Akura clan - Akurauji

…However, during the first half of the Northern and Southern Court civil war that followed, the Southern Court's forces were strong in various parts of the Seto Inland Sea, and the Southern Court was particularly dominant in terms of maritime power. The Ataka clan, based on Ishima in Awa and Numashima in Awaji, the Shinomiya clan on Maikojima and Nonoshima in Awa, the Akura clan on Shodoshima, the Sasaki clan, the Shiwaku clan of the Shiwaku Islands, the Mishima Murakami clan on Noshima, Kurushima, and Innoshima in Bingo in Iyo, and the Kutsuna clan of the Kutsuna Seven Islands in Iyo were all maritime powers on the Southern Court's side. When Prince Kaneyoshi, the Shogun of the Western Expedition, came to Kyushu, Kutsuna Yoshinori welcomed him to his residence on Kutsuna Island in 1339 (Engen 4/Ryakuo 2), and during his three-year stay, the strength of the Southern Army in Iyo was very strong. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Akura clan" are listed below.

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…しかしこれに続く南北朝内乱の前半期には瀬戸内の各地に南朝方の勢力が盛んで，ことに海上勢力はむしろ南朝方が優勢であった。阿波の伊島や淡路の沼島に拠った安宅（あたぎ∥あたか）氏，阿波の舞子島，野々島の四宮氏，小豆島の飽浦（あくら）氏，佐々木氏，塩飽（しわく）諸島の塩飽氏，伊予の能島（のしま），来島（くるしま）と備後因島（いんのしま）の三島村上氏，伊予の忽那七島の忽那氏などは南朝方海上勢力であった。なかでも征西将軍宮懐良（かねよし）親王の九州下向に当たり，忽那義範は1339年(延元4∥暦応2)これを忽那本島の館に迎え，その3ヵ年の滞在中，伊予の南軍の勢いは大いに振るった。…

※「飽浦氏」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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