Who Is Fujiwara no Hidehira?
Lord of Hiraizumi who protected Yoshitsune
Fujiwara no Hidehira is the third head of the Ōshū Fujiwara clan, which ruled northeastern Japan from its base at Hiraizumi. He controlled gold-producing lands and held great power.
He welcomes the young Yoshitsune to Hiraizumi and raises him under his protection. When Yoshitsune rushes off to join Yoritomo's uprising, Hidehira sends the brothers Satō Tsuginobu and Tadanobu with him as retainers. When the hunted Yoshitsune flees to Hiraizumi again, Hidehira takes him in, and on his deathbed he tells his sons to make Yoshitsune their commander and stand ready against Kamakura.
His son Yasuhira breaks this last wish, and Yoshitsune meets his end at Koromogawa. The remains of four generations of the Ōshū Fujiwara lie in the Konjikidō (Golden Hall) of Chūson-ji temple in Hiraizumi.
Episodes featuring this character3
NEWEpisode 2
The Bandits Picked the Wrong GuestYoshitsune's Coming of Age at Kagami Inn
When Shanaō hears that a great lord in the far north is waiting to welcome a young Minamoto prince, he slips away from Mount Kurama in the spring of his sixteenth year without telling a soul. At the Kagami Inn he single-handedly drives off a bandit raid. Then, gazing at his own acolyte's reflection in the inn's old mirror, he travels on to Atsuta Shrine. With no grown-up there to give him a name, he holds his own coming-of-age ceremony and names himself Minamoto no Kurō Yoshitsune.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 6
Each Win Pushed His Brother Further AwayThe Reunion at Kisegawa and the Koshigoe Letter
When Yoshitsune hears his brother Yoritomo has risen against the Heike, he rushes to join him, and the two brothers, meeting for the first time, weep together. But after winning battle after battle and wiping out the Heike, Yoshitsune finds the road to his brother barred.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 13
No One Passes Until My Lord Is DoneBenkei's Standing Death at Koromogawa
the series finale. In Hiraizumi, Yoshitsune finally finds peace. But after Hidehira dies, Yasuhira's huge army attacks the manor on the Koromo River. Until his lord finishes reading his sutra, Benkei stands alone at the gate and does not move.
19 pages