Kira Yoshisato - Purity and

…Since Mitsuyoshi's son Takayoshi (or Yoshitaka), the family had been based in Tojo-go within Kira Manor and had fought against the direct lineage of the Saijo Kira clan for generations. At the end of the Sengoku period, Saijo Kira Yoshisato's younger brother Yoshiyasu was adopted by Tojo Kira Mochihiro, and the fighting ceased. After Saijo Kira Yoshiaki fled, Ieyasu gave Yoshiyasu the combined possession of Tojo and Saijo. …

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…満義の子尊義(または義尊)以来，吉良荘内東条郷を本拠として代々嫡流の西条吉良氏と争った。戦国末期西条吉良義郷の弟義安が東条吉良持広の養子となり，争いが止む。西条吉良義昭の出奔後，家康は義安に東条･西条を併有させた。…

※「吉良義郷」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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