Mr. Tsutsui - Tsutsuiuji

A powerful clan in the Yamato Province of the Middle Ages. He lived in Tsutsui-sho (Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture) as a bankyo (a Buddhist monk-soldier) at Kofuku-ji Temple, and rose to prominence by joining the Ichijo-in side during the Nanboku-cho Civil War. He was the leader of the Inuiwaki clan, one of the six Yamato samurai clans that performed the Kasuga Wakamiya Festival. In the early Muromachi period, he was selected as the head of the kanpu shuto (a Buddhist monk) equivalent to a shugodai (deputy governor), but due to his conflict with the Ochi clan, his sphere of influence was limited to northern Yamato. After the Onin War, the position of head carpenter was taken by the Furuichi clan, who were allied with the Ochi clan, for a time, but was restored in the early 16th century, and during the time of Junsho in the 1540s, they suppressed the Ochi clan and controlled almost the entire province. After Junsho's death, his son Junkei was overwhelmed by Matsunaga Hisahide, but regained power under the Oda government, and in 1576 (Tensho 4) he was entrusted with the entire Yamato province, and in 1578 he built a castle in Koriyama. His position was also recognized under the Toyotomi government, and after Junkei's death in 1584, his adopted son Sadatsugu took over, but he was transferred to Ueno in Iga, and in 1608 (Keicho 13) his title was abolished due to internal conflict within the family.

[Murata Shuzo]

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中世の大和(やまと)国の豪族。筒井荘(しょう)（奈良県大和郡山(こおりやま)市）に蟠居(ばんきょ)、興福(こうふく)寺の衆徒（僧兵）になり、南北朝内乱で一乗院(いちじょういん)方に属して台頭した。春日若宮(かすがわかみや)祭礼を勤める大和武士六党のうちの乾脇(いぬいわき)党盟主。室町時代初頭に、守護代に相当する官符(かんぷ)衆徒棟梁(とうりょう)に抜擢(ばってき)されたが、越智(おち)氏と対立したため勢力圏は大和北部に限定された。応仁(おうにん)の乱後しばらく越智氏と結ぶ古市(ふるいち)氏に棟梁の地位を奪われたが、16世紀初頭に回復、1540年代の順昭(じゅんしょう)のときには、越智氏を押さえてほぼ一国を支配した。順昭没後、子の順慶(じゅんけい)は松永久秀(まつながひさひで)に圧倒されたが、織田政権下で勢力を回復、1576年（天正4）大和一国を預けられ、78年から郡山に築城した。豊臣(とよとみ)政権下でもその地位を認められ、84年順慶没後は養子定次(さだつぐ)が継いだが、伊賀(いが)上野に転封、1608年（慶長13）家中の内紛により改易となった。

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