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HARIMA | ///////Map of SANYODO Provinces - Roads, Rivers & Towns///// | ART WORK - MAP HARIMA Overlay |
________ YASUYORI EI-EN 987 ___|___ _______ _________ IYETOKI(1) EI-EN 987 IYEMURA KANESHIGE EI-EN 987 |_____________ EI-EN 987 ____|____ ___|___ ___|____ KANESHIGE TEN-KI 1053 IYETOKI(2) SUKETOKI CHO-WA 1012 CHO-WA 1012 ___|____ SUKEHIRA KAN-JI 1087 ___|_____ SUKETSUNE CHO-JI 1104 |
NORIMURA tied up NITTA YOSHISADA while TAKAUJI headed south to regroup. They then joined the field at MINATO-GAWA, crushing MASASHIGE's Imperial forces and pushing the KUSUNOKI back to KAWACHI - as NORIMURA had sworn. His son, AKAMATSU NORISUKE would become Governor in HARIMA and later BIZEN. A minister under the ASHIKAGA SHOGUN, YOSHIMITSU, the 3rd AKAMATSU, short statured and humorously labeled, SAN-SHAKU NYUDO "The Three-foot Priest" YOSHINORI, found their holdings increased further when the domains of the YAMANA, owners of one-sixth of Japan, were divided in 1391. The AKAMTASU received MIMASAKA and some of INABA and TAJIMA. AKAMATSU MITSUSUKE became the rightful inheritor succeeding his father, YOSHINORI. Ahh, but the tapestry weaves a circular pattern... It seems another great-grandchild of old NORIMURA, one MOCHISADA of another line, decided to manipulate the AKAMATSU lands to himself. Avaricious collusion with SHOGUN, ASHIKAGA YOSHIMOCHI led to an ordered assault by the easily persuaded YAMANA TOKINORI and HOSOKAWA MOCHIMOTO. Everyone else rightfully rallied for MITSUSUKE. Politics what they were, the SHOGUN backed off - saving face by having MOCHISADA slit his belly. YOSHIMOCHI died the following year to be succeeded by new SHOGUN: ASHIKAGA YOSHINORI. In time, the departed MOCHISADAs' son, SADAMURA found in this new SHOGUN, a receptive ear for his father's old scheme. Hearing this secret, MITSUSUKE was presented his fate. He knew the gambit -and its result- before the start. At a lavish feast, he assassinated SHOGUN ASHIKAGA YOSHINORI, and fled to the ancient AKAMATSU fortress, "The White Banner Castle" SHIRAHATA. Besieged by the HOSOKAWA, the TAKEDA, the YAMANA and, of course, the ever vengeful SADAMURA, MITSUSUKE died with his son in their old keep - KA-KICHI 1441. HARIMA then came under the renewed power of the YAMANA. But MITSUSUKE had a nephew - AKAMATSU MASANORI, who returned to HARIMA in the O-NIN 1467 Times of War with his uncle's revenge... MASANORI also made swords - see the following |
MASANORI CHO-KYO 1487 A BUKE of the AKAMATSU. Set aside following the KA-KICHI destruction of SHIRAHATA "White-Banner" Castle, MASANORI reclaimed HIMEJI and his name - in O-NIN 1467. Traveled to OMI for ASHIKAGA YOSHIHISAs' CHOKYO SEIBATSU (1487 siege of the ROKKAKU - see OMI). Smithing SENSEI: BIZEN SAKYO-no-SHIN MUNEMITSU. Along with brother SAKYOnoSHIN students, SAKUSHU MUNEMITSU and BIZEN KATSUMITSU, etc., MASANORI pursued SUE-BIZEN style, see MIMASAKA MUNEMITSU, following, and SUE-BIZEN KATSUMITSU/MUNEMITSU NOTE: Often misinterpreted or mistranslated, these BIZEN-style smiths traveled to OMI as sword smiths in the camp of warrior and Lord of the AKAMATSU, MASANORI. The smiths were not warriors. MASANORI was also a smith but only as a personal interest. KO-MOKUME with JI-NIE. KO-GUNOME with ASHI. GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE, NIOI-DEKI KO-MIDARE BA. MIDARE BOSHI with deep turnback. MASANORI died in MEI-O 3, 1494. HYOBU SHOYU MINAMOTO ASON MASANORI SAKU JUSHI-I SAKYO-DAYU MINAMOTO ASON MASANORI SAKU |
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