The was a Japanese samurai clan. Originally a branch of the

Taira clan The Taira was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian, Kamakura and Muromachi Periods of Japanese history – the others being the Fujiwara, the Tachibana, and the Minamoto. The clan is divided ...

and descended from

Taira no Takamochi Taira no Takamochi (平高望), born Prince Takamochi (高望王), was a former member of the Imperial Family demoted to nobility of the Heian period. He is the founder of the Taira clan and the Kanmu Heishi lineage of the clan. Life Prince Ta ...

, 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, Kanagawa P ...

, 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 The was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1333 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in ...

, who were in turn descended from

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(850–880) and 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 ...

branch of the

Minamoto clan was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility from 1192 to 1333. The practice was most prevalent during the ...

History

The first family being extinct in 1205, Ashikaga Yoshizumi, son of Ashikaga Yoshikane, was chosen by

Hōjō Tokimasa was a Japanese samurai lord who was the first ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan. He was ''shikken'' from 1203 until his abdication in 1205, and Protector of Kyoto from 1185 to 1186. Background The H� ...

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 establ ...

against the (Imperial) Southern Court during the wars of the

Nanboku-chō period The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, ''Nanboku-chō jidai'', "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Mur ...

, and was rewarded by the shogunate with the hereditary position of ''

shugo , commonly translated as “(military) governor,” “protector,” or “constable,” was a title given to certain officials in feudal Japan. They were each appointed by the ''shōgun'' to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan. The pos ...

'' (Governor) of the provinces of Yamashiro, Kii, Kawachi, Etchū, and

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, 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 or, more rarely, ''kanryō'', was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as ''shōguns deputy''. After 1349, there were actually two ''Kanrei'', the ''Kyoto Kanrei'' and the ''Kantō Kanrei''. Originally, from 1219 until ...

'' (Shōgun's Deputy), holding great influence over the Imperial Court at

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...

. 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 The is a Japanese Samurai kin group or clan. Ancestors # Emperor Jimmu # Emperor Suizei # Emperor Annei # Emperor Itoku # Emperor Kōshō # Emperor Kōan # Emperor Kōrei # Emperor Kōgen # Emperor Kaika # Emperor Sujin # Emperor Sui ...

. This split began with a feud between

Hatakeyama Masanaga was a ''daimyō'' of the Hatakeyama clan and, according to some accounts, invented the '' horo'', a stiffened cloak used by messengers and bodyguards to improve their visibility on the battlefield, and to act as an arrow-catcher. Masanaga is mos ...

and

Hatakeyama Yoshinari was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord (''daimyō'') of the Muromachi period (early 15th century), who is most known for his rivalry with Hatakeyama Masanaga over the position of Kanrei, or Shōgun's Deputy. This rivalry grew out of the larger ...

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 Bunmei ...

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

Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...

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

Sengoku period

By the time of the

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 ...

, the Hatakeyama clan had split into many scattered branches. The most notable of these resided in Kawachi, Mutsu, and

provinces. The Kawachi-Hatakeyama were split into two main rival branches descended from

and

. The Mutsu-Hatakeyama held

Nihonmatsu Castle is a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Nihonmatsu, northern Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Throughout most of the Edo period, Nihonmatsu Castle was home to the Niwa clan, ''daimyō'' of Nihonmatsu Domain. The castle was also known ...

saw its power gradually diminish over the course of the Sengoku period, becoming vassals of the

Ashina clan Ashina may refer to: *Ashina tribe, a ruling dynasty of the Turkic Khaganate *Ashina clan (Japan), one of the Japanese clans *Ashina District, Hiroshima, a former Japanese district *Empress Ashina (551–582), empress of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty ...

. The Mutsu-Hatakeyama frequently clashed with the

Date clan The is a Japanese samurai kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Date", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 5 retrieved 2013-5-5. History The Date family was founded ...

until they were largely destroyed by Date Masamune in 1586 following the

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. The Noto-Hatakeyama were based at

Nanao Castle was a Muromachi period ''yamajiro''-style Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934. Background Nanao Cas ...

and fell from power as an independent house in the 1570s due to internal strife.

Asano branch

Asano Nagamasa was the brother-in-law of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and one of his chief advisors. Asano also fought for Oda Nobunaga and Hideyoshi in a number of campaigns during the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan. He was sent to Korea as one of the Thr ...

(1546-1611) was the son of Yasui Shigetsugu, Lord of Miyago castle (Owari province), a descendant of Hatakeyama Iekuni,

Shugo , commonly translated as “(military) governor,” “protector,” or “constable,” was a title given to certain officials in feudal Japan. They were each appointed by the ''shōgun'' to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan. The pos ...

(Governor) of Kawachi province, descending from Ashikaga Yoshikane (1154-1199) of the Seiwa-Genji. Yoshikane was the third son of

Minamoto no Yoshiyasu Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, also called Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (源義康/足利義康, 1127 – 1157) was a samurai of the late Heian period. He is known for his participation in the Hōgen rebellion in 1156. He is best known as the founder of the Ashika ...

, also called Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (1127-1157), founder of the

, grandson of the Chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North)

Minamoto no Yoshiie Minamoto No Yoshiie (源義家; 1039 – 4 August 1106), also known as Hachimantarō, was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and '' Chinjufu-shōgun'' (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North). The first son of Minamoto ...

(1039-1106), and a descendant of the

(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 another f ...

. Until Nagakatsu, the Asano descended directly from the

Toki clan The is a Japanese kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Toki," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 61 retrieved 2013-5-9. History The Toki claim descent from Minamot ...

and

Minamoto no Yorimitsu , also known as Minamoto no Raikō, served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take. He is one of the earliest Minamoto of historical note for his mil ...

(948-1021), and after Nagamasa, the Asano are direct descendants of the Hatakeyama clan and the

Selected clan members of note

* Hatakeyama Shigeyoshi - Son of Chichibu Shigehiro. The Founder of Hatakeyama clan. *

Hatakeyama Shigetada was a samurai warlord of the late Heian and early Kamakura period Japan. He fought in the Genpei War, though originally for the Taira clan, he switched sides to the Minamoto clan for the Battle of Dan-no-ura, and ended the war on the winning si ...

(1165–1205) - A samurai who fought for the

Minamoto was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility from 1192 to 1333. The practice was most prevalent during the ...

during the

Genpei War The was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself ...

. *

(d. 1205)- Son of Shigetada. Last of the first line of Hatakeyama. * Hatakeyama Yoshizumi – (1175-1210) Son of Ashikaga Yoshikane. First of the second line of Hatakeyama. *

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– became

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in 1398 *

– rival with Masanaga for

in 1467 *

– rival with Yoshinori for

in 1467 *

Hatakeyama Takamasa was a ''daimyō'' of the Hatakeyama clan of Kawachi Province during the late Sengoku period of Japanese history. In 1562, He led Hatakeyama clan at Battle of Kyōkōji, it was one of many battles fought between the Miyoshi and Hatakeyama in J ...

(d. 1576) - Head of the Kawachi-Hatakeyama branch *

Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu or Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period, who was the 14th head of the Nihonmatsu clan (a branch of the Hatakeyama clan) of Mutsu. In 1568, Yoshitsugu was attacked by Date Terumune, the father of the famous Da ...

(1552–1585) - Mutsu-Hatakeyama branch

Clan castles

(

Mutsu province was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...

, a residence of the Nihonmatsu-Hatakeyama branch) *

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(

Kawachi province was a province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture. It originally held the southwestern area that was split off into Izumi Province. It was also known as . Geography The area was radically different in the past, with Kawachi ...

)

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 was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern part of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, including the Noto Peninsula (''Noto-hantō'') which is surrounded by the Sea of Japan. Noto bordered on Etchū and Kaga provinces to the so ...

and became head of the Noto-Hatakeyama branch in 1514 *

Hatakeyama Yoshitaka Hatakeyama Yoshitaka (畠山義隆 died 1576) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period, who was head of the Hatakeyama of Noto Province. Some sources state that he lived up until 1577, committing suicide after Uesugi Kenshin had besieged ...

(d. 1576) - The 11th head of the Hatakeyama of Noto Province.

Known retainers of the Noto Hatakeyama clan

Yasumi Naomasa Yasumi Naomasa (安見直政; ? – 1572) was a military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. A dominant retainer of Hatakeyama clan, he ruled Katano and Iimoriyama castles. He conspired with Yusa Naganori and Yusa Nobunori to overth ...

(? - 1572) * Chō Tsugutsura * Chō Tsunatatsu * Yusa Tsugumitsu * Nukui Kagetaka * Miyake Nagamori *

Igawa Mitsunobu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Hatakeyama clan of Noto province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern part of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, including the Noto Peninsula (''Noto-hantō' ...

Clan Castles

(

) * 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

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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

Sources