Aki Kokujin Ikki

Japanese: 安芸国人一揆 - あきこくじんいっき

...This refers to the regional alliances that local feudal lords made during the Nanboku-cho and Muromachi periods, for the purpose of responding to unrest in the central and local regions and securing their sovereignty, by concluding treaties or other means. (1) These were organized from above with a certain political intent (such as the Minamikyushu Kokujin Ikki of 1377 (Tenju 3/Eiwa 3), which was organized by Kyushu Tandai Imagawa Ryōshun as a military force to subjugate the Southern Court forces), (2) these were military opposition to newly appointed shugo (such as the Shinano kokujin uprising in 1400 (Oei 7) in which the Shinano kokujin fought against the shugo Ogasawara clan, and the Aki Kokujin Ikki described below), and (3) the Yamashiro Kuni Ikki, in which the forces of the Hatakeyama clan and the kokujin class took control of the country. All of these were formed by external political forces, and disintegrated when their intent was achieved or when the shugo daimyo's control of the territory progressed....

From the Mori clan

...However, in 1378 (Tenju 4, Eiwa 4), Motoharu was granted the position of land steward of Yoshida Manor by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and by this time the division and conflict within the family had temporarily come to an end. After the Oei War (1399), the Aki Kokujin Ikki was formed in opposition to the shogunate's policy of suppressing the ruling Ouchi faction. The Mori clan included five members, including head Mitsufusa, excluding Fukuhara Hiroyo, and Mitsufusa was one of the central figures in the uprising. However, there was constant conflict between the head family and the illegitimate family, which was made up of Motoharu's children. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Aki Kokujin Ikki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南北朝･室町時代に在地領主層が中央･地方における動乱への対応，および領主権確保を目的とし，契状を取り結ぶなどして地域的に連合した形態をいう。(1)一定の政治的意図をもって上から組織されたもの(九州探題今川了俊が南朝側勢力討伐のためにその軍事力として編成した面をもつ1377年(天授3∥永和3)の南九州国人一揆など)，(2)新任の守護に軍事的に対抗したもの(1400年(応永7)信濃国人が守護小笠原氏と戦ったもの，後述の安芸国人一揆など)，(3)山城国一揆のように，畠山氏両軍を追放して国人層による国内支配をおこなった事例，などがある。いずれも外部からの政治的契機によって形成されており，その意図が果たされたり，守護大名の領国支配が進展すれば解体する。…

【毛利氏】より

…しかし78年(天授4∥永和4)元春は足利義満から吉田荘地頭職を安堵され，このころまでに一族の分裂抗争はいったん終結した。　応永の乱(1399)後，幕府の大内与党制圧政策に対して結成された安芸国人一揆には，毛利氏は福原広世を除き惣領光房をはじめ5名が加わっており，光房は一揆の中心の一人であった。しかし元春の子弟をもって形成された庶子家と惣領家との間には確執が絶えなかった。…

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