Mr. Ouchi was rare among Japanese daimyo and called himself a descendant of the Baekje royal family.
From generation to generation, he became a guardian daimyo from the official who inherited Suo Kokufu, grew into a warring lord, and served as a guardian of Suo, Nagato, Iwami, Toyomae, and Chikuzen. Culture has also been formed.
The rise of Mr. Ouchi
Mr. Ouchi began to strengthen Masahiro Ouchi Around that time, due to the Onin War, Yamana Sozen He was a martial art in the western army led by him, and after the death of the sect, he became the de facto general general of the western army. After the end of the turmoil, with the aim of regaining power in Kyushu, Otomo and others were made to obey and established a position as a guardian daimyo in the Muromachi Shogunate.
In addition, it is a national law [ Ouchi family wall book ] Is also famous for enacting, and this law suppressed the rise of Shugodai and vassals.
Yoshioki Ouchi who succeeded Masahiro In the age of Kyushu, Shoni I often attacked Mr. Otomo and expanded its power. Among them, Ashikaga Yoshitane , who had been banished from the shogunate and Kyo. Protect and 1508 Hosokawa Takakuni In cooperation with, Yoshitane was reassigned to the shogunate position.
Yoshioki Ouchi Is a jurisdiction As Muromachi Shogunate However, I stayed in Kyoto for 10 years. However, while he was away, Amago Tsunehisa of Izumo invaded in Aki Province, and Yoshiko hurriedly withdrew Kyo, took the lead himself, and sent troops to various parts of Aki and Bingo to fight Amago.
1528 When Yoshiko died, his son, Yoshitaka, succeeded the family and was devoted to the battle with his nemesis, Amago. When Yoshitaka succeeded the family, the territory became the largest force in the Kyushu region of China, which also protects Suo, Nagato, Iwami, Buzen, Chikuzen, Bingo, and Aki, and reaches its peak.
Yoshitaka Ouchi's capture of Kyushu
In the Kitakyushu capture battle, Shoni draws the blood of the Fujiwara Kita family. Dazai Osamu to get a cause to destroy I did some work in the imperial court to get the official position, but I couldn't get the official position.
1536 Emperor Go-Nara It seems that the emperor himself disliked the donation at the time of the coronation, probably because of many years of hard work, but due to the rooting of the Asons, the long-sought Dazai Osamu I was able to get the official position of.
As a result, the cause was created, and we succeeded in attacking and destroying Mr. Shoni.
1537 12th Shogun Yoshiharu Ashikaga Although I was invited by the Shogunate, I decided to focus on territorial management, being wary of Amago, who was aiming to unify the Sanin region and head south.
To join the ranks of the prince under the umbrella of Mr. Mori ...
1540 , Amago Haruhisa invaded Mori's Yoshida-Koriyama Castle in Aki Province, but succeeded in repelling the Amago army by sending reinforcements with his chief vassal, Sue Harukata, as general general. As a result, he was able to re-engage with the Amago clan, destroy the Amago clan Aki Takeda and Tomoda, and put Aki Province in full force.
Due to the success of this battle at Yamashiro, Yoshida-gun, third rank from the imperial court Promoted to join the ranks of princes Played. Yoshitaka Ouchi Was officially appointed by the imperial court, which is one of the few Sengoku daimyo.
Yoshitaka, who has gained financial strength, status, and honor, will take this opportunity to start full-scale subjugation of Amako.
January 1542 Amago's residence, Gassantoda Castle I will attack.
In this battle, the Bingo and Iwami clan also served in the Aki route. As a result, I became an army of large households, and after making a detour to pray for victory at Itsukushima Shrine, I went to attack Amago of Izumo, so I arrived in Izumo in April.
Moreover, it took more than a month to capture the branch castle to Gassantoda Castle, and it was October by the time I arrived at the castle. When I arrived at Gassantoda Castle, it was a natural fortress and did not fall. In addition, the Ouchi army will be forced to struggle with the guerrilla operation by the Niko army.
Some of the powerful tribes who learned of the struggle of the Ouchi army began to turn over to the Niko army, May 1543 . Yoshitaka retreats. The Ouchi army, which was chased by the Amako army, was cornered to the point of total collapse, and in a fierce battle, Harumochi Ouchi, the successor to Yoshitaka, died in a ship capsizing accident.
The triumphant subjugation of Amako ended in a blunder, and Yoshitaka Ouchi, who lost his heir, was terribly disappointed.
Conflict between Sue Harukata and Taketo Sagara
Amago, who has repelled the Ouchi army and has increased morale, often makes a small effort to recover the power, but Aki, Iwami, Bingo Ouchi Lords And Mori Motonari Was inspiring.
On the other hand, Yoshitaka, who lost his firstborn, is a Budan-ha Sue Harukata who was the promoter of the firstborn attack. Sagara Taketo of the Bunchi-ha sect I left it to myself and began to live a life like a public house.
In addition, tax increases will result in the suffering of lords and dogs in order to pay a large amount of money for a self-degrading life. As a result, the Ouchi clan's battle for initiative broke out, and Sue Harukata, a Budan-ha, and Taketo Sagara, a Bunchi-ha, confronted each other . I came to do it.
Sue Harukata Yoshitaka Ouchi when he was young And Shudo no Naka was.
Shudo refers to the male color of men, and since ancient times women bleed by menstruation, and it was thought that blood bleeding on the battlefield was unclean, so I could not take them to the war. Therefore, I left the care of the military commander's personal belongings to the kosho. It is said that the beginning of Shudo is when the kosho takes care of the surroundings.
At that time, Sue Harukata was also a good adult, so it seems that such a relationship was over, but it seems that Yoshitaka still had a feeling. When I was in love, Yoshitaka Ouchi went to see him on a horse for five hours, and when he was sleeping, he left behind a waka poem for the first time in love.
Despite such a relationship, Sue Harukata cannot be interesting because he entrusted the management of the territory to Taketo Sagara. This confrontation evolved into Taketo's assassination turmoil, where Taketo took steps to swear his daughter, but was completely rejected.
At this point, the confrontation was not decisive, with Mr. Mori consolidating on the eastern side, and Mr. Ryuzoji in Kyushu, who was a vassal and spread territorially.
Ouchi Culture
Mr. Ouchi was not high in stone height for his vast territory. However, trade and wealth in mines in territories with port towns such as Hakata stood out from other daimyo.
Also, because Yoshitaka liked learning and art, Kyoto-style culture centered around Yamaguchi. Was incorporated. Not limited to Yoshitaka, many of Mr. Ouchi have an excellent sense of being a merchant for generations, and he dispatched Hakata-ori craftsmen to improve the quality of silk fabrics Nishijin-ori and Hakata-ori . Has had a great impact on.
Regarding Buddhism, not only the Zen sect that the samurai liked, but also the long-established Tendai sect and Shingon sect Monks are also invited to the territory. He himself studied Confucianism, Shintoism, Gagaku, etc., and he invited those who taught them to give him a territory.
Being a trading power, he was customary in foreign cultures and did not worship, but Francis Xavier Allows Christian missions in the territory. Also, according to one theory, it seems that matchlock guns were introduced before the Tanegashima guns were introduced due to the prosperous trade from ancient times, but Mr. Ouchi was focusing on increasing the production of exports rather than guns. It is said that it did not spread.
The wealth gained from the trade was sent to the imperial court as a donation in 1548 . Junior Second Rank The rank was up to. Even the shogun at the time was third rank Considering that, Yoshitaka was the same rank as the emperor's child, even though he was a Sengoku daimyo.
The change of Taineiji Temple and the destruction of Mr. Ouchi
1545 , Sagara Taketo Detects his danger and escapes to Higo Province and leaves the Ouchi family. However, Yoshitaka returned Taketo to the Ouchi family, and Sue Harukata's dissatisfaction exploded . It will make you decide to rebel.
And finally, the battle between the two who loved each other is cut off.
August 27, 1551 , Yoshitaka Ouchi Under Sue Harukata Rebellion You will receive the news. As if in response to this, Mr. Mouri, who had been in secret, also raised troops and held down the key points of Itsukushima and Sanyo Expressway. In addition, Mr. Sugi joined and became a total of 10,000 soldiers.
On the other hand, Yoshitaka Ouchi had a drinking party with Mr. Otomo's messenger and seemed to be alert.
It was late when he realized the seriousness of the matter, and it seems that the troops including Takatoyo Reizei were only about 2000-3000.
Ouchi's mansion was set on fire, treasures were plundered, and his soldiers fled. ] A peace plan to that effect is made, but it is rejected, and Yoshitaka abandons Yamaguchi and escapes to Nagato.
In addition, he tries to escape to Iwami, but due to the storm, Taineiji in Nagato Fukagawa Although I am smiling, Yoshitaka Ouchi will commit suicide on September 1st with the help of Takatoyo Reizei. After that, Takatoyo also rushed into the pottery army and achieved a splendid end.
Yoshitaka's firstborn, Yoshitaka, was captured by the pottery army and beheaded. His third son is also captured and killed. In addition, many officials who lived with Yoshitaka have also been murdered, and we can hear the grudge against Sue Harukata's Yoshitaka. Jealousy is scary ~
Love enemy Sagara Taketo Also siege in Hanao Castle and fight against the pottery army, but defeated. After that, Sue Harukata continued to attack the Yoshitaka faction one after another. However, Sue Harukata, a pottery sect, continued to be confused by revealing that he had once told Yoshitaka Ouchi and was forced into Harukata.
Taineiji Temple Since then, the Ouchi family has been Haruhide Otomo from Mr. Otomo of Bungo. Yoshinaga Ouchi It was renamed to. At this time, Sue swore allegiance, but it goes without saying that it was actually a puppet government by Sue Harukata.
However, Sue Harukata and Yoshinaga Ouchi After this, he will focus on strengthening the military, but because he has increased the labor of the national people, he will buy a backlash and cause a decline in national power. Taking that opportunity, Mori Motonari destroyed his nemesis, Amago, and strengthened his power, Sue Harukata and Mori Motonari . Itsukushima Battle I'm heading to, but that's another story.