Kudō Suketsune

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Kudō.

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 his involvement in the incident known as the Revenge of the Soga Brothers.

Life[]

Suketsune was born in 1147 to his father Kudō Suketsugu as his eldest son.[1]

In 1193, Suketsune participated in shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo's large-scale hunting event, Fuji no Makigari, at the foot of Mount Fuji. At midnight on June 28, the final day of the hunting event, two brothers, Soga Sukenari and Tokimune, broke into the place where Suketsune and his associates were resting. The two brothers killed Suketsune as a revenge for their father, Kawazu Sukeyasu. Ōfujiuchi, a shinkan of Kibitsu Shrine in Bizen Province, whose gokenin (vassal) Suketsune was, was also killed in the process. After this, Sukenari was killed by Suketsune's subordinate Nitta Tadatsune, and Tokimune was captured by Gosho no Gorōmaru in Yoritomo's bedchamber after an assassination attempt on the shogun. After the turmoil, Yoritomo, who had questioned Soga Tokimune, thought about saving his life, but Suketsune's son Inubusamaru (later Itō Suketoki) cried pleading for justice, Yoritomo changed his mind and Tokimune was executed.[2][3]

Kudō Suketsune's grave in Kamiide, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture

References[]

  1. ^ Hinata, Kyodokai (1932). Hinata Kyodoshi Nenpyo (日向郷土史年表) (in Japanese). Japan: Bunkadoshoten.
  2. ^ Sakai, Koichi (2000). Soga monogatari no shijitsu to kyokō (曾我物語の史実と虚構) (in Japanese). Japan: Yoshikawa Kobunkan.
  3. ^ Ichiko, Teiji (1966). Soga Monogatari - Iwanami Koten Bungakutaikei 88 (曽我物語　岩波古典文学大系88) (in Japanese). Japan: Iwanami Shoten. pp. 362–363.
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