Yasuda Yoshisada

Yasuda Yoshisada (安田 義定, 1134 - September 5, 1194) was a Japanese samurai lord of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He served as Governor of Tōtōmi Province for both the Kamakura shogunate and the Imperial Court, as shugo and kami, respectively.

Life Yasuda Yoshisada was born in 1134, the son of Minamoto no Yoshikiyo, the 2nd head of the Kai Minamoto clan. The Kai Minamoto clan was of the Seiwa Genji lineage. He was adopted by his elder brother Minamoto no Kiyomitsu.

In 1180, he was called to arms by Minamoto no Yoritomo, as the rest of the Minamoto clan. during a memorial service at Yakushidō of the Yōfuku-ji temple. Yoshisuke was executed and gibbeted for this crime. In Sonpi Bunmyaku, the place where Yoshisada was killed is described as "Ōmidō, Ōikubo, Maki Manor", which is interpreted by some as Amidadō of the Hōkō-ji temple or as the Ōimatakubo Hachiman Shrine in Yamanashi City. After the fall of the Yasuda clan, the Maki Manor and other territories are said to have been given to Katō Kagekado, but there are no historical records linking the Katō clan to Maki Manor.

In popular culture

TV series

Yoshitsune (2005) NHK Taiga Drama, Ichirō Shinjitsu as Yasuda Yoshisada

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