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Sōma Yoshitane
Sōma Yoshitane may refer to: * Sōma Yoshitane (1558-1635) (相馬義胤), a Sengoku period ''daimyō'' and 16th hereditary head of the Sōma clan * Sōma Yoshitane (1619-1651) (相馬義胤), an early Edo-period ''tozama daimyō'' of Sōma Nakamura Domain and 18th hereditary head of the Sōma clan * Sōma Yoshitane (1765-1813) (相馬祥胤), a mid-Edo-period ''fudai daimyō'' of Sōma Nakamura Domain and 25th hereditary head of the Sōma clan {{set index article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōma Yoshitane (1558-1635)
Sōma Yoshitane (1548–1635) was the 16th hereditary chieftain of the Sōma clan and a Sengoku period ''daimyō'' with territories covering the three districts forming the northern Hamadōri region of southern Mutsu Province.Monogatari: Hanshi Volume 1, Kodama Kota, ed. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1966, p. 278 Biography Yoshitane was the eldest son of Sōma Moritane, the 15th chieftain of the Sōma clan. At the time, the clan was based at Odaka Castle. In 1559, the clan was approached by Date Tanemune and was offered a matrimonial alliance. Yoshitane was wed to Tanemune's younger daughter, Kosugō Gozen the following year. However, following the death of Tanemune in 1565, the ancient enmity between the Sōma and Date clans flared up again in a border dispute, and Yoshitane divorced Kosugō Gozen and sent her back to the Date clan. Yoshitane fought the Date clan many times, as the Date invaded his domain on 30 occasions. Both Sōma Yoshitane and Date Masamune submitted to Toy ... [...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] |
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 nominally to the Emperor of Japan, emperor and the ''kuge''. In the term, means 'large', and stands for , meaning 'private land'. From the ''shugo'' of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku period, Sengoku to the ''daimyo'' of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied history. The backgrounds of ''daimyo'' also varied considerably; while some ''daimyo'' clans, notably the Mōri clan, Mōri, Shimazu clan, Shimazu and Hosokawa clan, Hosokawa, were cadet branches of the Imperial family or were descended from the ''kuge'', other ''daimyo'' were promoted from the ranks of the samurai, notably during the Edo period. ''Daimyo'' often hired samurai to guard their land, and they paid the samurai in land or food as relatively few could aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōma Clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled the northern Hamadōri region of southern Mutsu Province in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The Sōma claimed descent from the Taira clan via the Chiba clan and took their name from the Chiba clan territories in Sōma District of northern Shimōsa Province. The clan moved its seat from Shimōsa to Mutsu Province in the early Kamakura period, and were confirmed as ''daimyō'' of Sōma Nakamura Domain under the Edo-period Tokugawa shogunate. During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Sōma clan fought on the site of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, supporting the Tokugawa regime. After Meiji Restoration, the head of the Sōma clan became part of the ''kazoku'' peerage, with Sōma Aritane receiving the title of ''shishaku'' (Viscount). Origins Sōma Morotsune was the younger son of Chiba Tsunetane, and with his father was a samurai in the service of Minamot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōma Yoshitane (1619-1651)
Sōma Yoshitane may refer to: * Sōma Yoshitane (1558-1635) (相馬義胤), a Sengoku period '' daimyō'' and 16th hereditary head of the Sōma clan * Sōma Yoshitane (1619-1651) (相馬義胤), an early Edo-period '' tozama daimyō'' of Sōma Nakamura Domain The was a minor feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan based in southern Mutsu Province in what is now part of the Hamadōri region of modern-day Fukushima Prefecture. It was ruled for the entirety of its history by ... and 18th hereditary head of the Sōma clan * Sōma Yoshitane (1765-1813) (相馬祥胤), a mid- Edo-period '' fudai daimyō'' of Sōma Nakamura Domain and 25th hereditary head of the Sōma clan {{set index article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo-period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, a stable population, perpetual peace, and popular enjoyment of arts and culture. The period derives its name from Edo (now Tokyo), where on March 24, 1603, the shogunate was officially established by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period came to an end with the Meiji Restoration and the Boshin War, which restored imperial rule to Japan. Consolidation of the shogunate The Edo period or Tokugawa period is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's regional ''daimyo''. A revolution took place from the time of the Kamakura shogunate, which existed with the Tennō's court, to the Tokuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tozama Daimyō
was a class of powerful magnates or ''daimyō'' (大名) considered to be outsiders by the ruler of Japan.Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, ''Tozama daimyō'' were classified in the Tokugawa Shogunate (江戸幕府) as ''daimyō'' who became hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa after the Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い). ''Tozama daimyō'' were discriminated against by the Tokugawa and opposed to the ''fudai daimyō'' during the Edo period (江戸時代). Origins Originally, the concept of ''tozama daimyō'' emerged in Japan along with the ''daimyō'' after the rise of the Kamakura Shogunate (鎌倉幕府) in the 12th Century. ''Tozama'' applied to a ''daimyō'' who was considered an "outsider" by successive ''Shōguns'', Emperors, and ''shikkens'' (執権) that ruled over Japan at any given time. Typically, a ''tozama'' had a loose or indirect relationship with the current ruler, and this definition remained intact during the subsequent Ashikaga Shogunat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōma Nakamura Domain
The was a minor feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan based in southern Mutsu Province in what is now part of the Hamadōri region of modern-day Fukushima Prefecture. It was ruled for the entirety of its history by the Sōma clan. It was centered at Sōma Nakamura Castle in what is now part of the city of Sōma. The domain was also known as or . History During early Kamakura period, the Sōma clan served as retainers of Minamoto no Yoritomo and were awarded lands in southern Mutsu Province for their role in the conquest of Hiraizumi in 1189. Thus, along with the Nanbu clan and Shimazu clan, they had the distinction of being one of the few clans which held onto their territories for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration. During the late Sengoku period, the Sōma were allied with the powerful Satake clan based at Mito and fought many battles against the Date clan to the north. The 16th hereditary chieftain of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōma Yoshitane (1765-1813)
Sōma Yoshitane may refer to: * Sōma Yoshitane (1558-1635) (相馬義胤), a Sengoku period '' daimyō'' and 16th hereditary head of the Sōma clan * Sōma Yoshitane (1619-1651) (相馬義胤), an early Edo-period '' tozama daimyō'' of Sōma Nakamura Domain The was a minor feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan based in southern Mutsu Province in what is now part of the Hamadōri region of modern-day Fukushima Prefecture. It was ruled for the entirety of its history by ... and 18th hereditary head of the Sōma clan * Sōma Yoshitane (1765-1813) (相馬祥胤), a mid- Edo-period '' fudai daimyō'' of Sōma Nakamura Domain and 25th hereditary head of the Sōma clan {{set index article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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