Akutagawa family

...A castle located near Akutagawa-juku in Shimakami County (present-day Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture), a strategic location in the northeast of Settsu Province. The first-stage Akutagawa Castle (flat castle) is thought to have been the residence or castle of the Akutagawa clan, who were vassals of the Kamakura Shogunate and representative local lords from the Nanboku-cho period onwards, and the second-stage Akutagawa Castle (mountain castle) was built in the mountainous area behind it, commonly known as Miyoshiyama. The main branch of the Akutagawa clan was destroyed during the Onin War and the castle fell into ruin, but later Hosokawa Masamoto aimed to rebuild it and appointed his vassal Nose Yorinori to the position.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Akutagawa clan is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…摂津国北東部の要地，島上郡芥川宿(現，大阪府高槻市)付近にあった城。芥川宿を本拠とし，鎌倉幕府の御家人で南北朝時代以降は代表的な国人であった芥河(川)氏の居館か，同時に城館でもあったと推定される第1期芥川城(平城)と，背後の山地，通称三好山に築かれた第2期芥川城(山城)がある。芥河氏の本家は応仁の乱中に滅亡し城館もいったん荒廃したが，その後細川政元が再建をめざし，被官の能勢頼則を配した。…

※「芥河氏」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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