life and education The artist who became known as Toyohara Kunichika was born Ōshima Yasohachi on June 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soga Monogatari
''Soga Monogatari'' () is a Japanese military chronicle-tale based on the vengeance incident, Revenge of Soga Brothers. The story is often known as ''The (illustrated) Tale of the Soga Brothers'' or ''The Revenge of the Soga Brothers''. It is sometimes written as ''Soga Monogatari Zue'' (''The Tale of the Soga brothers in pictures''). It is regarded by some as the last of the ''gunki monogatari'' or great "war tales". The brothers are Soga Sukenari and Soga Tokimune, Sukenari being the older of the two. When the boys were younger they were known as Ichimanmaru and Hakoomaru. In Japanese the Soga brothers are described as ''Soga kyodai''. Their names are also written as Soga no Gorō and Soga no Jūrō. The name Soga is the name of their stepfather, which became their surname after their mother remarried. The name of their biological father was Kawazu-Saburō. Plot Events take place in Japan in the 12th century. The general accepted version is that the father of the two boys wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutō Clan
Mutō (武藤 "warrior wisteria") is a Japanese surname. It is also romanized as Muto, Mutoh or Mutou. *Mutou Valley - valley in the Flaming Mountains. People *Adam Muto, American animator. *Akira Mutō, chief of staff of the 14th Area Army. *Ayami Mutō, singer. *Azumi Muto, actress. *, Japanese businesswoman. *Kaneyoshi Muto, Japanese fighter ace in World War II. *Hideki Mutoh, race car driver currently racing in the Super GT series. * Joe Muto, television producer. *Keiji Muto, pro-wrestler. *Masatoshi Muto, Japanese diplomat. *Nobuyoshi Mutō, general. * Toshiro Muto, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan. *Yoshinori Muto, association football player. *, Japanese baseball player. *, Japanese footballer. *, Japanese footballer. Fictional characters *Akio Mutou, science teacher in the visual novel Katawa Shoujo. *Ashirogi Muto of ''Bakuman''. *Kaname Muto of '' Yahiko no Sakabato''. * Kazuki Muto of ''Buso Renkin''. *Kenji, Shizuka, and Yuki Muto of Lian Hearn's ''Tales of the Otori'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitta Tadatsune
Nitta Tadatsune (仁田 忠常, 1167 – October 12, 1203) was a samurai lord and retainer of the Kamakura shogunate in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He served as a close retainer to shoguns Minamoto no Yoritomo and Yoriie. He is known for killing Soga Sukenari during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident. In ''The Tale of the Heike'' he is called Nitan no Tadatsune. He is also called Shirō, his '' azana''. Life Nitta Tadatsune was born in 1167. His parents are not known but he was from the Kanō clan (a branch of the Kudō clan), descending from the Nanke House of the powerful Fujiwara clan. Tadatsune was originally a resident of Nitta, Izu Province (present-day Kannami, Shizuoka Prefecture). In 1180, he joined Minamoto no Yoritomo's troops, and played an active part in the punitive expedition of the Taira clan in the West. In March 1185, he moved to various parts of Chinzei (Saikaidō) serving Minamoto no Noriyori. He also participated in the conquest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soga Sukenari
Soga Sukenari (Japanese: 曾我祐成, 1172 - June 28, 1193) was a Japanese samurai in the early Kamakura period. He and his brother Soga Tokimune are known for being the perpetrators of the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident. He is a central character in noh and kabuki ''Sogamono'' plays, which are based on the revenge. He is also known as Soga Jyūrō. Life Early life and family Kawazu Ichimanmaru (河津 一萬丸) was born in 1172, the son of Kawazu Sukeyasu, a ''gōzoku'' in Izu Province. He had a younger brother, Hako'ō (later Tokimunei). Through his father, the eldest son of Itō Sukechika, he descended from the Itō clan, a branch of the Kudō clan, and through Fujiwara no Korekimi (727–789), the Fujiwara clan, a powerful family of Japanese regents and court nobility. In 1176, when Ichimanmaru was four years old, his biological father, Kawazu Sukeyasu, was killed by Kudō Suketsune, who accidentally killed him during an assassination attempt on Ichimanmaru's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudō Suketsune
Kudō Suketsune (Japanese: 工藤 祐経; 1147 – June 28, 1193) was a samurai and ''gokenin'' in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He is known for having been assassinated during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident. Life Suketsune was born in 1147 as the son of Kudō Suketsugu. According to ''Azuma Kagami'', when Suketsune had his coming of age ceremony (''genpuku''), Suketsugu promised that Suketsune would marry Mangō Gozen, the daughter of Itō Sukechika, and Sukechika would become Suketsune's guardian. However, Sukechika did not accept the fact that Suketsune, not in the lineage of the eldest son, would inherit the manor, and invaded Suketsune's territory following Suketsugu's death. Sukechika also made Mangō Gozen, who was married to Suketsune, divorce him. Suketsune was deeply angered over these events and ordered the assassination of Sukechika. In October 1176, a group of thugs attacked Sukechika, who was hunting in Okuno, Izu Province with his son Kaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuji No Makigari
Fuji no Makigari (富士の巻狩り) was a grand hunting event arranged by shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo from June to July 1193, centering around the foot of Mount Fuji. 700,000 participated in the event, including a large number of the shogun's ''gokenin'' (retainers) and their beaters. Overview Fuji no Makigari was held from June 8 to July 7, 1193 for about a month. Including the samurai's beaters, a total of 700,000 participated in the hunting event, and the historical chronicle of ''Azuma Kagami'' describes the scale of the event stating, "Such a crowd of archers that there is no point measuring." On June 8, 1193, the chronicle states "We arrived in Suruga Province to see the summer hunting event in Aizawa, Fujino" and "We are heading back to Kamakura from Suruga Province" on July 7, 1193. Ordered by Yoritomo, Hōjō Tokimasa was sent to Suruga Province on May 2 of the same year before the event for preparations. He directed the local ''gokenin'' and, together with Kanō Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichijō Tadayori
Ichijō Tadayori (一条 忠頼, died July 25, 1184) was a samurai lord of the late Heian period. He served as Governor of Musashi Province and was the lord of Ichijō township in Yamanashi, Kai Province. He was the founder of the Ichijō clan. He was also known as Ichijō Jirō. His assassination by shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo saw the beginning of the purge of the Kai branch of the Minamoto clan. Life Ichijō Tadayori was born as the eldest son of Takeda Nobuyoshi of the Takeda clan, a branch of the Kai Minamoto clan. In 1180, Nobuyoshi, Yasuda Yoshisada, and the Takeda clan were called to arms along with the rest of the Minamoto clan. The Kai Minamoto attacked the Taira clan of the neighboring Shinano Province, and defeating them. After that, they joined Minamoto no Yoritomo's forces in Suruga Province. In 1184, he participated in the pursuit of Minamoto no Yoshinaka, which led to a battle and the death of Yoshinaka. Despite his contributions, Yoritomo feared Tadayori's an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the northwest, Shizuoka Prefecture to the southwest, Kanagawa Prefecture to the southeast, and Tokyo to the east. Kōfu is the capital and largest city of Yamanashi Prefecture, with other major cities including Kai, Minamiarupusu, and Fuefuki. Yamanashi Prefecture is one of only eight landlocked prefectures, and the majority of the population lives in the central Kōfu Basin surrounded by the Akaishi Mountains, with 27% of its total land area being designated as Natural Parks. Yamanashi Prefecture is home to many of the highest mountains in Japan, and Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan and cultural icon of the country, is partially located in Yamanashi Prefecture on the border with Shizuoka Prefect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirasaki, Yamanashi
is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 29,483 in 12662 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area is . Geography Nirasaki is located in the northwestern end of the Kofu Basin in Yamanashi Prefecture, bordered to the east by the Minami Alps National Park and the west by the Minami Alps Koma Prefectural Natural Park. Surrounding municipalities Yamanashi Prefecture * Hokuto * Minami-Alps * Kai Climate The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Nirasaki is 13/0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1278 mm with September as the wettest month. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Nirasaki has remained relatively steady in recent decades. History The area around present-day Nirasaki was the ancestral homeland of the Takeda clan, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
