Akechi Koretomi Hyuga no Kami - Akechi Koretomi Hyuga no Kami

...A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The Akechi clan was a branch of the Toki clan in Mino, but Mitsuhide first served Asakura Yoshikage in Echizen, and then served Ashikaga Yoshiaki when he was exiled to the Asakura clan. He then became a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and made an effort to help Yoshiaki come to Kyoto. He served both Yoshiaki and Nobunaga as a retainer and was also involved in the administration of Kyoto. After the fall of the Muromachi Shogunate, he was appointed by Nobunaga and participated in the war of conquest. In 1571 (Genki 2), he became the lord of Sakamoto Castle in Omi. In 1575 (Tensho 3), he was named Koreto Hyuga no Kami and began the conquest of Tamba. In 1579, he defeated Hatano Hideharu and others at Yakami Castle and pacified the area. In 1580, he became the lord of Kameyama Castle. He then had Hosokawa Fujitaka, Tsutsui Junkei, and the Nakagawa and Takayama clans attached to him as yoriki (assistants), and he gained control of key points on the east and west of Kyoto, forming a group of vassals centered around samurai from Mino, Omi, and Tamba, as well as former retainers of the Shogunate.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Akechi Tarentomi Hyuganokami" are listed below.

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…安土桃山時代の武将。明智氏は美濃土岐の一族だが，光秀は初め越前の朝倉義景に仕え，そして足利義昭が朝倉氏のもとに流寓したとき出仕し，ついで織田信長の家臣となり義昭の上洛に尽力，義昭と信長に両属して申次（もうしつぎ）を務め，京都の施政にも関与した。室町幕府滅亡後は信長に登用され征服戦に参加，1571年(元亀2)近江坂本城主となり，75年(天正3)惟任（これとう）日向守と称し，丹波の攻略に着手，79年八上城の波多野秀治らを下して平定し，80年亀山城主となり，ついで細川藤孝，筒井順慶，中川･高山諸氏を与力として付属され，京都の東西の要衝を掌握，美濃･近江･丹波の諸侍や幕府旧臣を中核とする家臣団を形成した。…

※「明智惟任日向守」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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