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Oyama Castle
250px, Washi Jinja on the site of Washi Castle was a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, in the KantÅ region of Japan. In 1991 the ruins were proclaimed a National Historic Site by the Japanese government collectively with Nakakuki Castle and Washi Castle as the "Oyama clan castle ruins". The castle is also known as Oyama Castle (Gion Castle) Oyama Castle was built by Oyama Masamitsu in 1148. The Oyama clan claimed descent from Fujiwara Hidesato and had territories in Musashi Province. During the Kamakura period, they held YÅ«ki Castle in ShimÅsa Province and were named ''shugo'' of Shimotsuke Province under the Kamakura shogunate. However, after the fall of the Kamakura shogunate, their position as ''shugo'' was challenged by the Utsunomiya clan, the KÅ clan and the ''KantÅ kanrei''Uesugi clan. Initially, the Oyama clan used Washi Castle as their seat, but relocated to the more defensible Oyama Castle during the time of Oyama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oyama, Tochigi
is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 167,647 in 70,928 households, and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is . In 2006, Oyama became the second most populous city in Tochigi Prefecture, with the capital Utsunomiya retaining the number one spot. Geography Oyama is located in the far southeastern corner Tochigi Prefecture, bordered by Ibaraki Prefecture to the south and east. The terrain is almost flat, and the city is in the north-central part of the Kanto plain. The Omoigawa, a branch of the Watarase River flows through the center of the city. The Ubagawa River is on the western end of the city, Tagawa is on the eastern end of the city, and Kinugawa River is on the eastern end. Oyama is approximately 60 kilometers north of the Tokyo metropolis and approximately 30 kilometers south of the prefecture capital of Utsunomiya. Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Tochigi * Shimot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KÅ No Moronao
was a Japanese samurai of the Nanboku-chÅ period who was the first to hold the position of ''Shitsuji'' (''ShÅgun''s Deputy). He was appointed by Ashikaga Takauji, the first ''shÅgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate. As Deputy, he served not only an administrative governmental function, but also as general of the Shogun's armies. He fought for the Ashikaga against the loyalist forces of the Southern Court during the wars of the Nanboku-chÅ period and killed its generals Kitabatake Akiie and Kusunoki Masayuki.Frédéric, Roth (2005:560) Moronao was an iconoclast with no intention of following tradition, particularly insofar as the Emperor was concerned. On the subject, he once said: What is the use of a King? Why should he live in a Palace? And why should we bow to him? If for some reason a King is needed, let us have one made of wood or metal, and let all the live Kings be banished. The Taiheiki, an epic dedicated to the events of this period, describes the KÅ brothers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the KeiÅ era and was succeeded by the TaishÅ era, upon the accession of Emperor TaishÅ. The rapid modernization during the Meiji era was not without its opponents, as the rapid changes to society caused many disaffected traditionalists from the former samurai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utsunomiya Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Utsunomiya, central Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Utsunomiya Castle was home to a branch of the Toda clan, ''daimyÅ'' of Utsunomiya Domain. History Early history Utsunomiya Castle was first built in the Heian period by either Fujiwara Hidesato or Fujiwara SÅen around the year 1063. This castle was built on a small hill south of Utsunomiya Futarayama Jinja, the ''ichinomiya'' of Shimotsuke Province, on a juncture of the ÅŒshÅ« KaidÅ and the NikkÅ KaidÅ highways. Fujiwara SÅen played an important role in the Former Nine Years War and was the ancestor of the Utsunomiya clan, who dominated the area for the next 500 years, through the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. During the Sengoku period, the castle was greatly enlarged, enclosing an area over four kilometers in diameter with a series of concentric moats and high earthen ramparts, and came to be renowned as one of the seven major castles of the KantÅ region. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese å¾³å·å¹•åºœ ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 978.Nussbaum"''Edo-jidai''"at p. 167. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars of the Sengoku period following the collapse of the Ashikaga shogunate. Ieyasu became the ''shÅgun,'' and the Tokugawa clan governed Japan from Edo Castle in the eastern city of Edo (Tokyo) along with the ''daimyÅ'' lords of the ''samurai'' class.Nussbaum"Tokugawa"at p. 976. The Tokugawa shogunate organized Japanese society under the strict Tokugawa class system and banned most foreigners under the isolationist policies of ''Sakoku'' to promote political stability. The Tokugawa shoguns governed Japan in a feudal system, with each ''daimyÅ'' administering a ''han'' (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koku
The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about . It converts, in turn, to 100 shÅ and 1000 gÅ. One ''gÅ'' is the volume of the "rice cup", the plastic measuring cup that is supplied with commercial Japanese rice cookers. The ''koku'' in Japan was typically used as a dry measure. The amount of rice production measured in ''koku'' was the metric by which the magnitude of a feudal domain (''han'') was evaluated. A feudal lord was only considered ''daimyÅ'' class when his domain amounted to at least 10,000 ''koku''. As a rule of thumb, one ''koku'' was considered a sufficient quantity of rice to feed one person for one year. The Chinese equivalent or cognate unit for capacity is the ''shi'' or ''dan'' ( also known as ''hu'' (), now approximately 103 litres but historically about . Chinese equivalent The Chinese ''shi'' or ''dan'' is equal to 10 ''dou'' () " pecks", 100 ''sheng'' () "pints". While the current ''shi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda Masazumi
(1566 – April 5, 1637) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. He later became a ''daimyÅ'', and one of the first rÅjÅ« of the Tokugawa shogunate. Masazumi was born in 1565; he was the eldest son of Honda Masanobu. Father and son served Tokugawa Ieyasu together. Masazumi was in the main force at Sekigahara; after the battle, Masazumi was entrusted with the guardianship of the defeated Ishida Mitsunari. Masazumi was made a daimyo in 1608, with an income of 33,000 koku. Ieyasu trusted Honda sufficiently to have relied on him as an intermediary for diplomatic initiatives with China.Miauno Norihito (2003)''China in Tokugawa Foreign Relations: The Tokugawa Bakufu’s Perception of and Attitudes toward Ming-Qing China,'' p. 109.citing Fujii JÅji (藤井è²äºŒ). (1994). "Junana seiki no Nihon: buke no kokka no keisei" (å七世紀ã®æ—¥æœ¬ï¼šæ¦å®¶ã®å›½å®¶ã®å½¢æˆ), in ''Iwanami kÅza Nihon tsÅ«shi'' (岩波è ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyÅ'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period 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. Hideyoshi rose from a peasant background as a Affinity (medieval), retainer of the prominent lord Oda Nobunaga to become one of the most powerful men in Japan. Hideyoshi succeeded Nobunaga after the HonnÅ-ji Incident in 1582 and continued Nobunaga's campaign to unite Japan that led to the closing of the Sengoku period. Hideyoshi became the ''de facto'' leader of Japan and acquired the prestigious positions of DaijÅ-daijin, Chancellor of the Realm and SesshÅ and Kampaku, Imperial Regent by the mid-1580s. Hideyoshi launched the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598), Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 to initial success, but eventual military stalemate damaged his prestige before his death in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HÅjÅ Ujiteru
(1540? – August 10, 1590) was a Japanese samurai, who was the son of HÅjÅ Ujiyasu and lord of HachiÅji Castle in what is now Tokyo. In 1568, Ujiteru defended Takiyama castle from Takeda Shingen. Later in 1569, Ujiteru and his brother Hojo Ujikuni commanded a major force at the Battle of Mimasetoge, where they unsuccessfully attempted to prevent Takeda Shingen from withdrawing to his home province of Kai after besieging the HÅjÅ's core castle at Odawara. later in Siege of Odawara (1590) against Hideyoshi, Ujiteru left only 1,300 men behind at HachiÅji Castle when he went to help lift the Odawara castle, which had been surrounded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Shortly thereafter, on June 23, 1590, more of Hideyoshi's forces, numbering 30,000 and led by Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Kagekatsu, arrived to take the castle, which fell in just one day. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late HÅjÅ Clan
Late may refer to: * LATE, an acronym which could stand for: ** Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a proposed form of dementia ** Local-authority trading enterprise, a New Zealand business law ** Local average treatment effect, a concept in econometrics Music * ''Late'' (album), a 2000 album by The 77s * Late!, a pseudonym used by Dave Grohl on his ''Pocketwatch'' album * Late (rapper), an underground rapper from Wolverhampton * "Late" (song), a song by Blue Angel * "Late", a song by Kanye West from ''Late Registration'' Other * Late (Tonga), an uninhabited volcanic island southwest of Vavau in the kingdom of Tonga * "Late" (''The Handmaid's Tale''), a television episode * LaTe, Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, a defunct shipbuilding company * Late may refer to a person who is Dead See also * * * ''Lates'', a genus of fish in the lates perch family * Later (other) * Tardiness * Tardiness (scheduling) In scheduling, tardiness is a measure of a delay in exe ... [...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 ÅŒnin 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 HonnÅ-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] |
YÅ«ki Clan
is a Japanese samurai kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"YÅ«ki," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 71–72 retrieved 2013-5-6. History The YÅ«ki claim descent from Fujiwara no Hidesato. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"YÅ«ki"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 1066. The clan is composed of two branches: the ShimÅsa YÅ«ki and the Shirakawa YÅ«ki. The split happened during the Nanboku-chÅ period. One branch supported the Southern Imperial Court, and the other branch the Northern Pretenders. Like many samurai clans, the YÅ«ki developed a code of provincial laws (''bunkoku-hÅ''). In 1556, YÅ«ki Masakatsu published . The Shirakawa branch was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi; but the ShimÅsa branch survived as ''daimyÅs'' of YÅ«ki Domain in ShimÅsa Province. The ShimÅsa YÅ«ki became part of the Tokugawa clan. The main samurai vassals of the YÅ«ki (''YÅ«ki shi-ten'') included the Tagaya clan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
