(1566–1646) was the son of
Onodera Terumichi Onodera (written: 小野寺 or オノデラ in katakana) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Japanese politician
*, Japanese curler
*Lisa Onodera, American film producer
*Masaya Onodera, Ja ...
(minor ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...
'' of
Dewa Province
was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. Dewa bordered on Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was .
History
Early per ...
).
Yoshimichi was the lord of
Omori Castle Ōmori or Omori may refer to:
Places
* Ōmori, a district in Tokyo, Japan.
*Ōmori, Akita, a former town in Hiraka District, Akita Prefecture, Japan
*Ōmori Station (disambiguation), multiple railway stations in Japan
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, and a longtime rival of the clan
Mogami.
Yoshimichi himself later became a Daimyō of the Dewa. During the year 1594,
Mogami Yoshiaki
was a ''daimyō'' of the Yamagata Domain in Dewa Province, in the late Sengoku period, Sengoku and early Edo periods. He was known as the "Fox of Dewa".
His younger sister, Yoshihime, later became the wife of Date Terumune and gave birth to Ma ...
, an old enemy of Yoshimichi, deceived him into punishing one of his chief retainers. This deception greatly affected the unity among the retainers.
Later on,
Ōtani Yoshitsugu
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title ''Junior Assistant Minister of Justice'' or . He was born in 1558 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Ōtom ...
was to conduct land surveys in Yoshimichi's domain, but he was ultimately called off. Yoshimichi's castle of Omori was besieged during the year 1599. Yoshimichi went on to support
Uesugi Kagekatsu
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' during the Sengoku and Edo periods. He was the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora’s brother in law.
Early life and rise
Kagekatsu was the son of Nagao Masakage, the head of the Ueda Naga ...
during the
Sekigahara Campaign
The Sekigahara Campaign was a series of battles in Japan fought between the Eastern Army aligned with Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Western Army loyal to Ishida Mitsunari, culminating in the decisive Battle of Sekigahara. The conflict was sparked by a ...
, but was afterwards deprived of his lands and exiled to the
Chūgoku region during the year 1601.
References
Daimyo
1566 births
1646 deaths
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