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Tenbun
, also known as Tenmon, was a after '' Kyōroku'' and before '' Kōji''. This period spanned from July 1532 through October 1555. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1532 : At the request of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the 12th ''shōgun'' of the '' Muromachi Bakufu'', the era name was changed because of various battles. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kyōroku'' 5, on the 29th day of the 7th month. Events of the ''Tenbun'' era * 23 September 1532 (''Tenbun 1, 24th day of the 8th month''): Yamashina Hongan-ji set on fire. Hokke Riot in Kyōto. * 29 March 1535 (''Tenbun 4, 26th day of the 2nd month''): Go-Nara is formally installed as emperor. * 7 July 1541 (''Tenbun 10, 14th day of the 6th month''): Takeda Harunobu (later Takeda Shingen) banishes his father, Takeda Nobutora. * 4 September 1542 (''Tenbun 11, 25th day of the 8th month''): Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was ''daimyō'' of Suruga Province, conquered Tōtōmi Province; and from there, he entered Mik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokke-ikki
The Hokke-ikki (法華一揆) were a group of rebels who followed Nichiren (Hokke) Buddhism in Kyoto around the year 1532. Followers of the Nichiren sect refer to the rebellions and subsequent suppression of the Nichiren sect as the "Tenmon Persecution" (天文法難). Background When Nichizō, one of the successors of Nichiren, first entered Kyoto in 1293, he was expelled several times by the Imperial Court due to the complaints of the monks at Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei, but was eventually allowed to enter. He petitioned for the Nichiren sect to be granted official recognition by the Imperial Court, a request that would eventually be granted.Tsuji Zennosuke, History of Japanese Buddhism, Volume 5, Iwanami Shoten, 1970. By the Tenbun Era, the Nichiren sect had spread to many townspeople (''machi-shu'', 町衆) in Kyoto, and was gaining strength, centering around Nichiren temples such as Honkoku-ji. In 1532, the Ikkō-ikki attacked Kyoto, and the Nichiren sect fought against th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Go-Nara
was the 105th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from June 9, 1526, until his death in 1557, during the Sengoku period of the Muromachi period, Muromachi Bakufu. His personal name was Tomohito (知仁). Genealogy He was the second son of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara. His mother was Fujiwara Fujiko (藤原藤子) *Nyōin: Madenokōji (Fujiwara) Eiko (万里小路栄子; 1499–1522), Madenokōji Katafusa's daughter ** First daughter: (1514–1515) **First son: Imperial Prince Michihito (方仁親王) later Emperor Ōgimachi **Second daughter: Princess Eiju (1519–1535; 永寿女王) ** Second Son: (1521–1530) *Lady-in-waiting: Takakura (Fujiwara) Kazuko? (高倉（藤原）量子), Tachibana Yukio's daughter ** Fifth daughter: Princess Fukō? (d.1579; 普光女王) *Lady-in-waiting: Hirohashi (Fujiwara) Kuniko? (広橋(藤原)国子), Hirohashi Kanehide's daughter ** Seventh daughter: Princess Seishū (1552–1623; 聖秀女王) *Naishi: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Go-Nara Of Japan
was the 105th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from June 9, 1526, until his death in 1557, during the Sengoku period of the Muromachi Bakufu. His personal name was Tomohito (知仁). Genealogy He was the second son of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara. His mother was Fujiwara Fujiko (藤原藤子) *Nyōin: Madenokōji (Fujiwara) Eiko (万里小路栄子; 1499–1522), Madenokōji Katafusa's daughter ** First daughter: (1514–1515) **First son: Imperial Prince Michihito (方仁親王) later Emperor Ōgimachi **Second daughter: Princess Eiju (1519–1535; 永寿女王) ** Second Son: (1521–1530) *Lady-in-waiting: Takakura (Fujiwara) Kazuko? (高倉（藤原）量子), Tachibana Yukio's daughter ** Fifth daughter: Princess Fukō? (d.1579; 普光女王) *Lady-in-waiting: Hirohashi (Fujiwara) Kuniko? (広橋(藤原)国子), Hirohashi Kanehide's daughter ** Seventh daughter: Princess Seishū (1552–1623; 聖秀女王) *Naishi: Fujiwara (Hino) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōji (Muromachi Period)
was a after '' Tenbun'' and before '' Eiroku''. This period spanned the years from October 1555 through February 1558. Reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1555 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new once commenced in ''Tenbun'' 24. The name originates from the following Chinese passage: 「祇承宝命、志弘治体」. Events of the ''Kōji'' era * 1555 (''Kōji 1, 1st month''): A border war began between Mōri Motonari, ''daimyō'' of Aki Province, and Sue Harukata, daimyō of Suō Province.Titsingh p. 382./ref> * 1555 (''Kōji 1, 11th month''): The Mōri forces surrounded the Sue defenders in the Battle of Itsukushima. When the outcome of the battle became clear, Sue Harutaka committed suicide; and others, including Odomo-no Yoshinaga, followed Harutaka in suicide. This victory, and the subsequent consolidation of the Mōri holdings were owing to Motonari's four sons: Mōri Takamoto, Kikkawa Motoharu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sō Clan
were a Japanese clan claiming descent from Taira no Tomomori. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Toki," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 56 retrieved 2013-5-10. The clan governed and held Tsushima Island from the 13th through the late 19th century, from the Kamakura period until the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration. In 1587, Toyotomi Hideyoshi confirmed the clan's possession of Tsushima. In the struggles which followed Hideyoshi's death, the clan sided with the Tokugawa; however, they did not participate in the decisive battles which preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. The descendants of '' tozama'' Sō Yoshitoshi (1568–1615) remained at Tsushima-Fuchū Domain (100,000 ''koku'') in Tsushima Province until the abolition of the ''han'' system. The head of this clan line was ennobled as count in 1884. History Historians consider the Sō clan to have been an offshoot of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashikaga Yoshiteru
, also known as Yoshifushi or Yoshifuji, was the 13th ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1546 to 1565 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the eldest son of the 12th ''shōgun'', Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and his mother was a daughter of Konoe Hisamichi (later called , ''Keijuin''). When he became shogun in 1546 at age 11, Yoshiteru's name was Yoshifushi (sometimes transliterated as Yoshifuji); but some years later in 1554, he changed his name to the one by which he is conventionally known today. His childhood name was Kikubemaru (). His younger brother Ashikaga Yoshiaki became the fifteenth ''shōgun''. Installed as ''shōgun'' After his father, Yoshiharu, was forced to retire in 1546 over a political struggle with Hosokawa Harumoto, Yoshiteru became '' Sei-i Taishōgun'', albeit a puppet ''shōgun'' like his father. Yoshiteru was only 11 at the time and his investiture ceremony was held at Sakamoto, Ōmi Province, outside Kyoto. Yoshiteru had ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashikaga Yoshiharu
was the twelfth ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan.Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). ''Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron'', p. 332. He was the son of the eleventh ''shōgun'' Ashikaga Yoshizumi. From a western perspective, Yoshiharu is significant, as he was shogun when the first contact of Japan with the European West took place in 1543. A Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, landed in Japan. In 1526, Yoshiharu invited archers from neighboring provinces to come to the capital for an archery contest. Biography His childhood name was Kameomaru (亀王丸). On 1 May 1521, after Shogun Ashikaga Yoshitane and Hosokawa Takakuni struggled for power over the shogunate and Yoshitane withdrew to Awaji Island, the way was clear for Minamoto-no Yoshiharu to be installed as shogun as he enters Kyoto. In 1521, the Hosokawa Takakuni orchestrates the appointment of Yoshiharu as shōgun. By 1526, tumultuous ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Era Name
The or , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "", meaning "origin, basis"), followed by the literal "" meaning "year". Chinese era name, Era names originated in 140 BCE in Imperial China, during the reign of the Emperor Wu of Han. As elsewhere in the Sinosphere, the use of era names was originally derived from Chinese imperial practice, although the Japanese system is independent of the Chinese, Korean era name, Korean, and Vietnamese era name, Vietnamese era name systems. Unlike its other Sinosphere counterparts, Japanese era names are still in official use. Government offices usually require era names and years for official papers. The five era names used since the end of the Edo period in 1868 can be abbreviated by taking the first letter of their Hepburn romanization, romanized names. For example, S55 means Shōwa 55 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamashina Mido
280px, Yamashina Hongan-ji layout superimposed on a modern aerial photograph , also known as , was a fortified Buddhist temple located in what is now Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Together with its fortified ''jōkamachi'', it was a major center for the Ikkō-ikki, an organization of warrior monks and lay zealots who opposed samurai rule during the Sengoku period. Parts of its ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 2002. History Yamashina Hongan-ji was completed in 1483 by Rennyo, abbot of the Jōdo Shinshū sect whose preachings spurred the creation of the ''Ikkō-ikki''. Following the 1465 destruction of the chief Jōdo Shinshū temple, the Hongan-ji in Kyoto, Rennyo spent roughly a decade in the provinces, notably in Echizen Province, where the Ikkō-ikki had been most successful in overthrowing the secular hierarchy and where it had established the Yoshizaki Gobō fortified settlement. He returned to Kyoto by 1478, and after completion of the sect's new strongh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uesugi Kenshin
, later known as , was a Japanese ''daimyō'' (magnate). He was born in Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan. He was one of the most powerful ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period. Known as the "Dragon of Echigo", while chiefly remembered for his prowess on the battlefield as a military genius and war hero, Kenshin is also regarded as an extremely skillful administrator who fostered the growth of local industries and trade, as his rule saw a marked rise in the standard of living of Echigo. Kenshin is famed for his honourable conduct, his military expertise, a long-standing rivalry with Takeda Shingen, his numerous defensive campaigns to restore order in the Kantō region as the ''Kanrei, Kanto Kanrei'', and his belief in the Buddhism, Buddhist god of war Vaisravana#In Japan, Bishamonten. Many of his followers and others believed him to be the avatar of Bishamonten and called Kenshin the "God of War". Name His ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echigo Province
was an old provinces of Japan, old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen Province, Uzen, Iwashiro Province, Iwashiro, Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Shinano Province, Shinano, and Etchū Province, Etchū Provinces.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Echigo''" in . It corresponds today to Niigata Prefecture, minus the island of Sado, Niigata, Sado. Its abbreviated form name was , with Echizen Province, Echizen and Etchū Province, Etchū Provinces. Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Echigo was ranked as one of the 35 "superior countries" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the 30 "far countries" (遠国) in terms of distance from the capital Kyoto. Echigo and Kōzuke Province were known as the Jōetsu region. History In the late 7th century, during the reign of Emperor Monmu, the ancient province of was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen Province, Echizen, Etchū Province, Et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōsōin
The is the wikt:treasure house, treasure house of Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Nara, Nara, Japan. The building is in the ''azekura'' (log-cabin) style with a raised floor. It lies to the northwest of the Great Buddha Hall. The Shōsō-in houses artifacts connected to Emperor Shōmu (聖武天皇)(701–756) and Empress Kōmyō (光明皇后)(701–760), as well as arts and crafts of the Tenpyō, Tempyō (天平) era of History of Japan, Japanese history. History The construction of the Tōdai-ji Buddhist temple complex was ordained by Emperor Shōmu as part of a national project of Buddhist temple construction. During the Tenpyō, Tempyō period, the years during which Emperor Shōmu reigned, multiple disasters struck Japan as well as political uproar and epidemics. Because of these reasons Emperor Shōmu launched a project of provincial temples. The Tōdai-ji was appointed as the head temple of these provincial temples. Emperor Shōmu was a strong supporter of Buddhism and he tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
