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Tuku’aho was the 14th Tu’I Kanokupolu of Tonga, reigning approximately from 1793 to 1799. He was considered the “strong man” of the Tupou family despite coming from a lower lineage, and he used his power to depose the 12th Tu’I Kanokupolu, Tupoumoheofo, who was of the higher line.〔H. J. M. Claessen, ''A Survey of the History of Tonga: Some New Views''1989〕 Tuku’aho placed instilled his own father, Mumui, as the 13th Tu’I Kanokupolu and then took the title for himself upon Mumui’s death. Tuku’aho reigned Tonga as a tyrant, for which he was assassinated by a team of high chiefs. His death sparked a civil war that lasted for nearly a half century. ==War with Tupoumoheofo== Around the year 1792, when Mukuiha’ame’a vacated his title of Tu’i Kanokupolu, the recently deceased Tu’i Tonga’s high ranking wife Tupoumoheofo declared herself the replacement.〔Paul van der Grijp, Anthropos, ''Strategic Murders: Social Drama in Tonga's Chiefly System''2004〕 Historians debate the appropriateness of her action as a female,〔 but the immediate result was to incense Tuku’aho, who hoped for and expected the title to pass on to his father. From ‘Eua where he was now governor,〔Phyllis Herda, The Journal of Pacific History, ''Gender, Rank and Power in 18th Century Tonga: The Case of Tupoumoheofo''〕 Tuku’aho began publicly denouncing Tupoumoheofo. He further instigated conflict by seizing some of her estates.〔I. C. Campbell, The Journal of Pacific History, ''The Demise of the Tu'i Kanokupolu Tona 1799-1827''〕 Tupoumoheofo would not step down. Mumui, Tuku’aho, and Tupoumoheofo all shared ancestry through Ma’afu’otu’itonga,〔 the 6th Tu’I Kanokupolu, but Tupoumoheofo’s branch was of higher rank, which helped give her support among many of the Tongatapu chiefs.〔 With Tupoumoheofo in power for less than a full year, probably around the year 1793, Tuku’aho attacked her supporters with an army, chasing her into the protection of the powerful chiefs of Hihifo.〔 In the face of overwhelming force, the chiefs negotiated her exile to Ha’apai, leaving Tuku’aho to implant Mumui as the 13 Tu’I Kanokupolu and Ma’ulupekotofa as Tu’I Tonga.〔 The exiled Tupoumoheofo made one last attempt to reclaim her title by raising an army and attacking Tongatapu, but she was repelled and chased back to Kauvai Island in northern Ha’apai, where her army was slaughtered.〔 Tupoumoheofo survived and returned to Vava’u. She made no more attempts to regain power. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tuku'aho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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