Fujiwara no Hidesato

Yoshitoshi

Fujiwara no Hidesato (藤原秀郷) was a Japanese aristocrat, courtier and samurai lord of the tenth century in the Heian period. He is famous for his military exploits and courage, and is regarded as a hero and the common ancestor of numerous clans, including the Ōshū branch of the Fujiwara clan.

Hidesato served under

Kachiya Festival. Hidesato was then appointed Chinjufu shōgun (Defender of the North) and Governor of Shimotsuke Province

.

According to legend, he slayed a giant centipede in Ōmi Province that plagued the Dragon Palace. He was also nicknamed Tawara Tōda.

Hidesato in legend

Legend monument for his exploit of slaying the giant centipede at Seta no Karahashi [Wikidata]

Hidesato, also known by the moniker Tawara Tōda or Tawara no Tōta,^[2] is known in legend for his exploit of slaying the giant centipede (mukade^[3]) of Mount Mikami.^[2] Hidesato was recruited to this task by a giant dragon-snake which was, in fact, a resident of the Ryūgū-jō (Dragon Palace). Hidesato meets the Dragon King and is showered with rewards, which included an inexhaustible rice-sack (tawara [ja]), from which he allegedly earned his nickname.^[4]^[5] A more rational explanation is that Tawara, also written differently as "田原", represents either a surname or a place name.^[6]

This centipede story,

Edo Period.^[5]^[4]

Legendary arms

The

Ise Shrine's Jingū Chōkokan Museum [ja

] houses two swords that allegedly once belonged to Hidesato.

One is the

swordsmith Shinsoku (神息) from the 8th century, the sword has been dated to the 14th century.^[b]^[10]

There is also another "tweezer" type sword alleged to have belonged to Hidesato held in Chikubu Island, the Kenukigata tachi (Hōgon-ji) [ja].^[12]^[13]^[14]

Genealogy

Father: Fujiwara no Murao (藤原村雄)
Mother: daughter of Shimatsuke-no-jō no Kashima (下野掾鹿島女)
- Wife: daughter of Minamoto no Michi (源通) of the Board of Chamberlains (侍従).
  - Son: Fujiwara no Chitsune (藤原千常)
- Children by unknown mother:
  - Son: Fujiwara no Chitoki (藤原千時)
  - Son: Fujiwara no Chiharu (藤原千晴)
  - Son: Fujiwara no Chikuni (藤原千国)
  - Son: Fujiwara no Chigusa (藤原千種)
  - Daughter Hintia no Chigusa (藤原千種)

Descendants

Many samurai clans claim descent from Hidesato, including the Northern Fujiwara (Ōshū branch of the Fujiwara clan). Some of the others are the Satō [ja], Ōtomo, Mutō [ja], Satō [ja], Iga, Hatano [ja; fr], Oyama [ja; de], Yūki and Shimokōbe clans.^[15]^[16]

Explanatory notes

^ Called "tweezer" type because there is openwork on the hilt which makes the hilt resemble a pair of tweezers.^[8]
^ The name is Mukadegiri (蚣切) (two characters) on the carved hilt-inscription according to Shūko jusshu [ja] (1899).^[11]

References

Media related to Fujiwara no Hidesato at Wikimedia Commons

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^ Bureau of Religions, Ministry of Education (1920). Handbook of the Old Shrines and Temples and Their Treasures in Japan. Sanshusha. p. 13.

^ Matsudaira, Sadanobu, ed. (1905), "Ōmi no kuni Chikubushima zō Tawara Todō Hidesato shonō tachi (no) zu" 近江国竹生島社蔵俵藤太秀郷所納太刀図, Shūko jusshu tōken no bu 集古十種刀剣之部 (in Japanese), Ikubunsha, p. (2)18

^ Honma, Junji; Satō, Kan'ichi (1966), Nihontō zenshū dai-6 kan (Nihontō no fūzoku) 日本刀全集第6巻 (日本刀の風俗) (in Japanese), Tokuma Shoten, p. 53

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^ Friday (2008), p. 150.

Bibliography

Friday, Karl (2008). "The Tale of Tawara Toda". The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 150–158.
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1160–1233 Matsudono Moroie^[33]
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Konoe Iezane^[34]
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1228–1294 Kujō Norizane^[38]
1211–1235 Nijō Yoshizane^[39]
1216–1271 Ichijō Sanetsune^[40]
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Notes

In the 13th century, the main line of the Fujiwara family split into "Five regent houses": the Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō (descendants of Kanezane); and also the Konoe and Takatsukasa (descendants of Motozane). To view the complete family tree, visit Fujiwara family tree.

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