Taiga drama [ 13 Lords of Kamakura ] However, he is active as the confidant of Minamoto no Yoritomo [ Oe Hiromoto ] Made a great contribution to the early days of the Kamakura Shogunate.
Among the Bando samurai who have many athletic clubs, they are in charge of political affairs and finances within the Kamakura Shogunate [ Mandokoro ] Top [ Mandokoro Betto ], It was a brain group who demonstrated that skill.
So, this time, I would like to write about what kind of life Hiromoto Oe lived, as even the 13 Lords of Kamakura will be able to demonstrate their political skills.
Birth of Hiromoto Oe
It is estimated that Hiromoto Oe was born in 1148 by counting back the year of death of Azuma Kagami.
Mr. Oe is a master of scholarship that has continued since the Heian period, and it is said that he is from Oe no Masafusa and Izumi Shikibu, who are famous as dual wields of Confucian scholars and poets.
Born as a child of Koremitsu Oe in Kyoto, Hiromoto was raised in his mother's parents' home and until in 1216 he gave his name [Oe surname] to his mother's [ Nakahara surname . ] Was called.
Before meeting Minamoto no Yoritomo, Hiromoto was a low-ranking aristocrat who was in charge of performing ceremonies in the imperial court and drafting essays. ] I was working as.
For this reason, Hiromoto Oe spent half his life as a talented but unknown person, not a person who remained in historical records before he met Minamoto no Yoritomo.
Entering Kamakura to Minamoto no Yoritomo
1184 Hiromoto Oe headed to Kamakura in response to the convocation of Minamoto no Yoritomo.
It was his brother, Nakahara no Chikayoshi , who put the unnamed Hiromoto on the stage of history. was.
It seems that Chikayoshi, who served as a family member of Minamoto no Yoritomo, had a relatively close relationship with Yoritomo, who was wandering in Izu. Therefore, when Yoritomo sent troops, he left the place where he was likely to be cross-examined during normal times and entered Kamakura.
After that, he followed the Minamoto no Yoshitsune army and Battle of Ujigawa . When Yoshinaka Kiso was expelled from Kyoto, Hiromoto, who was in the capital, was recommended to Yoritomo and became a staff member of Kamakura.
Hiromoto was bought by the talent of writing that he had cultivated through his practical experience in the imperial court. Will be inaugurated.
Then public office Is mandokoro Even after being renamed to, he served as a betto and was a negotiator between the Kamakura Shogunate and the imperial court. In addition, the proceedings of the family members who served the shogunate were relayed to Shogun Yoritomo [ Shinji . ] Has also established a position as the confidant of Minamoto no Yoritomo.
1183 It is believed that it was Hiromoto Oe who set up this policy.
Also, when Minamoto no Yoritomo and Yoshitsune got along with each other, [ the feeling of submitting to his brother, Yoritomo does not change . ] Was sent from Yoshitsune to Hiromoto Oe. This is also evidence that Hiromoto was trusted as Yoritomo's number one aide.
In this way, as a staff member of the Kamakura Shogunate, Hiromoto Oe gained the trust of him and was highly evaluated.
Even after the death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, he joined the shogunate and demonstrated his skills.
1199 When Minamoto no Yoritomo died, he was only 18 years old and young [ Minamoto no Yoriie ] Will be laid down by a collegial system of 13 gokenins to deter tyranny.
Among the 13 gokenins, he became a member with his brother, and became a member of the Hojo Tokimasa / Yoshitoki parent and child . It is said that he was in the number 3 position in the Kamakura Shogunate next to him.
At that time, Hojo Tokimasa and Yoshitoki parents and children were trying to eliminate influential gokenins in order to solidify the hegemony in the shogunate, but Oe no Hiromoto Choosing to support Mr. Hojo behind the scenes as a mandokoro betto, and maintains his power.
Jokyu War However, his firstborn belonged to the Shogunate army and greatly contributed to the victory, and Hiromoto cooperated with Masako Hojo, who stood in Kamakura and advocated the main war theory, and made cautious gokenins in the battle with the imperial court. Inspired and led the Shogunate army to victory.
In this way, Hiromoto Oe was Masako Hojo and Yoshitoki Hojo even after the death of Minamoto no Yoritomo. I participated in the shogunate government under the circumstances.
Hiromoto Oe with calmness and passion
Rather than being successful in the war, Hiromoto Oe gave advice to Minamoto no Yoritomo, identified the next influential person after his death, and gave it to Mr. Hojo, who traveled through the turbulent times with his intellect. Even the 13 Lords of Kamakura [ bureaucrats who ran through the times with their brains ] Is depicted in the drama.
When Hiromoto looked back on his life, [ I have never cried since I was an adult ] It is clearly stated. From that one word, he is always calm and calm You can see that it was.
On the other hand, there is also a passionate aspect, and when the city of Kamakura became a battlefield, Minamoto no Sanetomo The gokenins were stunned at Kamakura, which became a sea of fire while guiding them. However, Hiromoto was afraid that important documents in the shogunate would be burned down and tried to return to the city.
Hiromoto did not jump into the sea of fire because the surroundings were restrained, but it is an anecdote that shows the sense of responsibility of Hiromoto Oe, who made the Kamakura Shogunate solid despite being from a public house.
Such a calm and passionate Hiromoto Oe served the Kamakura Shogunate throughout his life, laid the foundation for its development, and died in June 1225.
Hiromoto Oe was the ancestor of Mori Motonari! ??
From the bloodline of Hiromoto Oe, Aki Province, Mori Motonari has come out.
Hiromoto's fourth son [ Oe Kikou ], But from the territory of Hiromoto [ Sagami Mori-so ] Is inherited, and the surname is changed from the place name to [ Mouri ] It was changed to. * It seems that his real surname was still Oe.
In other words, Mori Suemitsu is Aki Province, Mori Motonari . It was born as the ancestor of Mr. Mori.
To the descendants of Mori Motonari, Takamoto, Kikkawa Motoharu, etc. [ Yuan It is said that the character "] is often used after Hiromoto Oe.
It is believed that the family crest of the Mori family was inherited from the first Mori Suemitsu.
[ Hiroshima in Chugoku region There is also a theory that the place name "] was also given from one character of Hiromoto.
It may be because he inherited the gene of Hiromoto Oe, who was known as Motonari Motonari during the Warring States period and became a daimyo who dominated 10 countries in the Chugoku region.