- Hatakeyama clan
The nihongo|Hatakeyama clan|畠山氏|Hatakeyama-shi was a Japanese samurai clan. Originally a branch of the
Taira clan , and descended fromTaira no Takamochi , after 1205 the Hatakeyama came to be descendants of theAshikaga clan , who were in turn descended fromEmperor Seiwa (850-880) and theSeiwa Genji branch of theMinamoto clan .History
The first family being extinct in 1205,
Ashikaga Yoshizumi , son ofAshikaga Yoshizane , was chosen byHōjō Tokimasa to revive the name of Hatakeyama. He married Tokimasa's daughter, the widow ofHatakeyama Shigeyasu (the last Hatakeyama of the first branch), and inherited the domains of the Hatakeyama (1205). Thus the new family descended from the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji).The clan was an ally of the
Ashikaga shogunate against the (Imperial) Southern Court during the wars of theNanboku-chō period, and was rewarded by the shogunate with the hereditary position of "shugo " (Governor) of the provinces of Yamashiro, Kii, Kawachi, Etchu, and Noto, at the end of the 14th century. During the 15th century, the members of the Hatakeyama clan held, although not exclusively, the title of "kanrei " (Shogun's Deputy), holding great influence over the Imperial Court atKyoto . Around 1450, there was a split in the clan, and the internal conflict weakened the clan as a whole, causing it to lose the position of "kanrei" to theHosokawa clan . This split began with a feud betweenHatakeyama Masanaga andHatakeyama Yoshinari over succession to the position; it quickly grew, as each side gained allies, and was one of the sparks that ignited theŌnin War .Nevertheless, the Hatakeyama maintained enough strength and unity to become some of
Oda Nobunaga 's chief adversaries in Kyoto, a hundred years later.elected clan members of note
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Hatakeyama Naomune
*Hatakeyama Shigetada (1165-1205)
*Hatakeyama Motokuni - becameKanrei in1398
*Hatakeyama Yoshinari - rival with Masanaga forKanrei in1467
*Hatakeyama Masanaga - rival with Yoshinori forKanrei in1467
*Hatakeyama Takamasa (? -1576 )
*Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu (1552 -1585 )ee also
Japanese clans References
*Sansom, George (1961). 'A History of Japan 1334-1615'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
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