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B104　１２年の合戦　12 years war

頼義は鬼丸、蜘蛛切両剣を嫡子の八幡太郎義家に譲った。
義家は出羽の国(山形、秋田県のあたり)において３年をかけて武衡・宗衡の謀反を制圧

人々は頼義の９年の戦いとあわせ１２年の合戦と呼び、
彼らの勝利は剣の徳であろうと話し合った。

(平家物語、剣の巻より)

Yoriyoshi gave Onimaru(ogre boy) and Kumokiri(Spider cutter) to his successor
Hachimann Taro Yoshiie.

Takehira and Munehira rebeled in Dewa prefecture(now Yamagata and Akita
prefecture). Yoshiie fought against them and won.

People said "The swords made his victory".
They named "12 years war" to Yoriyoshi's 9 years war and Yoshiie's 3 years war

(From sword volume in Heike story)

Thank you for your reading

2005.12.11