History of Asia

• Was the position of the old man in the Edo Shogunate the highest?

  [Rōjū] and [Rōjū] Its easy to think of it in the same way, but it looks similar and different. The old vassal refers to the best vassal who supports the house, but [Rōjū] is the title of the Edo Shogunate. Speaking of the Tokugawa clans old vassals, it refers to the person with the highest family

• The transition of the Edo Shogunate's Rōjū system, part 1

  After Ieyasu Tokugawa opened the Edo Shogunate, he communicated his intentions to daimyo nationwide [ elderly ] Was placed. This old man is old man However, the first elderly (Rōjū) are Masanobu Honda and Tadashi Okubo . It was two people. When Ieyasu was alive, the old system was far from the

• The transition of the Edo Shogunate's Rōjū system, part 2

  In the previous article, I wrote about the period from Ieyasu Tokugawa to Yoshimune, but in Part 2, I would like to start with the Rōjū system during the three major reforms of Edo. Rōjū in the Edo periods three major reforms It seems that Yoshimune, the 8th shogun who succeeded the shogun from

• What is the Zhang Zuolin bombing case? ??

  Although the times are quite different from the previous article, I would like to focus on the case in which the top Fengtian clique Zhang Zuolin (of China) was bombed in 1928 by the Kwantung Army of Japan. Wasnt Japan fitted in this case? Although there is a different theory, the Kwantung Army is

• What is the operation of the Japanese fleet that defeated the Russian Baltic Fleet? ??

  The biggest Venus in the modern war is probably the Russo-Japanese War. Among them, [ Battle of Tsushima ] Is said to be the battle that decided the victory or defeat of the Russo-Japanese War, and became a turning point for the Japanese Navy after that. Russian Baltic Fleet to the Far East .

• About Uesugi Zenshu's Ran

  It is a rebellion by Mr. Uesugi Zenshu, a former Kanto governor who confronts the Kantō Kubō in the Kanto region in 1416 during the Muromachi period. When I unravel the history of Kai with Takeda Shingen, I would like to summarize this inevitable war. History of Uesugi Zenshus turbulence Sit

• Let's take a look at Kai Province just before the Warring States period

  Before I talk about the biography of each Sengoku daimyo, I have to understand what the situation was like at that time, so this time I will investigate the country of Kai just before the Sengoku period. Outbreak of Uesugi Zenshus Ran It was 1416 that the country of Kai was confused during t

• What was the beginning of the turmoil in the Northern and Southern Dynasties? ??

  I get the impression that the Muromachi period is not as stable as the Kamakura and Edo periods of the same samurai government. Most of the cause of that image is the beginning of the Warring States period. And one more. It is not unrelated to the fact that the imperial court was divided and fought

• Ashikaga Takauji vs. younger brother's righteousness! !! Approaching the disturbance of the sensation

  The Onin War is famous for the civil war in the Muromachi period, but even before the Onin War, a nationwide civil war occurred. The biggest war was Kanno . (Kanno) Disturbance (Joran). Simply put, its a spectacular quarrel between Ashikaga Takauji and his younger brother, Tadayoshi, but the fa

• Mori Motonari's three arrows were a myth! ??

  Speaking of Mori Motonari [ Three Arrows ] Is famous, but this anecdote was not a historical fact but a story made in posterity. Even though it is a creation, I think that the fact that such a legend is created is proof of how big the existence of Mori Motonari at that time was. However, this ane

• Toyotomi Hideyori's birth secret and Hideyoshi's thoughts

  Toyotomi Hideyoshi had 14 concubines but couldnt have children. However, only two children were born to Yodo-dono. From a biological point of view, it was impossible to say that only Yodo-dono would have a child. Kyogoku Ryuko , one of Hideyoshis concubines There were 2 boys and 1 girl, but the

• Akechi Mitsuhide was Ieyasu Tokugawa's staff, Nankobo Tenkai! ??

  June 2, 1582 , Akechi Mitsuhide Defeated his master, Nobunaga Oda, at Honnoji Temple. However, 11 days later, on June 13, Battle of Yamazaki Hideyoshi Hashiba On the way to Sakamoto Castle, he was defeated by the farmers and met the fallen warriors hunting and died. However, the legend of

• Prosperity and downfall of Mr. Toki who produced Akechi Mitsuhide

  Mr. Toki was a samurai from the Kamakura period to the Edo period, and follows the tradition of Seiwa Genji. During the Nanbokucho period, he served as a guardian of Mino Province and was active as a part of the shogunate as a samurai-dokoro of the Muromachi shogunate. In the heyday, Mino / Ise /

• What is a Gokenin? ?? Let's take a look at the new system that started in the Kamakura period

  This time, before the beginning of the Muromachi period, why did Emperor Go-Daigo succeed in defeating him? I tried to write an article from the perspective of the Kamakura Shogunate, but I noticed that the blog did not mention the system of the Kamakura period at all, so I will hurry to summarize t

• Why did Emperor Go-Daigo's defeat plan succeed? ??

  Ive been writing articles about the flow of the Muromachi and Nanbokucho periods, but I asked, Why did the flow of defeating the Kamakura Shogunate come about as a common understanding among many people? I didnt write the background to the destruction of the shogunate. This time, I will talk about

• Town planning in Edo by Ieyasu Tokugawa

  1590 after the death of Mr. Hojo in Odawara Kampaku ・ Toyotomi Hideyoshi Ieyasu Tokugawa ordered to transfer to Kanto .. Edo around this time was Ota Dokan Built by Edo Castle However, the vast wetlands spread out and the population was smaller than that of Odawara, so it was an area that w

• Main positions of the Edo Shogunate

  When Ieyasu Tokugawa became a shogun, he formed a master-slave relationship with about 260 daimyo. The government of the Tokugawa clan is called the shogunate, and the place governed by the daimyo clan is called the clan. In this way, the rule system in which the shogunate and the clan govern the

• How did the people of the Edo period, who were in the Little Ice Age, survive the cold?

  In recent years, new theories have been whispered about the beginning of the Warring States period. Globally Mini Glacial (Little Ice Age) from mid-14th century to mid-19th century It is said that it was. Above all, the temperature is particularly low from the 15th century to the beginning of th

• The portrait of Takauji Ashikaga changed before I knew it !?

  Do you all know this portrait? As anyone who took a history class decades ago like me knows, Mr. Takauji Ashikaga, the first shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate It is a portrait that I was aware of. The person riding on a black horse is a child like a samurai, but he has an image that he is stro

• The battle between Okehazama is not a surprise attack, but a new theory has emerged! ??

  How could Oda Nobunaga beat Yoshimoto Imagawa before? I wrote an article called. In that article, a small number of Oda troops surprise attack from the mountain behind the Imagawa army resting in the Okehazama. I wrote that I won. Interpretation of Okehazama between Nobunaga Kouki and Nobuna