In the Muromachi Shogunate, as an assistant to the shogun, [ Kanrei ] Was placed.
The Kanrei had such a big role in the shogunate, so with the Shogun [ Kyoto ] I was there. In addition to the capital of Kyoto, the home of the samurai [ Kamakura ], A position to supervise the samurai called Kamakura Koga, and a position to assist them, called [Kanto Kanrei], have come to be placed.
In addition, Koga Furukawa, Koga Inamura, and Horikoshi There are various things such as.
Such, [ Kubo ] And Kanto Kanrei I would like to write about why it was made.
Muromachi and Kamakura
When Yoshimitsu Ashikaga, the third shogun of the Muromachi period, set up a building in Muromachi, Kyoto, he talked about the general of the Muromachi Shogunate [ Muromachi-den . ] Will be called. On the other hand, Kamakura Kokata is a branch of the Ashikaga family who lived in Kamakura for generations, so [ Kamakura-dono ] Has come to be called.
In the Kamakura period, the Kamakura Shogunate was also called [Kamakura-dono], so it seems that the greatest person in the Shogunate was called XX-den.
Kantō Kubō and Kanto Kanrei
The fourth son of the first shogun, Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga Motouji entered Kamakura in 1349 and will be in charge of managing the eastern country. This is because the clan was dispatched to maintain the political affairs and security of each country for the stability of the shogunate, and Mr. Motouji who entered Kamakura said [ Kamakura Koga ] Will be called.
However, when Mr. Motouji was inaugurated as Koga Kubō, he was only 10 years old, so he was assigned an assistant role and was actually in charge of political affairs. The assistant is [ Kanto Kanrei ], The Uesugi family will monopolize the political affairs in the Kanto region and inherit it. From here, the Kanto area will flow to Kenshin Uesugi.
There is also a butler who assists the shogun in Kyoto [ Kanrei . ] Was said.
This Kanto Kanrei was not a military commander who was in charge of affairs at that time, Kunikiyo Hatakeyama, Mr. Utsunomiya and Noriaki Uesugi . I was in charge of multiple. He assisted Mr. Ashikaga Motouji, who is the Kantō Kubō, and ruled dozens of countries in the Kanto region.
Takauji Ashikaga 1364 after death In addition, Ki is Noriaki Uesugi Echigo Shugo To restore the Kanto area. This was the origin of the Echigo Uesugi family. This triggered the dismissal of other Kanreis such as Kuniyoshi Hatakeyama, and the Kanto Kanrei became the [ Uesugi family . ] Has been hereditary for generations.
However, this did not last long, and when the Ashikaga clan of Kantō Kubō and the Uesugi clan of the Kanto region confronted each other and Yoshimochi Ashikaga, the fourth shogun, tried to directly control the Kanto region, the Eikyo War of 1439 occurred. .. In this turbulence, Norizane Uesugi, who is in the Kanto region, beats Mr. Ashikaga Mochiuji of Kamakura Koga, and Kamakura-fu disappears by driving himself into suicide.
From Koga Furukawa to Horikoshi in a conflict with the Uesugi family ...
Kamakura-fu will be revived without resolving the conflict between the Uesugi family and the Ashikaga family. However, after Noritada Uesugi was assassinated by Ashikaga Shigeuji, 1455 Kyotoku Ran Will occur.
Mr. Ashikaga defeats the Uesugi army in the Battle of Bubaigawara in Musashi Province, but Kamakura is occupied by the advance of the Imagawa family, who had a relative relationship with the Uesugi family. Therefore, Mr. Shigeuji is based in Furukawa Imperial Palace in Shimosa . Is based. This is [ Koga Furukawa ] Is the beginning.
Instead of Mr. Shigeuji, Masatomo Ashikaga will be sent to Kamakura from the Muromachi Shogunate as Kamakura Koga. However, the authority of the Shogunate has declined since this time, and due to the internal conflict of the Uesugi family, Masatomo Ashikaga was unable to enter Kamakura, and Horikoshi of Izu [ Horikoshi Kubo ] Will be called.
As a result, the title Kantō Kubō disappears . Will be.
Since then, in the Kanto region, Koga Furukawa In addition to the powerful powers of the Kanto countries, Horikoshi Kubo, the Kanto Kanrei Yamanouchi Uesugi family, and the Ogiya Uesugi family continued to fight in the east and west. As this prolongs, Hojo Soun invaded Izu in 1493, advancing into the Warring States period.
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Kokata Shinokawa and Kokata Inamura
There were also Kokata Shinokawa and Kokata Inamura.
In 1399, Mitsunao Ashikaga, the younger brother of the third generation Kamakura, was dispatched to Shinokawa, Asaka-gun, Mutsu as a restraint for the Date and Shiba families to rule Oshu. It was.
Mitsusada Ashikaga, who was dispatched to Inamura, Iwase-gun, Mutsu, was also called by Kokata Inamura.
What is Kubo?
In the first place, Kubo started when Mr. Takauji Ashikaga, who opened the Kamakura Shogunate, received the Kubo title from the imperial court. Originally, the title of the shogun was [ Kubo ], But in the era of Yoshimitsu Ashikaga, the people from the Ashikaga family are called [ Kubo . ] Will be called.
This is said to have started when Mr. Ashikaga Motouji was called Kamakura Koga.
The situation in Kanto and the Kanto region after that
Eventually, Hojo Ujiyasu, the owner of Odawara Castle, will conquer the Kanto region by driving out the Uesugi family, who is in charge of Koga Furukawa and the Kanto region. Kanto Kanrei at this time [ Uesugi Norimasa ] Echigo escaped " Keitora Nagao By transferring the position of Kanto Kanrei and the reign of the Yamanouchi Uesugi family, [ Kenshin Uesugi ] Will be born.
The Kanto Kanrei after Kenshin Uesugi is said to have disappeared, but when Katsuyori Takeda was defeated by the Oda-Tokugawa Allied Forces in 1562 and was destroyed, Kazumasu Takigawa, a vassal of Nobunaga Oda who entered Maebashi Castle, [ It is also said that he called himself Kanto Kanrei.
However, there are some who are questioned because the position of Kanto Kanrei is under the Muromachi Shogunate system and the historical materials that Takigawa Kazumasu became Kanto Kanrei cannot be found.
* Updated on November 13, 2017 The text has been revised.