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Akechi Mitsuhide明智光秀alternative words: Mitsuhide Akechi, Mitsuhide keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Sengoku period , Oda Nobunaga , Toyotomi Hideyoshi related web sites: http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milkyway-Orion/6291/ , http://www.inv.co.jp/~yoshio/HJ/ explanation: Born in 1526 in Gifu prefecture as son of a local seignior. After the death of his suzerain, he wandered place to place. He was engaged by Oda Nobunaga in 1558 but unhappy with his treatment, he sent troops to Honnoji temple at Kyoto to assassinate Nabunaga (Honnoji incident). He tried then ally other seigniors but was defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the battle of Yamazaki near Kyoto in 1582. He was killed by marauding peasants but a legend says that he may have escaped and become priest Tenkai. Daimyo大名alternative words: Daimyou, Japanese seignior, Japanese lord, Feudal lord keywords: title , war lord related topics: Edo period , Edo shogunate , Battle of Sekigahara , Sankinkotai , Koku , Fudai , Tozama , Shugo daimyo related web sites: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/ explanation: During Edo period, It designated the seignior who owned the lands of which total rice production surpassed 10,000 koku (1 koku is about 180 liters of rice grains). Their existed about 300 daimyo and the biggest was 1,200,000 koku of Kaga domain but the most of daimyo owned only between 10,000 and 30,000 koku. They were classed to 3 categories: "shinpan" are relatives of shogun, "fudai" were already allied before the battle of Sekigahara and "tozama" are someone else. Date Masamune伊達正宗 正宗 独眼龍 独眼竜alternative words: Masamune Date, Masamune keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Sengoku period , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Hasekura Tsunenaga related web sites: http://hb2.seikyou.ne.jp/home/fm/ explanation: Born in 1567 in Yonezawa as son of a war lord, Date Terumune. He extended his fief by beating Ashina and Satake clans, but by surrendering to Toyotomi Hideyoshi who came to Odawara's siege, his fief shrunk again to the initial Yonezawa region. By allying with Tokugawa Ieyasu during the battle of Sekigahara, he got the fief of Sendai region. In 1613, he sent a delegation led by Hasekura Tsunenaga to Pope. Having lost one eye, he was nicknamed Dokuganryu (one eyed dragon). He died in 1636. Fudai譜代 譜代大名alternative words: Fudai daimyo keywords: title , war lord related topics: Daimyo , Edo period , Battle of Sekigahara , Koku , Tozama , Roju explanation: Title given to daimyo during Edo period. They had allied to Tokugawa family before Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Being considered as reliable, only Fudai were allowed to participate to Edo shogunate's cabinet and occupied the important post such as Roju. The biggest Fudai was Ii family of Hikone with 350,000 koku but the most of them received less than 100,000 koku. Go Hojoshi後北条氏alternative words: Gohojo family, Go Hojo shi, Gohojo clan, Post Hojo family, Post Hojo clan keywords: family , war lord related topics: Hojo Soun , Hojoshi , Toyotomi Hideyoshi related web sites: http://www2.harimaya.com/sengoku/html/hojo_k.html explanation: An important warlord of Sengoku period in south Kanto region, founded by Hojo Soun. Parting from Izu province, they extended successfully their feud to a half of Kanto region thanks to a triple alliance with Imagawa and Takeda clans. They were eliminated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after a long siege of Odawara castle in 1590. In order to distinguish this Hojo family from that of Kamakura period, the term "Go Hojoshi" (post Hojo clan) is used because there exists no lineage between them. Goto Matabei後藤又兵衛alternative words: Matabei Goto keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Kuroda Yoshitaka , Invasion of Korea , Battle of Sekigahara , Siege of Osaka castle related web sites: http://www.mms-net.com/samurai/ explanation: Born in 1560 in a samurai family of south Hyogo prefecture. By following Kuroda Yoshitaka, Nagamasa father and son, he participated in Kyushu campaign, Korean invasion and Battle of Sekigahara. Thanks to his military exploits, he became a chief vassal of Nagamasa but soon lost his fief by felling in disgrace and wandered about. He was recruited by Toyotomi Hideyori for the siege of Osaka castle in 1614. He was killed in the battle field in 1615 during the summer campaign (Osaka Natsunojin). Hojo Soun北条早雲alternative words: Soun Hojo, Hojou Soun, Soun Hojou keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Go Hojoshi , Sengoku period related web sites: http://www.city.numazu.shizuoka.jp/c-asobou/siseki/souun/souun.htm , http://www.suzuken.mmcgi.com/sengoku/retsuden/houjyou_souun.htm explanation: Born in 1432 with an obscure origin. His sister giving birth to a son of Imagawa Yoshitada, he became his vassal. By taking advantage of an internal conflict of Izu province, he subjugated it and became independent at the age 60. After several battles with Kanto Kanrei, Uesugi clan, he conquered Sagami province and settled his castle at Odawara. So he became the founder of an important warlord family, Gohojo shi, thanks to his meticulousness and talent to fascinate the people. He died in 1519. Imagawa Yoshimoto今川義元alternative words: Yoshimoto Imagawa, Yoshimoto keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Sengoku period , Oda Nobunaga , Takeda Shingen , Shugo related web sites: http://www2.tokai.or.jp/marco/imakawa/imagwa00.htm , http://www.j-text.com/sheet/yoshimoto.html , http://www.tenshoudou.co.jp/tenshoudou_133.htm explanation: Born in 1519 as son of Imagawa Ujichika, a local governor (Shugo) in Shizuoka prefecture. After the death of the eldest son of Ujichika, he got the house succession. During an incursion into the territory of Oda clan in the west, he suffered an invasion of Hojo clan in the east. So he had to conclude a triple alliance with Takeda Shingen and Hojo Ujiyasu. During the second incursion into the territory of Oda clan in 1560, he was killed by a surprise attack of Nobunaga in the battle of Okehazama. Ishida Mitsunari石田三成alternative words: Mitsunari Ishida, Mitsunari keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Sengoku period , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Battle of Sekigahara related web sites: http://members.tripod.com/k_hayasaka/index.htm , http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~ishidamt/ , http://ww3.tiki.ne.jp/~yang/b2-ishida.htm explanation: Born in 1560 in Shiga prefecture. He served near Toyotomi Hideyoshi very young. His cleverness especially in accounting and logistic matters had greatly contributed to the unification of Japan by Hideyoshi because he had to manage bigger and bigger army with the time. As 5 bugyos (commissioners), he measured precisely the surface of rice fields all over Japan. After the death of Hideyoshi, he entered a conflict with Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the defeat of Sekigahara in 1600, he was executed. Kato Kiyomasa加藤清正alternative words: Kiyomasa Kato keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Sengoku period , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Invasion of Korea , Ishida Mitsunari , Battle of Sekigahara , Tokugawa Ieyasu related web sites: http://www.oec-net.or.jp/~housinji/ , http://page.freett.com/kakutei02/nihon.data/kiyomasa.htm , http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/kotatu/hyo/itiran/itiran/kato.htm explanation: Born in 1562 in Aichi prefecture in a relative family of Hideyoshi. For that reason, Kiyomasa served him very young and showed a courage on battle fields such as Shizugatake in 1583. During Korean campaign of 1592, his troops went up to Manchuria border. Gradually his relationships with Ishida Mitsunari became chilly. For that reason he was in Ieyasu's side during battle of Sekigahara. He strove in vain for a reconciliation of Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans. He died in 1611. Page number: 1 2 3 4 31 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |
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