Ashina Heishiro - Ashina Heishiro

...A military commander during the Warring States period. Lord of Kurokawa Castle in Aizu. His childhood name was Shiromaru. He was also known as Heishiro or Heisaburo. His first name was Moriharu. He became a monk and took the name Shishisai. His father was Ashina Morikiyo. He expanded his influence to Minamiaizu and Sendo (Nakadori, Fukushima Prefecture), and brought the Ashina clan to its heyday. In the records of the Muromachi Shogunate in 1563 (Eiroku 6), he is listed as one of the 50 or so "feudal lords living in the country," along with the Later Hojo and Oda. His posthumous name was Zuiun-in Takegan Sokan Daianshu. His grave is at Soei-ji Temple in Aizu-Wakamatsu City. Ashina clan [Kobayashi Seiji]...

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…戦国期の武将。会津黒川城主。幼名四郎丸。通称平四郎また平三郎とも伝える。初名盛治。入道して止々斎（ししさい）と称した。父は蘆名盛舜（もりきよ）。南会津および仙道(福島県中通り)に勢力を拡大し，蘆名の全盛時代をきずいた。1563年(永禄6)の室町幕府の記録には後北条，織田とともに〈大名在国衆〉50余人のなかに列している。法名瑞雲院竹巌宗関大庵主。墓所は会津若松市宗英寺。蘆名氏【小林 清治】…

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