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DAIMYO of
KAWACHI PROVINCE
Hojo
- Domain: Sayama
- Stipend: 10,000
- Class: Tozama 5
- Headquaters: Municipal office
Daimyo family descended from Taira Sadamori. During the 16th century it was very powerful in
Kanto. As the family resided in Odawara (Sagami), it
was generally called the Odawara Hojo family, in order to distinguish it from
the Kamakura Hojo Shikken.
Succession
- Nagauji (1432-1519)
- Ujitsuna (1487-1541)
- Ujiyasu (1515-1570)
- Ujinori (1545-1600)
- Ujimori - 1st Hojo daimyo of Sayama
- Ujinobu
- Ujimune (unranked)
- Ujiharu
- Ujitomo
- Ujisada
- Ujiyoshi
- Ujiakira
- Ujitaka
- Ujihisa
- Ujiyoshi
- Ujiyuki (1845-1919)
Notable Ancestors
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Was first called Ise Shinkuro. Being a native of Suruga, he served Imagawa
Yoshitada and his son Ujichika. He had charge of the castle of Hachiman-yama
and then of Kokokuji. In 1491, when Ashikaga Masatomo was assassinated by his own son
Chacha-maru, Nagauji marched against the latter, put him to death, took
the province of Izu, and installed himself at Nirayama. Having married his son
Ujitsuna to a descendant of the ancient Hojo Shikken, he changed his family
name to that of Hojo, had his head shaved, and assumed the name of Soun, by
which he is better known. At that epoch the two branches Yamanouchi and
Ogigayatsu of the Uesugi family were at war with each other; Soun offered his
assistance to Sadamasa (Ogigayatsu) against Akisada (Yamanouchi). In 1495,
having
entered Sagami, he took the castle of Odawara, where he established himself. In
1510, Akisada having been defeated and killed by Nagao Tamekage,
the power of the Uesugi declined gradually and Soun profited by it to increase
his dominions. In 1518 he besieged Miura Yoshiatsu in his castle at Arai, took it, and
thus became master of the whole Sagami province. He died the following
year at Nirayama, at the age of 88. Hojo Soun was not only a remarkable
warrior, but also a skilful administrator; he left his son a code of laws in
21 chapters, which bears witness to his political talents.
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Hojo Ujitsuna (1487-1541)
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Son of Nagauji, attempted to realize the plan conceived by his father,
i.e. to annihilate the Uesugi and to take their place. In 1524 he took the
castle of Edo from Tomokaga Haruuji, an enemy of the Uesugi, and made an
appeal to all the samurai of Kanto. In 1537, Tomooki having died, his son
Tomosada succeeded him. Ujitsuna then made himself master of the castle of
Kawagoe, while Tomosada retired to Matsuyama. The following year, attacked by
Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Satomi Yoshihiro, he defeated them; Yoshiaki was killed
and Yoshihiro submitted. The whole Kanto now obeyed him, and, from his castle
at Odawara, he applied himself to repair the injuries caused by long wars.
With peace, prosperity reigned everywhere; numbers of samurai came from Kinai
and even from Shikoku to settle in the domains of the Hojo in order to find
tranquility. Ujitsuna died when 55 years old.
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Son of Ujitsuna. In 1544 the two Uesugi leagued with Imagawa
Ujichika against the Hojo: Ujiyasu intrusted the defense of the Kawagoe castle
to his brother Tsunanari, and successively defeated Uesugi Tomosada, Uesugi
Norimasa, and Ashikaga Haruuji. Norimasa having taken refuge at Hirai (Kozuke),
Ujiyasu besieged him and took the castle, whilst Norimasa fled into Echigo to
the residence of Nagao Terutora. This was the end of the two Uesugi branches
in Kanto, and in 1551 the Hojo took their place. In 1554 Ujiyasu besieged
Haruuji at Koga, made him prisoner, and kept him at Kamakura. Meanwhile, in
1560, Nagao
Terutora, yielding to the entreaties of Uesugi Norimasa, came to besiege
Odawara with a numerous army, but was unable to take the place, and so
retired. Soon afterwards Ujiyasu had to withstand the coalition of the
Imagawa and the Takeda, but peace was brought about and cemented by marriage:
Ujinao, a grandson of Ujiyasu, married the daughter of Takeda Shingen, and the
latter's son married the daughter of Ujiyasu. In 1563 Mogami Yoshihiro
together with Ota Sukemasa besieged the castle at Edo: Ujiyasu routed them, and
Yoshihiro was forced to cede to him his possessions in Kazusa. Soon afterwards
he made peace with Uesugi Kenshin (formerly Nagao Terutora), who adopted a son
of Ujiyasu. Finally in 1568 he sided with Imagawa Ujizane against Takeda Shingen, and died two years afterwards at the age of 56. It was Ujiyasu who
raised the glory and power of the Odawara Hojo to their greatest height. He
left seven sons to continue his work.
4th son of Ujiyasu, held the castle of Nirayama (Izu) when Hideyoshi
began his campaign against the Hojo. He was besieged by Oda Nobuo and
Fukushima Masanori. After a stout defense, he surrendered the castle to Ieyasu
and joined the besieged in Odawara. This town also having been surrendered, he
accompanied Ujinao to Koya-san. Soon afterwards he obtained from Hideyoshi
the small fief of Sayama where his descendants resided.
Sources
Takagi
- Domain: Tannan
- Stipend: 10,000 koku
- Class: Fudai 5
- Headquaters: Municipal office
Daimyo family descended from Minamoto Yorichika (Seiwa-Genji). From 1623 it resided at
Tannan.
Succession
- Masatsugu
- Masanari
- Masahiro
- Masamori
- Masatoyo
- Masanobu
- Masatsune
- Masanori
- Masanao
- Masakata
- Masaaki
- Masahira
- Masayoshi
Sources
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