源頼朝は初代鎌倉将軍となった7年後に落馬により亡くなったと言われています。
Yoritomo Minamoto is said to die because he fell off from his horse 7 years after he had become the first Kamakura Shogun.
鎌倉幕府の公式歴史記録書の「吾妻鏡」がその頃に起きた記録をなぜか欠いており、実のところ死因についてはよくわかっていません。
Because Kamakura Bakufu’s official historical record, “Azuma Kagami” somehow lacks the record of the events happened around that time, the cause of his death actually still remains unknown.
北条政子と結婚した源頼朝を大いに支えてきた北条氏に暗殺されてしまったのではないかとも言われています。
Some say that he was assassinated by Hojo Clan who had greatly supported him since he got married with Masako Hojo.
亡くなった当時、源頼朝は比企氏との関係を深めており、北条氏は幕府での強大な政治権力を失いかねないことを危惧していた可能性が高いのです。
Since Yoritomo Minamoto was having closer ties with Hiki Clan instead at the time of his death, Hojo Clan must have felt apprehensive of losing their significant political power in Bakufu.
