Kudō Suketsugu (工藤 祐継, 1120 - 1162) was a Japanese
samurai
The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...
of the late
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means in Japanese. It is a ...
. He was also known as Kudō Takiguchi Suketsugu.
Life
Suketsugu was born in 1120,
the son of
Kudō Suketaka and his second wife. It is also said that he was Suketaka's adopted son, but this has been refuted. Although he was not expected to become the heir to his family, after his elder brother
Itō Sukeie
Itō Sukeie (伊東 祐家) was a Japanese samurai of the Heian period. He was the father of Itō Sukechika, and the great-grandfather of Soga Tokimune and Soga Sukenari, Sukenari, known for the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident.
Life
He wa ...
died, Suketsugu became the heir to the family and inherited the Itō Manor.
According to ''
Azuma Kagami
is a Japanese historical chronicle.
The medieval text chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate from Minamoto no Yoritomo's rebellion against the Taira clan in Izokuni of 1180 to Munetaka Shinnō (the 6th shōgun) and his return to Kyoto in ...
'', when Suketsugu's son
Suketsune had his coming of age ceremony (''
genpuku
is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January under the Happy Monday System. It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have already reached the age of maturity between April 2 of the previou ...
''), 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.
According to
''Soga Monogatari Manabon'', Suketsugu died in 1162 at the age of 42. At the time of his death, his son Suketsune was eight years old.
See also
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Revenge of the Soga Brothers
The Revenge of the Soga Brothers (曾我兄弟の仇討ち, ''Soga kyōdai no adauchi'') was a vengeance incident on 28 June 1193, during the Fuji no Makigari hunting event arranged by shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo. The Soga brothers, Soga Sukenari ...
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Kawazu Sukeyasu
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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 ...
References
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People of the Heian period
1120 births
1162 deaths