Mongaku

Mongaku (文覚) was a Japanese samurai and Shingon Buddhist priest of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.

[1] In 1173, he requested a manorial temple estate for Jingo-ji from Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa, resulting in Mongaku being exiled to Izu Province.

[1] According to Gyokuyō, Yoritomo sent Mongaku to Kiso Yoshinaka to accuse him of negligence in the punitive expedition against the Taira clan and of being reckless in Kyoto.

[4] After his successful role in the declaration of war against the Taira clan, Mongaku's request was finally heard, and the Cloistered Emperor gave the Kaseda Manor in Kii Province to Jingo-ji in 1183.

After the two died, Minister of the Interior Minamoto no Michichika exiled Mongaku to Sado Province[1] for conspiracy against the government[4] for his alleged involvement in the Sansaemon incident.

She argues that this is indicated by the facts that: the two exiles were connected based on the description in The Tale of the Heike stating that the exile to Tsushima was caused by a dispute over the return of the estates of Jingo-ji, which were confiscated by the Emperor Emeritus Go-Toba after the incident; his punishment was heavier than that of his relatives in the court; the estates of Jingo-ji were immediately returned after the death of Emperor Emeritus Go-Toba.