Ozeki Takamasu - Ozeki Takamasu

Japanese: 大関高増 - おおぜきたかます

…The Ozeki clan originated from a powerful local clan that served the Nasu clan, a prominent family in northern Kanto since the Middle Ages. Ozeki Takamasu and his son Harumasu were among the first to meet Toyotomi Hideyoshi during his Odawara campaign, and were granted 13,000 koku of land. After that, there were changes in the amount of land and stipends, but in 1664 (Kanbun 4), the lord of the domain, Masunaga, was issued a red seal certificate for 18,000 koku. …

From Shimotsuke Province

...The Nasu clan split up during the Nanboku-cho period, and the Kami-Nasu clan had already been destroyed. When the Nasu clan was on the brink of collapse, the first to visit Hideyoshi's camp and pledge to join were Harukiyo, the eldest son of Otawara Tsunakiyo, the lord of Otawara Castle, and Ozeki Takamasu, the lord of Kurobane Castle, who represented the Kami-Nasu clan. Among the forces that joined Hideyoshi's camp and had their territories secured, Hideyoshi's support allowed the younger brother of Sano Munetsuna, Ryouhaku, to recover Karasawayama Castle from the Later Hojo clan, and Utsunomiya Kunitsuna survived with Satake Yoshinobu as his guardian. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ozeki Takamasu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大関氏は中世以来の北関東の名家那須氏に仕える有力国人層の出自。大関高増･晴増父子は豊臣秀吉の小田原征伐のとき，いちはやく秀吉に参謁し，本領地1万3000石が安堵された。その後，加増･分知の変動があったが，1664年(寛文4)には藩主増栄（ますなが）に1万8000石の朱印状が交付された。…

【下野国】より

…なお，那須氏は南北朝期に分裂し，上那須家はすでに滅亡していた。那須氏が興廃の淵に立たされたとき，秀吉の陣営にいち早く伺候して参陣を誓約していたのは，上那須衆を代表する大田原城主大田原綱清の嫡子晴清，黒羽城主大関高増であった。また秀吉の陣営に参陣して所領安堵された勢力では，秀吉らの支援で唐沢山城を前城主佐野宗綱の弟了伯が後北条氏から回復しており，さらに宇都宮国綱が，佐竹義宣を後見として生き延びていた。…

※「大関高増」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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