Kawazu Sukeyasu (河津祐泰, died October 1176) was a Japanese

samurai The samurai () were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who came from wealthy landowning families who could afford to train their men to be mounted archers. In the 8th century AD, the imperial court d ...

lord and the head of a noble clan (''

gōzoku , in Japanese, refers to powerful regional families. In historical context, it can refer to powerful non-royal families regardless of their area of influence, in contrast to the Imperial Family. The most powerful ''gōzoku'' families of the Yam ...

'') in

Izu Province was a province of Japan in the area now part of Shizuoka Prefecture and Tokyo. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Izu''" in . Izu bordered on Sagami and Suruga Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . The mainland portion of Izu Prov ...

during the late

Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means in Japanese. It is a ...

. He was the eldest son of

Itō Sukechika Itō Sukechika (伊東祐親, died March 20, 1182) was a Japanese samurai lord and ''gōzoku'' of the Izu Province in the late Heian period. He was the 6th head of the Kudō clan and the founder of the Kawazu clan. He is also known as Kawazu S ...

descending from the

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. He was the father of

Soga Sukenari Soga Sukenari (Japanese: 曾我祐成, 1172 - June 28, 1193) was a Japanese samurai in the early Kamakura period. He and his brother Soga Tokimune are known for being the perpetrators of the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident. He is a centr ...

and Tokimune, who are known for the

Revenge of the Soga Brothers The Revenge of the Soga Brothers (曾我兄弟の仇討ち, ''Soga kyōdai no adauchi'') was a vengeance incident on 28 June 1193, during the Fuji no Makigari hunting event arranged by shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo. The Soga brothers, Soga Sukenari ...

incident, a revenge for the murder of Sukeyasu.

Life

Sukeyasu inherited the Kawazu Manor from his father,

, and took the family name Kawazu from it. At the time, there was a dispute over the Itō Manor in Izu Province within the

. The manor was ultimately inherited by his relative

Kudō Suketsune Kudō Suketsune (Japanese: 工藤祐経; 1147 – June 28, 1193) was a Japanese samurai and ''gokenin'' in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He was assassinated during the Revenge of the Soga Brothers incident. Life Suketsune was born ...

. Dissatisfied with this, Sukeyasu took over the Itō Manor while Suketsune was in

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. Sukeyasu also made his daughter, Mangō Gozen, who was married to Suketsune, divorce him. Grave of Kawazu Sukeyasu

Suketsune held a deep grudge and ordered the assassination of Sukeyasu. In October 1176, a group of assassins attacked Sukechika and Sukeyasu, who were hunting in Okuno, Izu Province. The arrow shot at Sukechika missed and hit Sukeyasu instead, killing him. At the time of Sukeyasu's death, his two young sons, Sukenari and Tokimune were four and two years old, respectively. Sukeyasu's widowed wife remarried, to Soga Sukenobu, who became her sons' stepfather. On June 28, 1193, during the hunting event known as the Fuji no Makigari, Sukenari and Tokimune avenged their father and killed Suketsune. This incident became known as the

Family

* Father:

* Siblings: ** Brother: Itō Sukekiyo ** Sister: Mangō Gozen (

's first wife,

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's wife) ** Sister:

Hōjō Tokimasa was a Japanese samurai lord who was the first ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan. He was ''shikken'' from 1203 until his abdication in 1205, and Protector of Kyoto from 1185 to 1186. Background The Hō ...

's first wife ** Sister: Miura Yoshizumi's wife ** Sister: Yaehime * Wife: Yokoyama Tokishige's daughter ** Eldest son:

** Second son:

Soga Tokimune Soga Tokimune (Japanese language, Japanese: 曾我時致, 1174 - June 29, 1193) was a Japanese samurai in the late Heian period, Heian and early Kamakura period, Kamakura periods. He and his brother Soga Sukenari are known for being the perpetra ...

**Son: Hara Kojirō **Son: Risshi

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kawazu Sukeyasu People of the Heian period Samurai 12th-century Japanese people 1176 deaths Year of birth unknown

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Family

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