Masahiro Ouchi

Japanese: 大内政弘 - おおうちまさひろ

Year of death: September 18, 4th year of Meiō (October 6, 1495)
Year of birth: Bun'an 3 (1446)
A military commander in the Muromachi and Sengoku periods. His childhood name was Kamedomaru. He was called Shinsuke and held the position of Sakyo no Daibu (chief of the Left Capital). He was the son of Norihiro. In 1465, he succeeded Norihiro as head of the family after his death and became the shugo (military governor) of Suo, Nagato, Buzen, and Chikuzen. When the Onin War broke out in 1467, he went east as a military commander on the Western side and fought against the Eastern side in Kyoto and its surrounding areas. Taking advantage of this opportunity, in 1469, Shoni Yoritada (Masasuke) seized Chikuzen Province. The following year, his uncle Noriyuki raised an army and rebelled against Masahiro, putting his control over the territory in danger. In 1469, he surrendered to the shogunate, and in 1470, he was granted his shugo position in Suo, Nagato, Buzen, and Chikuzen, and returned to Yamaguchi. In September of the following year, he traveled to Kyushu to subjugate the Shoni clan, and regained control of Buzen and Chikuzen. After that, he promoted the chigyo system and organized the Yamaguchi Council of Ministers and Magistrates, and strengthened his control over his territory, which had weakened during the Onin War. He sent troops to the shogunate's expeditions to Omi in 1487 and 1492. He also had contact with Ming and Korea, and had close ties with cultural figures, and published a collection of poems called "Jujin Wakashu." <References> Yonehara Masayoshi, "Research on Sengoku Bushi and Literature"

(Saeki Hirotsugu)

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Japanese:

没年：明応4.9.18(1495.10.6)
生年：文安3(1446)
室町・戦国時代の武将。幼名亀童丸。新介と称し,官途は左京大夫。教弘の子。寛正6(1465)年,教弘の死後家督を継ぎ,周防・長門・豊前・筑前などの守護となる。応仁1(1467)年応仁の乱が起こると,西軍の武将として東上し,京都とその周辺で東軍と戦う。この隙に乗じ,文明1(1469)年少弐頼忠(政資)が筑前国を奪取。翌年には伯父の教幸が挙兵して政弘に反旗を翻すなど,領国支配は危機に陥った。同6年幕府に降伏し,同9年に周防・長門・豊前・筑前の守護職などを安堵され,山口に帰った。翌年9月,少弐氏討伐のため九州に渡り,豊前・筑前を回復。以後,知行制を進めたり山口の評定衆・奉行人の整備を行い,応仁の乱でゆるんだ領国支配の強化を図った。長享1(1487)年や明応1(1492)年の幕府の近江遠征に軍勢を派遣。明や朝鮮とも交流を持ち,文化人との交流も深く,『拾塵和歌集』という歌集がある。<参考文献>米原正義『戦国武士と文芸の研究』

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