Historical novels and dramas, now even games Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu Date Masamune is as popular as .. I wrote a little about Date Masamune before, but I decided to make it one article because of its popularity, so I wrote Date Masamune as a biography. I would like to put a spotlight on.
Date Masamune's portrait
I'm [ What is your favorite Sengoku warrior? ] When asked, Date Masamune I like Masamune enough to answer. Speaking of its charm, military talent, passionate ambition, turbulent life I think.
Immediately after the succession of Masamune's family, [Battle of Hitotoribashi] [Battle of Osaki] [Battle of Koriyama] He steered against his father's foreign policy and fought everywhere to make him full-bodied.
However, [ Battle of Suriagehara ] Then, the Ou Union other than Ashina was invalidated, and Ashina clan fished one by one and defeated each one to show a splendid battle.
Efforts have paid off, and he has become the number one hero in Oshu, but it is already late [ the hero who was born wrong . ] Is often said. Toyotomi Hideyoshi who was already in control of the whole country Oshu Punishment It will be greatly reduced due to the above, and Kasai and Osaki Ikki will be instigated and will be exposed to Hideyoshi and will be further reduced ...
Masamune was an ambitious person who would not give in to such a heavenly man, but in his later years he focused his power on territorial management and showed an active role as a cultural person who protects traditional performing arts and culture. As a few survivors of the Warring States period, Hidetada Tokugawa and Iemitsu said [ Date's Father ] And that passionate ambition was completely gone.
An ambitious man who had a desire for territory until he instigated a riot told the people of the world, striving to get rid of his ambitions in his later years and create a new world. There is no end to writing, but from the life of Masamune [ people grow and change ] I feel that it is perfect.
I liked it so much that the introduction became very long, but today I would like to write about the life of Date Masamune from the time I succeeded the family.
Date Masamune's genpuku and the end of the two-headed system
The Date clan has been worshiped by General Ashikaga since Tanemune.
- Date Tanemune → Ashikaga Yoshitane
- Date Harumune → Ashikaga Yoshiharu
- Date Terumune → Ashikaga Yoshiteru
- Date Masamune →? ??
However, Masamune's genpuku 1577 The 15th Shogun Yoshiaki was banished by Nobunaga and the Muromachi Shogunate was destroyed. Therefore, Date Masamune, the founder of the Date clan I gave it the same name as. I can feel the feeling of Terumune to make a restart.
October 1584 Date Terumune Handed over his reign to Masamune.
Terumune himself is still 41 years old It was a retreat while I was fine, but at that time Mr. Hojo and Mr. Satake But it seems that it was done normally. Then, as I wrote in Mr. Date's article, the two-headed system governed by the former head and the current head. Will be laid.
Of course, since he is a person of the Masamune sect, he cannot hear what his parents say, and he will change his foreign policy after the inheritance of the family.
It was the dissolution of the alliance with Ashina, who had a friendly relationship for 20 years.
The dissolution of this alliance was due to the conflict between Ouchi and Tamura . It started with the rupture of the peace talks. Both of them are Ouchi Is Ashina , Tamura Is Date Was supported by.
Battle of Hitotoribashi
1585 Since Mr. Ashina is supporting Mr. Ouchi, he started attacking Mr. Ashina. Then, the attack on Mr. Ouchi will start. Ouchi Sadatsuna Abandoned Obama Castle and moved to Nihonmatsu Castle under Yoshitsugu Hatakeyama.
In succession, Masamune launches an attack on Yoshitsugu Hatakeyama, but with the mediation of Terumune, he enters into peace talks with Yoshitsugu Hatakeyama. However, Yoshitsugu Hatakeyama suddenly abducts Terumune, who came to see off Yoshitsugu who had come to thank him for the relief of Nihonmatsu's territory.
At this time, Masamune suddenly returns to pursue Yoshitsugu while he is out for falconry, and in the process he shoots and kills Yoshitsugu Hatakeyama along with his father, Terumune. Among some researchers, [Why was the falconry party armed with guns? ] For that reason, it is also believed that it was a plot to kill Masamune's father.
Masamune attacked Hatakeyama's castle, Nihonmatsu Castle, after the first seven days of his father, Terumune.
In the castle, Yoshitsugu Hatakeyama's bereaved child, King Maru, was held in the castle. Minamiokuba lords , including Mr. Satake, to rescue Nihonmatsu Castle. Approaching Masamune, Date Army and Allied Forces Crashes near the Hitotoribashi Bridge over the Seto River.
There was a force difference of more than four times that of the Allied Forces of 30,000 against the Date Army of 7,000.
In the war situation, the Date army rushed to the one-sided offensive of the Allied forces, and Masamune himself received five bullets and one arrow. In order to retreat Masamune, the Date Army is a lodging general, Oniwa Yoshinao . Has worked brilliantly and died, and Date Shigezane Masamune was able to escape to Honmiyagi because he stayed and gained time.
An incident occurs that night when he escapes to the castle.
Yoshishige Satake Yoshimasa Onozaki Was killed in the camp, and Hojo and Satomi returned to their home countries. Was informed that the Satake army was forced to withdraw.
The withdrawal of 30,000 troops from the predominant situation has caused various speculations, and [ Mr. Satake's sudden change in his home country may have been behind the scenes of Masamune. ] There seems to be a theory.
In this way, Date Masamune, who had a hard time winning with the withdrawal of the Allied Forces led by Mr. Satake, came to an end with the death of his father.
Oshu quest (self-proclaimed), Date Masamune and Hashu quest, Mogami Yoshiaki
For a while (about a year?) After Terumune's death, Masamune did not take any positive action.
1586 Then, we will intervene in the house turmoil of Mr. Osaki. I have to say that this is a specialty of the Date clan.
However, this armed intervention did not go smoothly.
Armed intervention on Mr. Osaki is Ushu tandai, Mogami Yoshiaki With the support of the Date clan, the Date clan will meet the counterattack. The owner, Yoshitaka Osaki, was the brother-in-law of Mogami Yoshiaki's Seishitsu, and he was also his brother-in-law.
Mogami and Date from long ago Was not so terrible, and if the upper army invaded Ou and Hashu, Mogami and Date were supposed to work together. This case happened because Mr. Mogami, who is also a branch of Mr. Osaki, did not allow Mr. Date's armed intervention.
After a skirmish between Date and Mogami, Masamune's mother Yoshihime (Mogami Yoshiaki's younger sister) A consensus is reached between the two families under the mediation of.
When talking about Date Masamune, be sure to Mogami Yoshiaki There is a depiction that they were rivals to each other, but this is a drama production Shingen Takeda and Kenshin Uesugi It's not as hot as it is.
Tandai with each other [ It is the role of our tandai to keep the order of Ou ], And it was the role to send reinforcements if help was requested, to hide if there was something that escaped, and to arbitrate if there was something in conflict.
In the cold and sparsely populated Tohoku region, do not completely defeat the opponent There seemed to be a way to say, and they were looking for the best way. In a sense, Date and the best of these ways can be said to be the prototype of "safety".
After that, the two did not fight. In the Hasedo battle, which will be described later, we cooperate with each other to survive the battle.
Battle of Suriagehara, which established the hegemony of South Oshu
Ashina 1584 Takamori Ashina Was assassinated, Yoshihiro Satake Yoshihiro, who was the adopted daughter of Takamori, was the head of the family. Yoshihiro, a young adopted child from another family, was unable to take control of his vassals and his wife was confused.
1589 Battle of Suriagehara to Ashina, a long-time nemesis Will challenge.
In the early stages, we were inferior due to strong winds and other weather, but as the weather recovered, the Date family Katakura Kojuro Puts the Ashina army into turmoil. When the inferiority of the Ashina army is known, Mr. Nikaido and Mr. Ishikawa The main force of Ashina such as has begun to withdraw.
The Ashina army is in a state of total collapse and routs, but at this time a tragedy occurs.
The retreating Ashina army crosses the Nippashi River and rushes to the bridge over the river in an attempt to escape to the castle, Kurokawa Castle. General Yoshihiro Ashina crossed the bridge, but Mr. Tomita actually dropped the bridge after confirming that his army had crossed.
As a result, the rest of the Ashina army was cut off, and some fell into the river and drowned, and some decided to assault the enemy army. As a result, more than 5,000 soldiers, including those drowned in the river, were killed and devastated by the Ashina army.
According to one theory, Mr. Tomita and Masamune are connected, and a pre-engineered strategy It is also said to be.
Rout Yoshihiro Ashina Escaped to the castle, but abandoned the siege due to a shortage of soldiers. He abandoned the castle as it was, and his parents' house Satake Yoshishige Rout to the bottom. In this way, Ashina as a Sengoku daimyo will be destroyed. On June 11, he overwhelmed Kurokawa Castle in Aizu and made it his residence.
However, due to the resistance of the influential Ashina clan such as Mr. Ishikawa and Mr. Nikaido, it took another half a year to suppress everything.
In this way, Masamune hegemony of South Oshu It was decided to hold.
The use of force against Ashina is attributed to the failure of foreign policy.
As the successor to Ashina, whose heir was lost, Masamune tried to set up his younger brother Kojiro, but failed. Instead, Mr. Satake welcomed Yoshihiro. In this way, Masamune could only expand his power by using Ashina by force.
Date Masamune, who held the hegemony of Minami Oshu, will be treated unfavorably under the Toyotomi administration, but he has become longer, so I would like to write an article separately.
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