Yoshichika
Japanese · quartigod · late heian · Recorded classification
Quartigod eldest son of Yoshiie. Tsushima governor and Dazaifu deputy who turned to predatory coastal raids; banished to Oki 1102 but failed to arrive at exile, reappearing as Izumo rebel-warlord. Killed by Taira no Masamori at Izumo in 1108 — the foundational political-event that brought the Taira clan to court prominence and seeded the late-Heian Minamoto-Taira rivalry that culminated in the Genpei War of 1180-1185.
Parentage
- father: YoshiieSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
Relations
- father: YoshiieSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
- sibling: YoshikuniSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
- sibling: YoshitadaSonpi Bunmyaku (primary)
- killed by: Taira no Masamori (the canonical-historical event that brought the Taira clan to court prominence) · JapaneseHyakurenshō; Konjaku Monogatari shū (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sonpi Bunmyaku (genealogical compilation) (primary); Hyakurenshō (court chronicle) (primary); Konjaku Monogatari shū book 25 tale 8 (primary); Contemporary court diaries (1108 death-notice) (primary)