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Saitō Myōchin
was a Japanese daimyo and a monk during the Sengoku period.Uta de Megutta Shiro . Gujo City. Accessed May 10, 2008. Biography Myōchin was the son of (斎藤宗円), who served as the of , and the younger brother of Saitō Toshinaga. He began his training as a monk from a young age at[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daimyo
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early 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 and the ''kuge'' (an aristocratic class). In the term, means 'large', and stands for , meaning 'private land'. From the '' shugo'' of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku period 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, Shimazu and 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 paid them in land or food, as relatively few could afford to pay them in money. The daimyo era ended soon after the Meiji Restoration, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitō Clan
Saitō, Saito, Saitou or Saitoh (written: or ) are the 10th and 11th most common Japanese surnames respectively. Less common variants are , , and . Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese security guard taken hostage in Iraq in 2005 *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese idol, singer, actress and fashion model *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese karateka * Ayako Saitoh (born 1956), Japanese wheelchair curler, 2010 Winter Paralympian *, Japanese playwright, director, actor and theatre producer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese Confucian scholar, historian, and poet *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese drifting driver *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' *, Japanese businessman * Eva Saito-Noda (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1480 Deaths
Year 1480 ( MCDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 6 – Treaty of Toledo: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the African conquests of Afonso V of Portugal, and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain (see Treaty of Alcáçovas). * July 28 ** Mehmed II fails in his attempt to capture Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes. ** An Ottoman army lands near Otranto, Italy. Pope Sixtus IV calls for a crusade to drive it away. * September 27 – Consorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile initiate the Spanish Inquisition (looking for heretics and unconverted Jews). * October – Great Stand on the Ugra River: Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. The ''Theotokos of Vladimir'' icon is credited with saving Moscow. Date unknown * The Lighthouse of Alexandria's final remains disappear when Qaitbay, Sultan of Egypt, builds the Citadel of Qaitbay on its site. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1411 Births
Year 1411 ( MCDXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 10 – At Anhilpur Patan in the modern-day state of Gujarat in India, Ahmad Shah I becomes the new Sultan of Gujarat upon the death of his grandfather, Muzaffar Shah I. * January 18 – Jobst, King of the Romans and Elector of Brandenburg, a member of the House of Luxembourg who had been elected to rule as the German monarch on October 1, dies suddenly at the age of 35 following a suspected poisoning. His death clears the way for Jobst's cousin and rival, Sigismund of Hungary, to become the new King of the Romans, and for control of the Electorate of Brandenburg to pass from the House of Luxembourg to the House of Hohenzollern, with Frederick of Hohenzollern becoming the new Elector in return for supporting the election of Sigismund. * February 1 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed at Thorn (modern-day Torun in Poland) in the Monastic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gifu Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,910,511 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, Fukui Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture to the west, Mie Prefecture to the southwest, Aichi Prefecture to the south, and Nagano Prefecture to the east. Gifu is the capital and largest city of Gifu Prefecture, with other major cities including Ōgaki, Kakamigahara, and Tajimi. Gifu Prefecture is located in the center of Japan, one of only eight landlocked prefectures, and features the country's center of population. Gifu Prefecture has served as the historic Intersection (road), crossroads of Japan with routes connecting the east to the west, including the Nakasendō, one of the Edo Five Routes, Five Routes of the Edo period. Gifu Prefecture was a long-term residence of Oda Nobunaga and Saitō Dōsan, two influential figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gifu, Gifu
is a Cities of Japan, city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used the area as a base in an attempt to unify and control Japan. Gifu continued to flourish even after Japan's unification as both an important ''shukuba'' along the Edo period NakasendōNakasendo to Shukuba-machi Gifu City Hall. Accessed September 9, 2007. and, later, as one of Japan's fashion centers. It has been designated a Core cities of Japan, core city by the national government. Overview Located on the alluvial plain of the Nagara River, Gifu has taken advantage of the surrounding natu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuiryū-ji (Gifu) and Toki Shigeyori are also located on the compound.
is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect built in Mino Province (modern-day Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan). It is a branch temple of Myōshin-ji in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. History Construction of the temple was completed in 1468. Temple buildings After entering the main gate there are six temples: three are located on the left of the main path (Tentaku-in, Kaizen-in, Unryu-in) and three are on the right (Zuiun-in, Kakusei-in, Gaun-in). The graves of Saitō Myōchin was a Japanese daimyo and a monk during the Sengoku period.Uta de Megutta Shiro . Gujo City. A ... Gallery [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanō Castle
Kanō Tenman-gū was a ''hirajirō''-style Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was one of the few castles built after the Battle of Sekigahara and establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and was used as an administrative center of Kanō Domain under the end of the Edo period, but only its ruins, including the base of the ''tenshu'' and stone walls, remain today.Rekishi no Meguri—Shiroato Meguri . Gifu City Hall. Accessed May 26, 2008. The ruins were designated National Historic Site in 1983. Structure Kanō Castle is a long and narrow structure, approximately 550 meters north-to-south by 400 meters east-to-west) with a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jōzai-ji (Gifu)
is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,910,511 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ..., Japan. Its formal name is Shūrinzan Jōzai-ji (鷲林山常在寺). Starting with Saitō Dōsan, Jōzai-ji served as the family temple for the Saitō family for three generations, which included his son, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and his grandson, Saitō Tokugen. Also, it has been designated as a nationally Important Cultural Property, as it contains pictures of both Dōsan and Yoshitatsu. History In 1450, Saitō Myōchin served as the guardian of upper Mino Province on behalf of the Toki clan. (Myōchin was the son of Saitō Sōen, who had earlier served as the guardian of Mino Province.) Using his power in the area, he built this temple. Afterwards, as Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sengoku Period
The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as the period's start date, but there are many competing historiographies for its end date, ranging from 1568, the date of Oda Nobunaga#Ise campaign, Omi campaign, and march to Kyoto, Oda Nobunaga's march on Kyoto, to the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion in 1638, deep into what was traditionally considered the Edo period. Regardless of the dates chosen, the Sengoku period overlaps substantially with the Muromachi period (1336–1573). This period was characterized by the overthrow of a superior power by a subordinate one. The Ashikaga shogunate, the ''de facto'' central government, declined and the , a local power, seized wider political influence. The people rebelled against the feudal lords in revolts known as . The period saw a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toki Clan
The is a Japanese kin group.Edmond Papinot, 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 Minamoto no Yorimitsu and the Seiwa Genji. As governors of Mino Province during the Muromachi period, Toki, Gifu, Toki was the seat of the Toki clan.Toki City"The Historical and Geographical Background of Mino Ware"; retrieved 2013-5-10. The Toki founded Zen Buddhist temples, including Shōhō-ji (Gifu), Shōhō-ji"Toki clan" at Sengoku-expo.net retrieved 2013-5-10. and Sōfuku-ji (Gifu), Sōfuku-ji in the city of Gifu, Gifu, Gifu. Minamoto no Mitsunobu, a fourth generation descendant of Yorimitsu, was installed in Toki; and he took the name Tok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
