Wakita Naokata
Wakita Naokata (脇田 直賢, 1585 – 1660), Korean name Gim Yeocheol (Korean: 김여철; Hanja: 金如鉄), was a samurai who served the Maeda clan in the early Edo period. He was born in Joseon and was eventually given the position of Commissioner of Kanazawa city.[1]
Born in Hanseong (now Seoul, of South Korea), Naokata's birth name was Gim Yeocheol. He was the son of Gim Si-seong (金時省, 김시성), an official of the Joseon government. In 1592, his father was killed during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98). After Hanseong was captured by Japanese forces, Naokata was taken prisoner by the forces of Ukita Hideie.[1] He was brought to Nagoya castle, then Okayama.[1] He was raised by Hideie's wife Gō in Okayama. Next year, Gō went to Kanazawa and met her brother Maeda Toshinaga. Naokata was subsequently transferred to Toshinaga's service in Kanazawa, due to the request of Toshinga's wife, Eihime.[2]
Naokata was given the name Kyūbei and served Toshinaga as a page, and he was given 230 koku.[1] In 1605, he was adopted by the Wakita family (retainers of the Maeda clan) through the efforts of Eihime. He changed his name to Wakita Naokata. He performed distinguished services in the siege of Osaka and was given 1000 koku as reward.[1] He was subsequently promoted in the Kaga domain, eventually becoming the Kanazawa machi bugyo (金沢町奉行) (commissioner of Kanazawa city).[1]
Naokata was also one of the most prominent masters of Renga in Kaga and had thorough knowledge of The Tale of Genji and Kokin Wakashū.[1]
Gyokusen-en, the Japanese garden in Kanazawa, was built by successive heads of the Wakita family and took the name from Naokata's benefactor Eihime,[2] who became a Buddhist nun and took the name Gyokusen-in in 1614.[3] In his later years, he became a Buddhist priest and changed his name to Jotetsu (如鉄), using the same Chinese characters of his original name.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h 笠井、188頁
- ^ a b "玉泉園の歴史". 玉泉園(公式). Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ "玉泉園の見どころ". 玉泉園(公式). Retrieved May 20, 2017.
Further reading
- 家伝: 金(脇田) 如鉄自伝 翻刻解説(笠井順一著、金沢大学教養部論集. 人文科学篇所収、1990年。リンク先は金沢大学学術情報リポジトリによる公開)
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