During the Warring States period, Japan moved around the samurai, so it is inevitable that there will be many anecdotes.
The battle for the survival of the house is not limited to the samurai family [ public house ], And I was wondering how to protect my house without using force while maintaining my honor.
This time, I would like to write about Konoe Sakihisa, one of the five regents [Konoe family] that appears frequently.
Konoe Sakihisa's family
Konoe family, one of the five regents , following the tradition of the Fujiwara Kita family in 1536. Sakihisa, who was born as the eldest son of Sakihisa, was born by Yoshiharu Ashikaga, the 12th shogun, after his genpuku. ] Character [ Harutsu ] Will be given.
In 1541, Junior Third Rank Kugyō In 1547, Naidaijin , Right Large in 1553 In 1554, Minister of the Left Kampaku Next, he became Toshi no Choja. In addition, the following year he was promoted to junior rank [ fine ] Characters are simply thrown away [ Maetsugu ].
As a public house, Sakihisa, who achieved a super-speed career at the age of 19, went to Hokuriku and Kanto himself, despite being in the position of Kampaku Kenshin Uesugi . We are helping to advance into the Kanto region.
While reigning over the top of his vassals, the lightness of the footwork to go to the site with his own feet and the courage to throw away the [Haruka] character given by the shogun are interesting compared to other officials. It seems.
The imperial court is banished on suspicion of assassination of the shogun
He is not like a public house, such as helping Kenshin advance into the Kanto region while deepening personal exchanges with Kenshin Uesugi, and his actions may be a factor trusted by other samurai families. However, Kenshin's Kanto Heisei did not go well, and when he returned to Kyo, Eiroku's change Ashikaga Yoshiteru was assassinated.
Moreover, Matsunaga Hisahide, the perpetrator of the assassination, came to ask Sakihisa for the support of the Shogun, but he could not resist the times and reluctantly decided to join hands with the Miyoshi faction.
However, in 1568, Nobunaga Oda came to Tokyo with Yoshiaki Ashikaga.
At that time, Yoshiaki said, [ Eiroku no Hen ] Was suspected that not only the Miyoshi faction but also Konoe Sakihisa had one piece, and Haruyoshi Nijo, who was his predecessor Kampaku, also tuned in, so Yoshiaki, who became a shogun, expelled Sakihisa from the imperial court.
Sakihisa, who was expelled from the imperial court and lost his position as Kampaku, is his relative Naomasa Akai and Honganji . I have decided to move to.
In this way, 15th Shogun Yoshiaki Ashikaga However, Sakihisa had no intention of confronting Oda Nobunaga. By the time Yoshiaki and Nobunaga's relationship becomes terrible and Nobunaga's siege network is formed, they will leave Honganji Temple. Perhaps there was a foresight in this area, which is a great place for Sakihisa.
Perhaps because he was close to the age, Sakihisa and Nobunaga were on good terms and both had a hobby of falconry, so they were able to get close to each other both publicly and privately. They were proud of the results of falconry.
I was suspected of Honnoji because I was on good terms with Mitsuhide ...
Thus Oda Nobunaga Sakihisa, who has earned the trust of Kyushu, will be appointed as a bridge between the daimyo of Kyushu and Honganji Temple due to the size of his face. In particular, by successfully organizing the peace with Honganji, Nobunaga said, [ Let's give the Konoe family a country when it comes to my world . 】They said.
After that, Koshu Subjugation Nobunaga and Sakihisa were already close friends, allies and comrades, and had a very close relationship with each other.
However, that didn't last long, and what happened in 1582 was the Honnoji Incident.
Sakihisa dropped his hair and entered the Buddhist gate, probably because he was shocked to lose Nobunaga, a good friend.
However, Hideyoshi Hashiba and Nobutaka Oda From [ It seems that the Akechi army fired from the Konoe family's house ], And I was asked to resolve the misunderstanding through the mediation of Ieyasu Tokugawa. Moreover, since he asked me to go to Hamamatsu with my own feet, it seems that the lightness of his footwork had not changed even around this time.
However, Battle of Komaki and Nagakute When Hideyoshi and Ieyasu fought, he moved to Nara and returned to Tokyo after seeing a consensus.
Konoe Sakihisa after retiring
1587 After that, he lived quietly in a retired house, using Jishoji Togu-do, which is related to the Ashikaga Shogunate, as a villa. One notable move is Nobunaga's seventh anniversary.
In memory of Nobunaga Oda, " Namamidabu (fu) It is a famous story to sing a song of six heads that starts with one letter at a time.
A memorial song from Sakihisa to Nobunaga
- (na) Even if I mourn, I can't leave behind tears.
- (Mu) Mutsumi Majiki The old man and his murky clouds in his empty sky
- (A) If you feel sorry for the world, it's raining or tears at dawn.
- (Mi) Even if you look at her, her Mikuhoshiki is a short-night moon that hides in the peak with only her.
- Even if you ask (ta), the soul (tama) is still there.
- (Fu) The lie of the night after that, the dream of her afterwards that can't be seen again in the breeze
It is a very skillful song that all the sentences of Tanka start with the same letters, but I feel that Sakihisa's honest feelings are sung, mourning the death of a close friend.
Sakihisa demonstrated his talent for waka and renga, as if he were a Fujiwara clan's five regents.
He is also familiar with equestrian and falconry, " Tatsuyama Kotaka Hyakushu . He also wrote a songbook that also served as a specialized manual for falconry, and gave manuscripts to Hideyoshi and Ieyasu. Also, when the princess of the Tsugaru family with whom I had a close relationship disappeared since the beginning of the Edo period, [ Namamidabu ] It is said that he wrote a song that begins with.
From that, Konoe Sakihisa may have been a very kind person.