Imagawa Ujichika

Japanese: 今川氏親 - いまがわ・うじちか

Year of death: June 23, 1526 (August 1, 1526)
Year of birth: Bunmei 3 (1471)
A military commander in the Sengoku period. There is a theory that he was born in 1473 (Bunmei 5). His father was Imagawa Yoshitada, the Shugo of Suruga Province, and his mother was Kitagawadono, the younger sister of Hojo Soun. His childhood name was Ryuomaru, and he was commonly known as Hikogoro and Goro. His official titles and titles were Kazusa no Suke and later Shuri no Taifu. Following his father's unexpected death in Bunmei 8, he took refuge in Ogawa Castle in Suruga Province for a time, but in 1487 (Chokyo 1) he began to govern the country as head of the family with the help of his uncle Hojo Soun. The document issued at this time was stamped with a seal of unknown inscription, which is known as the first use of a military commander's seal in the Sengoku period. He also attempted to transform himself from a Shugo daimyo into a Sengoku daimyo by carrying out land surveys and establishing the provincial law "Kana Mokuroku." In 1494, he began invading Totomi, and in 1501, he defeated the combined forces of the Shiba clan, the governor of Totomi, and the Ogasawara clan, the governor of Shinano, and in 1517, he pacified Totomi. In his later years, he was bedridden with a stroke, and his wife, Kotobuki-ni, assisted him.

(Tetsuo Owada)

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Japanese:

没年：大永6.6.23(1526.8.1)
生年：文明3(1471)
戦国時代の武将。生年については文明5(1473)年説もある。父は駿河守護職今川義忠,母は北条早雲の妹北川殿。幼名竜王丸,通称は彦五郎および五郎,官途・受領は上総介,のち修理大夫。文明8年の父の不慮の死により,しばらく駿河小川城に避難したが,長享1(1487)年,伯父に当たる北条早雲の援助で当主として国政を執りはじめる。このときの発給文書に印文不詳の印判を捺しているのが戦国期武将印判使用の第1号として知られる。また,検地の施行,分国法「仮名目録」の制定など,守護大名から戦国大名への脱皮をはかっている。明応3(1494)年から,遠江への侵入をはじめ,文亀1(1501)年には,遠江守護斯波氏,信濃守護小笠原氏連合軍を撃破し,永正14(1517)年,遠江を平定した。晩年は中風で病床にあり,妻の寿桂尼が補佐していた。<参考文献>小和田哲男『駿河今川一族』

(小和田哲男)

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