Region: Japan · Coordinates: 35.319, 139.547 · 29 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1180 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 6th day of the 10th month, Yoritomo entered Sagami. Hatakeyama Shigetada led the vanguard and Tsunetane the rear, and his following was said to number in the tens of thousands. He quickly took private houses as lodgings. |
| AD 1180 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 12th day of the 10th month, to honor his ancestors, Yoritomo built a shrine on the north mountain of Kobayashi village and moved the Tsurugaoka-gū (Hachiman) there. He named Senkōbō temporary bettō, and Kageyoshi handled shrine affairs. The chronicle notes that the main shrine is the one at Yuiga-hama, which Yoriyoshi enshrined from Iwashimizu in the 6th year of Kōhei and Yoshiie restored. |
| AD 1180 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 17th day of the 11th month, Yoritomo returned to Kamakura. Soga Sukenobu was greatly pardoned, and Wada Yoshimori was appointed Samurai-dokoro betto, as he had asked for after the Ishibashi battle when he left for Awa. |
| AD 1180 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 20th day of the 12th month, Miura Yoshizumi presented a banquet at the newly built go-tei, followed by the first archery ceremony (oyumi-hajime). It had not been planned in advance, but since he had heard the Tachibana brothers, Kimitada and others, were skilled at archery, he is said to have had them tested on the spot. |
| AD 1182 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1182) On the 14th day of the 2nd month, rumors spread that Itō Sukechika, the priest placed in Miura Yoshizumi's custody, had made the Lady of the Household pregnant. Yoshizumi, seizing an opportunity, asked Yoritomo for his forgiveness, and a pardon was granted. When Yoshizumi conveyed it, Sukechika, ashamed of his earlier faults, took his own life at once. Yoshizumi ran to him, but it was already over. |
| AD 1182 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1182) On the 12th day of the 8th month, at the hour of the Rooster, the Lady of the Household safely gave birth to a boy (later Yoriie). The exorcists were Senkōbō Ryōsen and Kanshū; the bowstring sounding and ceremonial arrow shooting were handled by gokenin including Kazusa Hiromasa. The wife of Kawagoe Shigeyori (daughter of Hiki no Ama) was summoned to give the first suckling. |
| AD 1184 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 15th day of the 2nd month, express messengers of Noriyori and Yoshitsune reached Kamakura from Settsu with the battle record. In the battle of Ichi-no-tani on the 7th, most of the Taira were killed; the former Naidaijin Munemori and the others put to sea and headed for Shikoku; the Honsanmi Chūjō Shigehira was captured alive. Noriyori cut down Tsunemori, Tadanori, and Tsunetoshi; Yoshisada cut down Tsunemasa, Moromori, and Norikyō; and Yoshitsune cut down Atsumori and Tomoaki and others. |
| AD 1184 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 8th day of the 4th month, the Honsanmi Chūjō Shigehira arrived at Kamakura from Izu. Yoritomo chose a house inside the outer walls to receive him, and members of the Kanō family took turns guarding him, ten men each night. |
| AD 1184 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 21st day of the 4th month, a secret decision was made that Shimizu no Kanja, Yoritomo's son-in-law, must also be killed because his father had died under imperial censure. Ladies-in-waiting learned of this and told the young lady (Himegimi), and Shimizu escaped at dawn with a stratagem. He left dressed as a lady-in-waiting and had his horse kept elsewhere; Unno Yukiuji, of the same age, lay under the bedding inside the curtained chamber as his substitute, pretending to play backgammon. |
| AD 1184 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 16th day of the 6th month, there were rumors that Ichijō Tadayori, relying on his power, intended to disturb the realm, so Yoritomo decided to kill him inside the camp. A drinking seat was arranged in the west hall; Kudō Sukenaga took up the ladle but hesitated, since his opponent was a great warrior. Oyamada Arishige said, "Such a ladle is a job for an old man," and took the ladle in his place, and Amano Tōkage drew his long sword and struck Tadayori down at once from his left side. Then Tadayori's attendant Shinhei-Tarō and others went berserk, but Shigenari, Shigetomo, Tomoaki, and Tōkage cut them down. |
| AD 1184 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 8th day of the 8th month, at noon, Mikawa no Kami Noriyori set out for the western sea as commander sent to subdue the Taira. Standard-bearers and quiver-bearers went ahead side by side. Noriyori rode a chestnut horse, wearing a dark blue hitatare, and more than a thousand mounted men followed, including Hōjō Kotarō, Ashikaga Yoshikane, Takeda Arisuke, Chiba Tsunetane, and Miura Yoshizumi. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 6th day of the 1st month, a rumor spread that the Eastern warriors in the western sea could not fight because boats and provisions had run out, and Yoritomo ordered the East to send rice for the army by boat. The express messenger Noriyori had sent on the 14th day of the 11th month of last year arrived that day, reporting that because of the lack of provisions the troops were divided and more than half wanted to return home, and he also asked for horses. Yoritomo gave the zōshiki Munemitsu and others a detailed letter and sent them off. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 12th day of the 4th month, after the fall of the Taira, the articles to be handled in the western sea were discussed at a council that day. It was decided that Noriyori would stay in Kyūshū for the time being to survey the confiscated domains and others, and that Yoshitsune would bring the captives up to the capital. Zōshiki Tokisawa and others set out as express messengers for Chinzei. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 16th day of the 5th month, the monk Tadakiyo was beheaded at the Rokujō riverbed, and on this day the former Naidaijin (Munemori) entered Kamakura, with spectators lined up like a wall. The Naidaijin rode in a carriage and the Kingo (Kiyomune) on horseback; they passed along Wakamiya-ōji, reached Yokoōji, paused briefly, and took up residence in the western chamber within the camp. At night Ōe no Hiromoto brought food, but he did not eat, only swallowed his tears. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 24th day of the 5th month, after destroying the Taira, Yoshitsune brought the former Naidaijin along, but because of his past misdeeds he incurred Yoritomo's anger and could not enter Kamakura. He spent several days at Koshigoe post station, and finally, anxious, submitted a single letter of petition through Ōe Hiromoto, Inaba-no-Zenji. Hiromoto read it but gave no clear answer. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 1st day of the 9th month, Kōshi Kimitomo came to the camp as imperial envoy and met the second-rank Yoritomo. Wine was offered, he was given ten ryō of gold and a horse with saddle, and twenty pieces of long silk and thirty bolts of deep blue silk were sent to his lodgings through Kunitomo. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 3rd day of the 9th month, at the hour of the Rat, the remains of the late Sa-Tenkyū (Yoshitomo) were buried, together with the head of Masakiyo, at the site of the Minami-Mido. On the road a palanquin was used, and Yoritomo attended in mourning clothes; only Yoshinobu, Yoritaka, and Yoshinori were allowed to enter with him. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 9th day of the 10th month, after long deliberation about attacking Yoshitsune, the Iyo no Kami, they decided to send Tosabō Masatoshi. Everyone declined, but Masatoshi accepted of his own accord, and Yoritomo, moved, gave him Nakaizumi estate in Shimotsuke province, where his aged mother and young children lived. He set out with 83 horsemen on a route planned for nine days. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 24th day of the 10th month, the memorial service for the Minami-Mido, now named Shōchōju-in, was held. At the hour of the Tiger, strong men among the gokenin guarded the crossroads; temporary halls were built on either side of the hall, with Yoritomo seated on the left and the Lady of the Household and others on the right to hear the service. |
| AD 1185 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1185) On the 21st day of the 12th month, it is said that the Kantō takes charge of the land (shitaji) of the manors in all provinces. Earlier the jitō were mostly house-retainers of the Taira, but that was not a favor from the court; so, after the Taira fell, the posts held by their retainers were confiscated, and the former lords were restored to their seats. |
| AD 1265 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | (1265) On the 1st day of the 1st month, there was a solar eclipse, but since it had rained from the previous night it could not be seen. The palace was not sheltered, and Sadaharu (Tokimune) took charge of the bowl feast (wanzume). The blinds were lowered and Lord Tsuchimikado Dainagon attended; the imperial sword was handled by Sanetoki, governor of Echigo, and the imperial equipage by Tokihiro, Echizen-no-jō. |
| AD 1265 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 9th day of the 3rd month, at the hour of the Boar, a great earthquake occurred. That night, before the sanctuary of Tsurugaoka Wakamiya, a Gengaku service was held, and a Hachiman service at which the head priest read the ritual, followed by Mikagura sacred dance. |
| AD 1265 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 10th day of the 6th month, heavy rain fell all day, and many mountains in Kamegaya and Izumigaya collapsed. Many people and horses were crushed and buried in the earth, and only one or two of those dug out from the soil survived. |
| AD 1265 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 11th day of the 6th month, Taira no Tokihiro (former governor of Echizen), Taira no Norijitsu (Nakatsukasa Gon-no-Daibu), and Ōe no Tokihide (Kunai Gon-no-Daibu) were newly added to the Hyōjōshū (Council of State), and new people were also added to the Hikitsuke-shū. It is said this filled the post vacated by Iki Gorō-zaemon-no-jō Tadanaka, who had resigned. |
| AD 1265 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 4th day of the 7th month, at the hour of the Goat, two retainers in the Yamauchi Oyama villa started a fight and killed each other. Because of this, the inside of Kamakura was in an uproar, and the gokenin rushed there. |
| AD 1265 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the morning of the 14th day of the 12th month, a comet appeared in the east. Kamon-suke Norimoto was the first to report it to the palace, and then Harushige and others reported it as a comet and presented a divination document (kanmon). |
| AD 1266 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 23rd day of the 6th month, at the hour of the Rooster, the Lady of the Household (Gosokusoku) and the young princess suddenly moved to the Yamauchi-dono, and the young lord (Wakamiya) entered the residence of Sōshū (Tokimune). People rushed there, and the inside of Kamakura was in an uproar without anyone knowing the reason. |
| AD 1266 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 1st day of the 7th month, gokenin broke through the barriers or went around the roads to gather in secret, carrying weapons and hiding in private houses. At the hour of the Rooster a sudden disturbance broke out, and the gathered crowd raised their bows, but the day ended with nothing happening. |
| AD 1266 | Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East) | On the 4th day of the 7th month, at noon, Nakatsukasa Gon-no-daibu Norijitsu led several dozen armored soldiers out of his residence at Yakushidō-yatsu to lodgings at Tōtsuji, and the neighborhood was in an uproar. Sōshū (Tokimune) sent Tōgō Hachirō Nyūdō to block Norijitsu's procession. At the hour of the Dog the Shōgun entered Sasuke, the residence of Echigo Nyūdō Shōen, which is said to have been a departure from the capital on the way home. |