Kiyomori resigned as Chancellor of the State on May 17; however, before his resignation, on May 10 Shigemori received a written imperial order to hunt down and kill bandits and pirates in Higashiyama, Tokai, Sanyo, and Nankai-do ("Heihanki" (diary of TAIRA no Nobunori)). 清盛は5月17日に太政大臣を辞任するが、それに先立つ5月10日、重盛に対して東山・東海・山陽・南海道の山賊・海賊追討宣旨が下された(『兵範記』)。 |