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Akagawa Motoyasu
(died March 1567) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. Motoyasu was the son of Akagawa Fusanobu, the former head of the Akagawa clan. Motoyasu became the head of the Akagawa clan following the death in battle of his older brother, Akagawa Narihide. He also became one of the 18 generals of the Mori Clan, and was a close adviser to Mōri Takamoto, the head of the Mōri clan The Mōri clan (毛利氏 ''Mōri-shi'') was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power .... Motoyasu was imprisoned in his home under suspicion of the sudden death of Mōri Takamoto. He was later forced to commit suicide with his adopted son Akagawa Matasaburō in 1567. The heir to the Akagawa clan was named Akagawa Nobuyuki, Motoyasu's nephew. Motoyasu was also known by his court title . References 1567 deaths Samurai Year of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They had high prestige and special privileges such as wearing two swords and ''Kiri-sute gomen'' (right to kill anyone of a lower class in certain situations). They cultivated the '' bushido'' codes of martial virtues, indifference to pain, and unflinching loyalty, engaging in many local battles. Though they had predecessors in earlier military and administrative officers, the samurai truly emerged during the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1185 to 1333. They became the ruling political class, with significant power but also significant responsibility. During the 13th century, the samurai proved themselves as adept warriors against the invading Mongols. During the peaceful Edo period (1603 to 1868), they became the stewards and chamberlains of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengoku Period
The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga shogunate. Various samurai warlords and Japanese clans, clans fought for control over Japan in the power vacuum, while the emerged to fight against samurai rule. The Nanban trade, arrival of Europeans in 1543 introduced the arquebus into Japanese warfare, and Japan ended its status as a Tributary system of China, tributary state of China in 1549. Oda Nobunaga dissolved the Ashikaga shogunate in 1573 and launched a war of political unification by force, including the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War, until his death in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582. Nobunaga's successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed his campaign to unify Japan and consolidated his rule with numerous influential reforms. Hideyoshi launched the Japanese invasions of Korea (159 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akagawa Fusanobu
Akagawa (written: 赤川 lit. "red river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese writer *, Japanese baseball player *Kinji Akagawa (born 1940), American sculptor *, Japanese samurai See also *Akagawa Station, (赤川駅 ''Akagawa-eki''), a railway station in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan *Aka River is a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It flows into the Sea of Japan. Soccer fields on Akagawa riverbed There are football fields on Akagawa riverbed in Tsuruoka, and they were NEC Yamagata SC's practice grounds. References Rivers ..., (赤川 ''Akagawa''), a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akagawa Clan
Akagawa (written: 赤川 lit. "red river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese writer *, Japanese baseball player *Kinji Akagawa (born 1940), American sculptor *, Japanese samurai See also *Akagawa Station, (赤川駅 ''Akagawa-eki''), a railway station in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan *Aka River is a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It flows into the Sea of Japan. Soccer fields on Akagawa riverbed There are football fields on Akagawa riverbed in Tsuruoka, and they were NEC Yamagata SC's practice grounds. References Rivers ..., (赤川 ''Akagawa''), a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akagawa Narihide
Akagawa (written: 赤川 lit. "red river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese writer *, Japanese baseball player *Kinji Akagawa (born 1940), American sculptor *, Japanese samurai See also *Akagawa Station, (赤川駅 ''Akagawa-eki''), a railway station in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan *Aka River is a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It flows into the Sea of Japan. Soccer fields on Akagawa riverbed There are football fields on Akagawa riverbed in Tsuruoka, and they were NEC Yamagata SC's practice grounds. References Rivers ..., (赤川 ''Akagawa''), a river in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mōri Takamoto
was a ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of Aki Province during Japan's Sengoku period. He was the eldest legitimate son of Mōri Motonari. Biography Born in the Tajihi-Sarugake Castle in 1523. Takamoto was sent to Suō Province as a hostage of Ōuchi Yoshitaka. This was done to ensure his father's loyalties to Ōuchi. He was allowed to return home and around 1546, upon his father's retirement, Takamoto inherited formal leadership of the family, but his father Motonari continued to wield actual control over the clan's affairs. In 1555, Sue Harukata, one of Ōuchi's vassals, staged a coup and forced Ōuchi Yoshitaka to commit suicide. He was then attacked by Mōri Takamoto and his father, and was defeated in the battle of Miyajima. The Mōri, defeating the Sue/Ōuchi forces, thus rose to power in the Chūgoku region, In 1561, Takamoto fought in the Siege of Moji against Ōtomo Sōrin in alliance with the Portuguese. Ōtomo led an all-out attack on the castle, but the assault failed, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mōri Clan
The Mōri clan (毛利氏 ''Mōri-shi'') was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power in Aki Province. During the Edo period his descendants became ''daimyō'' of the Chōshū Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration with the abolition of the ''han'' system and ''daimyō'', the Mōri clan became part of the new nobility. Origins The founder of the clan, Mōri Suemitsu, was the fourth son of Ōe no Hiromoto. He founded the clan when he took the name from his '' shōen'' named "Mōri" in Aikō District, Sagami Province. After the Jōkyū War, Suemitsu was appointed to the jitō office of a '' shōen'' in Aki Province. He was defeated by Hōjō Tokiyori in 1247 and committed suicide ('' seppuku'') at Minamoto no Yoritomo's shrine (''hokkedō'') along with his Miura clan allies. The genealogy of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1567 Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 1567 ( MDLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January – A Spanish force under the command of Captain Juan Pardo establishes Fort San Juan, in the Native American settlement of Joara. The fort is the first European settlement in present-day North Carolina. * January 20 – Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro. * January 23 – After 45 years' reign, the Jiajing Emperor dies in the Forbidden City of China. * February 4 – The Longqing Emperor ascends the throne of the Ming Dynasty. * February 10 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered at the Provost's House in Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh. * March 13 – Battle of Oosterweel: A Spanish mercenary army surprises and kills a band of rebels near Antwerp in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They had high prestige and special privileges such as wearing two swords and ''Kiri-sute gomen'' (right to kill anyone of a lower class in certain situations). They cultivated the '' bushido'' codes of martial virtues, indifference to pain, and unflinching loyalty, engaging in many local battles. Though they had predecessors in earlier military and administrative officers, the samurai truly emerged during the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1185 to 1333. They became the ruling political class, with significant power but also significant responsibility. During the 13th century, the samurai proved themselves as adept warriors against the invading Mongols. During the peaceful Edo period (1603 to 1868), they became the stewards and chamberlains of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
