The was a Japanese samurai clan. Originally a branch of the Taira clan and descended from Taira no Takamochi, they fell victim to political intrigue in 1205, when

Hatakeyama Shigeyasu was a Kamakura-period warrior who fell victim to political intrigue in 1205. Grave and monument According to tradition, his grave can be found under a ''tabu no ki'' tree near the Yuigahama end of Wakamiya Ōji Avenue in Kamakura, Kanagaw ...

, first, and his father Shigetada later were killed in battle by Hōjō forces in Kamakura. After 1205 the Hatakeyama came to be descendants of the Ashikaga clan, who were in turn descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and the Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan.

History

The first family being extinct in 1205, Ashikaga Yoshizumi, son of

Ashikaga Yoshikane was a Japanese samurai military commander, feudal lord in the late Heian and early Kamakura period of Japan's history.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ashikaga Yoshikane" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum ...

, was chosen by Hōjō Tokimasa to revive the name of Hatakeyama. He married Tokimasa's daughter, the widow of

(the last Hatakeyama of the first branch), and inherited the domains of the Hatakeyama (1205). Thus the new family descended from the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji). The clan was an ally of the

Ashikaga shogunate The , also known as the , was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Muromachi-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 669. The Ashikaga shogunate was establis ...

against the (Imperial) Southern Court during the wars of the Nanboku-chō period, and was rewarded by the shogunate with the hereditary position of '' shugo'' (Governor) of the provinces of Yamashiro, Kii, Kawachi, Etchū, and Noto, at the end of the 14th century. During the 15th century, the members of the Hatakeyama clan held, although not exclusively, the title of '' kanrei'' (Shōgun's Deputy), holding great influence over the Imperial Court at

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. Around 1450, there was a split in the clan, and the internal conflict weakened the clan as a whole, causing it to lose the position of ''kanrei'' to the Hosokawa clan. This split began with a feud between Hatakeyama Masanaga and Hatakeyama Yoshinari over succession to the position; it quickly grew, as each side gained allies, and was one of the sparks that ignited the

Ōnin War The , also known as the Upheaval of Ōnin and Ōnin-Bunmei war, was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan. '' Ōnin'' refers to the Japanese era during which the war started; the war ended during the Bu ...

. Nevertheless, the Hatakeyama maintained enough strength and unity to become some of

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's chief adversaries in Kyoto, a hundred years later.

Sengoku period

By the time of the

Sengoku period The was a period in 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 feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga shogunate. Variou ...

, the Hatakeyama clan had split into many scattered branches. The most notable of these resided in Kawachi, Mutsu, and Noto provinces. The Kawachi-Hatakeyama were split into two main rival branches descended from Hatakeyama Masanaga and Hatakeyama Yoshinari. The Mutsu-Hatakeyama held Nihonmatsu Castle saw its power gradually diminish over the course of the Sengoku period, becoming vassals of the

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. The Mutsu-Hatakeyama frequently clashed with the Date clan until they were largely destroyed by

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in 1586 following the Battle of Hitotoribashi. The Noto-Hatakeyama were based at Nanao Castle and fell from power as an independent house in the 1570s due to internal strife.

Asano branch

Asano Nagamasa (1546-1611) was the son of Yasui Shigetsugu, Lord of Miyago castle (Owari province), a descendant of Hatakeyama Iekuni, Shugo (Governor) of Kawachi province, descending from

(1154-1199) of the

Seiwa-Genji The is a line of the Japanese Minamoto clan that is descended from Emperor Seiwa, which is the most successful and powerful line of the clan. Many of the most famous Minamoto warriors, including Minamoto no Yoshiie, Minamoto no Yoritomo, the foun ...

. Yoshikane was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, also called Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (1127-1157), founder of the Ashikaga clan, grandson of the Chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North) Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), and a descendant of the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan.. Nagamasa was adopted by his maternal uncle, Asano Nagakatsu, Lord of Asano castle, younger brother of his mother, and succeeded him as the fourteenth head of the

Asano clan The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan, and the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan. The Main Lineage (''sōke'', 宗家) were Lords ( daimyō) of the Hiroshima Domain in Aki Province and anothe ...

. Until Nagakatsu, the Asano descended directly from the Toki clan and Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021), and after Nagamasa, the Asano are direct descendants of the Hatakeyama clan and the Ashikaga clan.

Selected clan members of note

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- Son of

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. The Founder of Hatakeyama clan. * Hatakeyama Shigetada (1165–1205) - A samurai who fought for the Minamoto during the Genpei War. *

(d. 1205)- Son of Shigetada. Last of the first line of Hatakeyama. *

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– (1175-1210) Son of

. First of the second line of Hatakeyama. * Hatakeyama Mochikuni – became Kanrei in 1398 * Hatakeyama Yoshinari – rival with Masanaga for Kanrei in 1467 * Hatakeyama Masanaga – rival with Yoshinori for Kanrei in 1467 * Hatakeyama Takamasa (d. 1576) - Head of the Kawachi-Hatakeyama branch * Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu (1552–1585) - Mutsu-Hatakeyama branch

Clan castles

* Nihonmatsu Castle ( Mutsu province, a residence of the Nihonmatsu-Hatakeyama branch) * Takaya Castle ( Kawachi province)

Noto Hatakeyama clan

Selected clan members of note

Hatakeyama Yoshifusa (1491–1545) was the successor of Hatakeyama Yoshimoto. This succession took place during the year 1515. For Yoshifusa to consolidate his power, he reinforced Nanao Castle and established himself there . Yoshifusa was a patron to scholars, a ...

(1491-1545) - A daimyō of Noto province and became head of the Noto-Hatakeyama branch in 1514 * Hatakeyama Yoshitaka (d. 1576) - The 11th head of the Hatakeyama of Noto Province.

Known retainers of the Noto Hatakeyama clan

* Yasumi Naomasa (? - 1572) *

Chō Tsugutsura was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period who served the Noto Hatakeyama clan as a senior vassal. He was one of the Noto Hatakeyama clan's seven great senior vassals called ''Hatakeyama Hichininshu''. On the occasion of the S ...

Chō Tsunatatsu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Hatakeyama clan. On the occasion of the Siege of Nanao castle, His family was almost all killed by Usa clan including his father Chō Tsugutsura in the Nanao Castle was a Muromachi ...

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* Nukui Kagetaka *

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* Igawa Mitsunobu

Clan Castles

* Nanao Castle ( Noto province) * Anamizu Castle : Chō clan * Tendō Castle : Nukui clan

References

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Sources

*Sansom, George (1961). ''A History of Japan 1334–1615''. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Taira clan Ashikaga clan Japanese clans

History

Sengoku period

Asano branch

Selected clan members of note

Clan castles

Noto Hatakeyama clan

Selected clan members of note

Known retainers of the Noto Hatakeyama clan

Clan Castles

See also

References

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