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 divide ...

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, Kanagawa Pr ...

, 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 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 f ...

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 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 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 , 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 Kawachi ( or ) may refer to: Places * Kawachi Province, one of the old provinces of Japan * Kawachi, Kumamoto, a former town in Kumamoto Prefecture * Kawachi, Osaka, a former city in Osaka Prefecture * Kawachi, Ibaraki, a town in Ibaraki Prefect ...

, 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

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 c ...

. 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

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. 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 larg ...

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 Bun ...

. 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

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

, Mutsu, and Noto provinces. The Kawachi-Hatakeyama were split into two main rival branches descended from

and

. The Mutsu-Hatakeyama held Nihonmatsu Castle saw its power gradually diminish over the course of the Sengoku period, becoming vassals of the Ashina clan. 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 , 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

(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 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 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. 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

* Hatakeyama Shigeyoshi - Son of

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

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during the

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. *

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

. First of the second line of Hatakeyama. *

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– became Kanrei in 1398 *

– rival with Masanaga for Kanrei in 1467 *

– rival with Yoshinori for Kanrei 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 Ja ...

(d. 1576) - Head of the

-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 ...

(1552–1585) - Mutsu-Hatakeyama branch

Clan castles

* Nihonmatsu Castle (

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, a residence of the Nihonmatsu-Hatakeyama branch) *

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)

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 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 ...

* Yusa Tsugumitsu * Nukui Kagetaka *

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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-hant� ...

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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