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Siege Of Mount Hiei
The siege of Mount Hiei was a battle of the Sengoku period of Japan fought between Oda Nobunaga and the ''sōhei'' (warrior monks) of the monasteries of Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei near Kyoto on September 30, 1571. It is said that Oda Nobunaga killed all the monks, scholars, priests, women, and children that lived on the mountain in this battle. However, recent excavations have pointed out that many of the facilities may have been abolished before this and the destruction was less than some historical sources indicate. Background The trigger for the conflict was Nobunaga’s extortion of military funds from the territory of Mount Hiei. In 1569 Jiin-hosou, the lord of the mountain, worked in the imperial court. Because of this, the imperial court requested funds for the restoration of the temple territory, but Nobunaga refused. Nobunaga went on to win the Battle of Anegawa on July 30, 1570. However in the battles of Noda Castle and Fukushima Castle on August 26, 1570, the allied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengoku Period
The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as the period's start date, but there are many competing historiographies for its end date, ranging from 1568, the date of Oda Nobunaga#Ise campaign, Omi campaign, and march to Kyoto, Oda Nobunaga's march on Kyoto, to the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion in 1638, deep into what was traditionally considered the Edo period. Regardless of the dates chosen, the Sengoku period overlaps substantially with the Muromachi period (1336–1573). This period was characterized by the overthrow of a superior power by a subordinate one. The Ashikaga shogunate, the ''de facto'' central government, declined and the , a local power, seized wider political influence. The people rebelled against the feudal lords in revolts known as . The period saw a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukushima Castle
was a Japanese castle that formed the administrative center of Fukushima Domain, a feudal domain of the Itakura clan, located in the center of what is now the city of Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Nothing remains of the castle today, and the site is occupied by the Fukushima Prefectural Office and other public buildings. History Fukushima Castle first appears in history as when in 1413 Date Mochimune rebelled against the Ashikaga shogunate by barricading himself inside. The Date clan retained the castle as one of their southern strongholds throughout most of the Muromachi Period. During the time of Date Terumune and Date Harumune it was also called . In 1592, Gamō Ujisato conquered the area with his capture of nearby Ōmori Castle and assigned it to his retainer, Kimura Yoshikiyo as the center of a 50,000 ''koku'' domain. The castle was then renamed Fukushima Castle, as this was regarded as a more auspicious name. In 1601 the Battle of Matsukawa between Dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isono Kazumasa
was a senior retainer of the Azai clan, later Oda clan and the castle lord in command of Sawayama castle. In 1570, at the Battle of Anegawa, he fought against Oda forces who led by Sakai Masahisa and kill Masahisa son, Sakai Kyuzo. In 1573, Oda Nobunaga laid siege to the Azai clan's Sawayama Castle, which was held by Kazumasa. The castle fell. In response, Azai Nagamasa took Kazumasa's elderly mother, who he held hostage in Odani Castle, to the execution grounds for death. Kazumasa became enraged to Nagamasa, then he defected to Nobunaga and became a vassal of the Oda clan, but later he became a priest in Mount Kōya is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, ''Mount Kōya'' is the mountain name ( sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Bu .... References Further reading {{DEFAULTSORT:Isono, Kazumasa 1534 births 1583 deaths Samurai Azai clan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawayama Castle
was a castle in the city of Hikone, Shiga, Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This castle was an important military stronghold of Ōmi Province. The Azai clan held this castle in the Sengoku Period. Niwa Nagahide held it after the ruin of the Azai clan and later, Ishida Mitsunari in the end of the 16th century. This castle was attacked by Kobayakawa Hideaki after the Battle of Sekigahara. The castle surrendered at half a day though the brother of Mitsunari, Ishida Masazumi and his father Ishida Masatsugu, defended it. Afterwards, Ii Naomasa occupied Sawayama Castle. However, he destroyed it, and moved to Hikone Castle. Much of Sawayama Castle's stone walls and buildings were carried away for use in Hikone Castle. At present, the only indication of this old history is a sign reading "The Site of Sawayama Castle." There is also a hiking course that leads to the summit of Mount Sawayama, from which hikers see a panoramic view that includes Hikone Castle and Lake Biwa. Notable pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokoyama Castle
Yokoyama (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Akihito Yokoyama (born 1961), Japanese golfer * Ayumu Yokoyama (born 2003), Japanese footballer * Chisa Yokoyama (born 1969), Japanese voice actress and singer * Go Yokoyama in fact ''Tsuyoshi Yokoyama'' (b. 1983), Japanese kickboxer * Hideo Yokoyama (born 1957), Japanese novelist *, Japanese shogi player *Hiroki Yokoyama (other), multiple people * Hirotoshi Yokoyama (born 1975), Japanese football player * Hokuto Yokoyama (born 1963), Japanese Democratic Party politician * Isamu Yokoyama (1889-1952), general in the Imperial Japanese Army * Juri Yokoyama (born 1955), Japanese volleyball player * Katsuya Yokoyama (1934–2010), renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute * Ken Yokoyama (other), multiple people * Kenzo Yokoyama (born 1943), Japanese football player and coach * Knock Yokoyama (1932–2007), Japanese comedian and polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Course of History, Viking Press 1988. p. 68. Although he came from a peasant background, his immense power earned him the rank and title of and , the highest official position and title in the nobility class. He was the first person in history to become a ''Kampaku'' who was not born a noble. He then passed the position and title of ''Kampaku'' to his nephew, Toyotomi Hidetsugu. He remained in power as , the title of retired ''Kampaku'', until his death. It is believed, but not certain, that the reason he refused or could not obtain the title of , the leader of the warrior class, was because he was of peasant origin. Hideyoshi rose from a peasant background as a retainer of the prominent lord Oda Nobunaga to become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikkō-ikki
were armed military leagues that formed in several regions of Japan in the 15th-16th centuries, composed entirely of members of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism. In the early phases, these ''ikki'' leagues opposed the rule of local Shugo, governors or ''daimyō'', but over time as their power consolidated and grew, they courted alliances with powerful figures in the waning Ashikaga Shogunate, until they were crushed by Oda Nobunaga in the 1580's. The Ikkō-ikki mainly consisted of priests, peasants, merchants and jizamurai, local military rulers who followed the sect, but they sometimes associated with non-followers of the sect. They were at first organized to only a small degree. However, during the reforms of the monshu Jitsunyo, and further under his grandson Shōnyo, the temple network allowed for more efficient and effective mobilization of troops when called for. The relationship between the Honganji temple and its patriarch the monshu was complicated: some monshu su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōsa
, also known as Kōsa (光佐), was the 11th patriarch of the Hongan-ji lineage of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, and Chief Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji, cathedral fortress of the Ikkō-ikki (Buddhist warrior priests and peasants who opposed samurai rule), during its siege at the end of the Sengoku period. Similar to his father, Shōnyo (10th patriarch), Kennyo engineered many alliances, and organized the defenses of the cathedral to the point that most at the time considered Ishiyama Hongan-ji to be unbreachable. Biography In 1570, Takeda Shingen, a relative of Kennyo through marriage, faced not one but three major rivals: Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Uesugi Kenshin. He asked the Abbot for aid, and Kennyo persuaded the Ikkō sectarians (also called ''monto'') in Kaga Province to rise up against Uesugi Kenshin. Several years later, after the death of Takeda Shingen, Kennyo secured the aid of the Mōri clan in fighting Oda Nobunaga and defending the Hongan-ji's supply lines from block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Settsu
is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 87,143 in 40,825 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Geography Settsu is located on the right bank of the Yodo River in the north-central part of Osaka Prefecture. The city limits are shaped like a wedge or square. The Hankyu Kyoto Line and the Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) run east–west through the northern end of the city, and the Osaka Monorail runs north–south through the center of the city. The Yodo River flows from the northeast to the west at the southern end of the city, and the Kanzaki River splits from the Yodo River at the boundary with Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka at the southwestern end. In addition, the Ai River flows east and west through the center of the city. The whole city is flat with alluvial plains made up of depo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyoshi Clan
is a Japanese family descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and the Minamoto clan (Seiwa-Genji). They are a cadet branch of the Ogasawara clan and the Takeda clan. At the beginning of the 14th century AD, settled in Shikoku. His eighth generation descendant Yoshinaga settled in the district of Miyoshi (Awa province) and took the name of the place. They were vassals of the Hosokawa clan, then powerful in Shikoku. During the Sengoku period, they controlled several provinces, including Settsu and Awa. Though they would fade from prominence, the Ogasawara, a clan closely related to them, would continue as a major political force throughout the Edo period. Among the retainers to the clan were Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide and his son Hisamichi from the Matsunaga clan during the Sengoku period. Ancestry The family name of the clan is Genji (Minamoto Clan). It descends from one of the lineages of the Seiwa Genji (the that falls into the branch family of Kawachi Genji) and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōka, Shiga
Kōka "ninja house" Shigaraki ware ceramics is a city in southern Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 89,619 in 36708 households and a population density of 190 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kōka occupies the entire southern end of Shiga Prefecture, and is thus long east-to-west. At the eastern end of Kōka, the southern ridge of the Suzuka Mountains with one elevation of 1000 meters runs from northeast to southwest, forming the boundary with Mie Prefecture. The highest altitude point in Kōka is Mount Amagoi in this range. Neighboring municipalities Kyoto Prefecture * Minamiyamashiro * Ujitawara * Wazuka Mie Prefecture * Iga * Kameyama *Komono * Suzuka *Yokkaichi Shiga Prefecture * Higashiōmi * Hino * Konan * Ōtsu * Rittō * Ryūō Climate Kōka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kōka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
