Shibata
Château de Funaoka
Seigneur résidant, mort lors de l'affaire de Kanbun (1671)
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Harada Kai
Bugyō of the Sendai domain · Kai (common name)
Harada Kai, born Harada Munesuke (1619-1671), was a senior retainer of the Sendai domain and the resident lord of Funaoka Castle, in what is now the city of Shibata. According to Japanese sources, he was a maternal grandson of Date Masamune. He headed the Harada house from childhood and held a stipend of 4,380 koku. In 1663 he became bugyō (chief councillor) of the domain. His name is linked to the Kanbun Incident (1671), the culminating episode of the troubles within the Date house. Summoned to the residence of the senior councillor Sakai Tadakiyo, he killed Date Muneshige before being mortally wounded, and his family was annihilated. Long regarded as a traitor, he was rehabilitated by Yamamoto Shūgorō’s novel “Momi no ki wa nokotta”, which turned the park of Funaoka Castle into a site of memory.
Naissance1619
Décès1671 (Kanbun 11, 27e jour du 3e mois), Edo
FonctionBugyō of the Sendai domain · Kai (common name)
MaisonClan Harada (vassaux du clan Date)
ÉpoqueEdo period
Histoire & patrimoine
Funaoka, fief of the Harada
The Harada house settled at Funaoka Castle in 1615. This site on Mount Shiho controlled the pass formed by the Shiroishi River and the Ōshū Kaidō, south of the Sendai domain. Harada Kai resided there until his death in 1671; after his family was annihilated, the fief passed to the Shibata family in 1681.
Château de FunaokaRepères dans sa vie
1619
Birth; eldest son of Harada Munesuke (原田宗資) and Tsuta, who is presented by Japanese sources as a daughter of Date Masamune.
1623
Inherits the Harada house as a child; the house had been established at Funaoka since 1615.
1663
Appointed bugyō (chief councillor) of the Sendai domain.
1671
Kanbun Incident: summoned to the residence of Sakai Tadakiyo, he kills Date Muneshige and dies of his wounds; the Harada clan is annihilated.
1681
Funaoka is assigned to the Shibata family.
1970
The NHK series based on the novel “Momi no ki wa nokotta” popularises his figure and the Funaoka site.
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Harada Kai dans l’histoire
A traitor rehabilitated by literature
Traditional historiography cast Harada Kai as the villain of the troubles within the Date house. Yamamoto Shūgorō’s novel “Momi no ki wa nokotta”, by contrast, portrays him as a loyal vassal who sacrificed himself to save the domain. Its adaptation by NHK in 1970 made the park of Funaoka Castle a place associated with this figure, marked by Miyagi Prefecture around the novel’s cedar tree.
Sources de la fiche
Cette synthèse croise plusieurs sources pour documenter les lieux, événements et relations historiques.
- 宮城仙南の農業用水利施設と歴史～船岡用水路～ — Préfecture de Miyagi
- 船岡城址公園 (guide touristique) — Association touristique de Miyagi
- 原田宗輔 — Wikipedia JA
- 船岡城 — Wikipedia JA