Imagawa Ujizane

Japanese: 今川氏真 - いまがわうじざね

[Born] Tenbun 7 (1538)
[Died] December 28, 1614 (Keicho 19). Sengoku daimyo of Edo Suruga. Son of Yoshimoto (→ Imagawa Yoshimoto). Commonly known as Goro. His pen name was Sougin. In 1554 (Tenbun 23), Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Shingen, and Hojo Ujiyasu formed an alliance, and Ujiyasu's daughter became Ujizane's wife. In May 1560 (Eiroku 3), when Yoshimoto was defeated and killed in the Battle of Okehazama, Ujizane succeeded him and took possession of Suruga, Totomi, and Mikawa. In 1561 (Eiroku 5), Shingen's father, Nobutora, who was a fool and dependent on the family, tried to get rid of Ujizane along with Ujizane's vassals Sena, Katsuyama, and Asahina, but was banished from Suruga instead. In 1562 (Eiroku 7), Ujizane fought against Tokugawa Ieyasu and lost Mikawa. In the same year, Shingen, encouraged by his father, Nobutora, sent troops to Yui in Suruga. Ujizane ordered his subordinate, Shikahara Awa no Kami, to defend against them at Satta Pass, but to no avail. His retainers betrayed Shingen, and Ujizane's entire army was defeated. Soon after, Fuchu was also taken, and he fled to Kakegawa Castle in Totomi, where he sought refuge with Asahina Yasuyoshi. At almost the same time as Shingen's invasion of Suruga, Tokugawa Ieyasu began his attack on Totomi, and in January of the same year, he surrounded Ujizane's Kakegawa Castle. In May, peace was made between the Tokugawa and Hojo, and Ujizane was transferred from Kakegawa to Tokura in Izu, which was under Hojo control. Later, Ujizane had a falling out with Hojo Ujimasa, and fled to Ieyasu. In March of the 10th year of Tensho (82), Sunpu was given to Ieyasu by Nobunaga, who had destroyed the Takeda clan. Ujizane was good at kemari (a traditional Japanese game of kemari), and later went to Kyoto, where he was supported by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He later became a monk, but later served Ieyasu. His descendants became noble families in the Edo Shogunate and took the name of the Shinagawa clan. His posthumous name was Sengan-in Toyoyama Sogin.

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Japanese:

[生]天文7(1538)
[没]慶長19(1614).12.28. 江戸
駿河の戦国大名。義元 (→今川義元 ) の子。通称五郎。号は宗ぎん (そうぎん) 。天文 23 (1554) 年，今川義元，武田信玄，北条氏康の間で同盟成り，氏康の娘が氏真の妻となった。永禄3 (60) 年5月，義元が桶狭間の戦いで敗死した跡を継ぎ，駿河，遠江，三河を領有した。同5年，上総介。暗愚であったため，同家に寄食していた信玄の父信虎は，氏真の家臣瀬名，葛山，朝比奈らとともに，氏真を退けようとしたが，かえって駿河から追放された。氏真は同7年，徳川家康と戦って，三河を失った。同 10年，信玄は父信虎からすすめられて兵を駿河由比に出した。氏真は部将鹿原安房守に命じて，薩埵峠 (さったとうげ) にこれを防いだが利なく，家臣が信玄に内応したため，続いて氏真の全軍も破られ，まもなく府中も落されて，遠江掛川城に逃れ，朝比奈泰能を頼った。信玄の駿河侵入とほぼ時を同じくして，徳川家康は遠江攻略に着手し，同 12年正月，氏真の掛川城を包囲した。5月に徳川，北条の和が成り，氏真は掛川から北条支配下の伊豆戸倉に移された。のち氏真は北条氏政と不和になり，逃れて家康を頼った。天正 10 (82) 年3月，駿府は武田氏を滅ぼした信長の手によって家康に加封された。氏真は蹴鞠をよくし，のち京都へおもむき豊臣秀吉に扶持され，のち出家したが，次いで家康に仕え，子孫は江戸幕府の高家となって，品川氏を称した。法号は仙巌院豊山宗ぎん。

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