Rokkaku Yoshikata
was a samurai head of the Rokkaku clan during Japan's Sengoku period. He was ''shugo'' (governor) and later ''daimyō'' of an area of southern Ōmi province, he served as castellan of Kannonji Castle. He later became a Buddhist monk, under th ...
; and, after 1562, he took responsibility for administration in his father's Namazue domain in Japan's
Ōmi Province
was a province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. Its nickname is . Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Ōmi was ranked as one of the 13 "great countri ...
.Papinot, Edmund (2003). ''Nobiliaire du japon,'' p. 53.
During the Sengoku period, Japan's social and legal culture evolved in ways unrelated to the well-known history of serial battles and armed skirmishes. A number of forward-looking daimyōs independently promulgated codes of conduct to be applied within a specific han or domain. Few examples of these daimyō-made law codes have survived, but the legal framework contrived by the Rokkaku clan remains amongst the small number of documents which can still be studied In 1567, the ''Rokkaku-shi shikimoku'' is promulgated.
In 1570, He fought in the failed
Siege of Ch%C5%8Dk%C5%8D-ji
was a temple captured by Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched ...
. Then in 1572, Namazue was besieged and defeated by the forces of
Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese '' daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unif ...
, led by
Shibata Katsuie
or was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period.
He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely wounded in the 1571 first siege of Nagashima, but then fought in the 1575 Battle of Nagashino an ...
.
The series of defeat in the late 1560s and early 1570s signaled the end of the
Rokkaku clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)">DF 53 of 80">"Rokkaku" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 49 Sansom, George Bailey. (1961). ''A History of Japan: 1334-1615,'' pp. 278-279. The Rokkaku became vassals of Oda Nobunaga.
Yoshisuke later served one of Nobunaga's former generals, Tokugawa Ieyasu. During the Edo period, his descendants were ranked amongst the kōke.
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References
* Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). ''Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867''. Münster: Tagenbuch.
* Papinot, Edmund. (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon illustré de 300 gravures, de plusiers cartes, et suivi de 18 appendices.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaish ..Click link for digitized 1906 ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (2003) * Sansom, George Bailey. (1961). ''A History of Japan: 1334-1615.'' Stanford:
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* Shizuo, Katsumata and Martin Collcutt. (1981). "The Development of Sengoku Law" in ''Japan Before Tokugawa: Political Consolidation and Economic Growth, 1500 to 1650.''
John Whitney Hall John Whitney Hall (September 13, 1916 – October 21, 1997),"John Whitney Hall papers, 1930–1999", Yale University Library was an American historian of Japan who specialized in premodern Japanese history. His life work was recognized by the Japan ...
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