Who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier", and is reponsible for taking Miki Castle of Harima Province from Bessho Nagaharu?
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Siege of Miki The siege of Miki (三木合戦 ) lasted from 1578 to 1580. Toyotomi Hideyoshi took Miki Castle of Harima Province, located in what is now Miki, Hyōgo, Japan, from Bessho Nagaharu, an ally of the Mōri clan.
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉 , March 17, 1537 – September 18, 1598) was a preeminent "daimyō", warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier". He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Warring States period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, named after Hideyoshi's castle. After his death, his young son Hideyori was displaced by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Battle of Tonegawa The Battle of Tonegawa was a battle during the final years of the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. During the year of 1571, the famed Uesugi Kenshin had advanced to the province of Kozuke and had attacked the satellite castle of Takeda Shingen --Ishikura castle--. Shingen had responded to Kenshin's attack, in which both forces met each other in a stand-off across the Tonegawa river. The opponents eventually disengaged each other after a well-fought battle.
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Mizuno Nobumoto Mizuno Nobumoto (水野 信元 , died January 27, 1576) was a daimyo of Japan's Sengoku period. A son of Mizuno Tadamasa, and brother of Mizuno Tadashige, he was the lord of Kariya Castle. He is Tokugawa Ieyasu's uncle through Tokugawa Hirotada's marriage to his sister.
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Amago Tsunehisa Amago Tsunehisa (尼子 経久 , December 25, 1458 – November 30, 1541) was a powerful warlord who gained the hegemony in Chūgoku region, Japan starting as a vassal of the Rokkaku clan. He ruled the domains of Inaba, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami, Oki, Harima, Mimasaka, Bizen, Bitchū, Bingo, and Aki.
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Fall of Osaka Castle On February 2, 1868, the Tokugawa-held Osaka Castle was captured by pro-Imperial "Kangun" forces. The fall followed the Tokugawa defeat in the Battle of Toba–Fushimi. Troops loyal to the "bakufu" tried to regroup under Tokugawa Yoshinobu. At Osaka Castle, Tokugawa Yoshinobu gathered his advisors and military leaders to plan strategy and, to boost morale, advised that he would personally take to the field as commander of "bakufu" forces.
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Kamiizumi Castle Kamiizumi Castle (上泉城 , Kamiizumi-jō ) was a Japanese castle located in the province of Kōzuke during the early Sengoku period of Japanese history. Throughout the course of the period, the castle was controlled by the father of the famous swordsman Kamiizumi Hidetsuna, whose name is unknown. It is known that Hidetsuna's father made sure that Hidetsuna was very well versed in the ways of "bujutsu" (martial arts), in which he thoroughly trained his son many times near his castle. Through his father's training, Hidetsuna soon on became a master of the spear and sword.
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Tsugaru clan The Tsugaru clan (津軽氏 , Tsugaru-shi ) was a Japanese samurai clan originating in northern Japan, specifically Mutsu Province (the northeast coast of Honshū). A branch of the local Nanbu clan, the Tsugaru rose to power during the Azuchi–Momoyama period. It was on the winning side of the Battle of Sekigahara, and entered the Edo period as a family of lords (daimyo) ruling the Hirosaki Domain. A second branch of the family was later established, which ruled the Kuroishi Domain. The Tsugaru survived as a daimyo family until the Meiji Restoration, when Tsugaru Tsuguakira of Hirosaki and Tsugaru Tsugumichi of Kuroishi were relieved of office. Their extended family then became part of the new nobility in the Meiji era.
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Asano Naganao Asano Naganao (浅野 長直 , 1610 – September 15, 1672) was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Akō Domain. He was classified as a tozama, and Akō under his rule was 53,000 koku in size. Naganao was responsible for the construction of Akō Castle.
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Kikuchi Takemitsu Kikuchi Takemitsu (菊池武光 , 1319–1373) was a general in the Nanboku-chō period of Japanese history. Takemitsu was the 9th son of Kikuchi Taketoki, and fought on the side of Emperor Go-Daigo as his father had done, a strong and dependable ally to Prince Kaneyoshi (懐良親王, also known as Kanenaga) (1326–1383) (son of the emperor Go-Daigo]]) in the struggle against the Kamakura shogunate . His most famed battle is the Battle of Oohobaru, fought on the banks of the Chikugo river in Kyūshū, in which he was victorious.
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Tsugaru Tamenobu Tsugaru Tamenobu (津軽 為信 , January 18, 1550 – March 29, 1607) was a Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku through early Edo period. He was known as Ōura Tamenobu earlier on in his life. Tamenobu had at one time battled against Nanbu Nobunao. Following this, Tamenobu submitted to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and fought against the Hōjō during the siege of Odawara. It was at this time that Tamenobu took the name of Tsugaru. Tamenobu followed in capturing Namioka Castle during the year 1590. During the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 17th century, Tamenobu supported the Tokugawa following the Sekigahara Campaign of 1600, at which point his revenues increased to 47,000 koku. Despite his support to Tokugawa, Tamenbou maintained good relationship with Ishida Mitsunari, who was a personal friend of his. After the western forces' certain defeat, he sent escorts to protect Ishida Mitsunari's family from harm and married Ishida's daughter to his heir.
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Hōjō Ujikuni Hōjō Ujikuni (北条 氏邦 , 1541 – September 19, 1597) was a samurai of the Sengoku period, and the third son of Hōjō Ujiyasu. Ujikuni was a high-ranking commander in the invasion of Kozuke. He was also the castellan (castle lord) in command of Hachigata Castle in Musashi province, which came under siege twice, in 1568 and in 1590. Along with Hojo Ujiteru, failed to stop Takeda Shingen's retreat in the Battle of Mimasetoge.
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Battle of Nagashino The Battle of Nagashino (長篠の戦い , Nagashino no Tatakai ) took place in 1575 near Nagashino Castle on the plain of Shitarabara in the Mikawa Province of Japan. Takeda Katsuyori attacked the castle when Okudaira Sadamasa rejoined the Tokugawa, and when his original plot with Oga Yashiro for taking Okazaki Castle, the capital of Mikawa, was discovered.
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Kusuko Incident The Kusuko Incident (薬子の変 , Kusuko no Hen ) , also known as the Retired Emperor Heizei Incident (平城太上天皇の変 , Heizei-Daijō-tennō no Hen ) , occurred in the early Heian period. In 810, Emperor Saga and ex-Emperor Heizei stood in opposition, but Saga's side quickly raised enough troops to resolve the confrontation, making Heizei become a monk. Heizei's lover the Naishi-no-kami (内侍 ) Fujiwara no Kusuko and her older brother the "sangi" Fujiwara no Nakanari were punished for the incident.
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Siege of Shiroishi The siege of Shiroishi, in 1600, was one of several feudal Japanese battles leading up to the decisive battle of Sekigahara which ended the period of over 100 years of war, and was immediately followed by the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. Shiroishi was a castle just south of the city of Sendai, controlled by a retainer of Uesugi Kagekatsu, who in turn was one of the chief supporters of Ishida Mitsunari.
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Sakai Tadatsugu Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井 忠次 , 1527 – 17 December 1596) was one of the most favored and most successful military commanders serving Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late-Sengoku period. He is regarded as one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa ("Tokugawa-Shitennō"). along with Honda Tadakatsu, Ii Naomasa, and Sakakibara Yasumasa.
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Tokugawa Ienari Tokugawa Ienari; 徳川 家斉 (November 18, 1773 – March 22, 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837. He was a great-grandson of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune through his son Munetada (1721–1764), head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the family, and his grandson Harusada (1751–1827).
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Siege of Takamatsu In the 1582 siege of Takamatsu (備中高松城の戦い), Toyotomi Hideyoshi laid siege to Takamatsu Castle, which was controlled by the Mōri clan. He diverted a nearby river with dikes to surround and flood the castle, leading to a relatively speedy surrender. He also constructed towers on barges from which his arquebusiers could keep up a constant rate of fire and be unhindered themselves by the flooding. As the battle grew more intense, the garrison received reinforcements from the Mōri, Kikkawa and Kobayakawa clans, and Hideyoshi sent for aid from his lord Oda Nobunaga. In response, Nobunaga sent a contingent of men west, to make their way to Takamatsu, while he himself stopped at the Honnō-ji for a time; during this stay, he would be betrayed and killed by Akechi Mitsuhide.
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Nagaoka Domain Nagaoka Domain (長岡藩 , Nagaoka-han ) was a "fudai" feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Echigo Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Nagaoka Castle), located in what is now part of the city of Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture. It was often referred to as Echigo-Nagaoka Domain (越後長岡藩 , Echigo-Nagaoka-han ) to disambiguate itself from the smaller Yamashiro-Nagaoka Domain (山城長岡藩 , Yamashiro-Nagaoka-han ) in what is now Nagaokakyo, Kyoto. The domain was ruled by the Makino clan for most of its history. It was also the center of some of the fiercest fighting of the Boshin War, during the summer of 1868. Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was the son of a Nagaoka samurai.
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Ichijō Kanesada Ichijō Kanesada (一条 兼定 , 1543 – July 27, 1585) was the succeeding ruling head over Ichijō family's Tosa Province, throughout the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan.
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Fujiwara no Korechika Fujiwara no Korechika (藤原 伊周 , 974 – February 14, 1010) , the second son of Michitaka, was a "kugyo" (Japanese noble) of the Heian period. His mother was Takashina no Takako, also known as Kō-no-Naishi (高内侍). His sister Teishi (Sadako) was married to Emperor Ichijō, and Korechika aspired to become the regent ("Sessho") for his young brother-in-law after his father's death. Korechika's (ultimately fruitless) ambitions pitted him against his powerful uncle, Fujiwara no Michinaga, and the resulting power struggle continued until Empress Teishi's unexpected death. This left Michinaga's daughter, Shoshi, as Ichijō's sole empress, solidifying Michinaga's power at court.
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Kyōgoku Takatomo Kyōgoku Takatomo (京極 高知 , 1572 – 1622) was a "daimyo" of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period and the early Edo Period. He was the second son of Kyōgoku Takayoshi and Kyōgoku Maria, also Takatsugu's younger brother. In 1592 Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave him the domain at Iida (80,000 "koku") in Shinano Province in central Honshu, but he took sides with the Tokugawa clan in the Sekigahara Campaign. For his loyalty he was given 78,000 "koku" and the Miyazu Domain in Tango Province, where he established himself until his death. His adopted heir Kyōgoku Takahiro went on to manage the domain after his death.