Akamatsu clan

A local feudal lord whose main residence was Sayo-no-sho, Sayo County, Harima Province (Hyogo Prefecture). He was the governor of Harima Province during the Muromachi period. Since Norikage was granted the position of land steward of Sayo-sho, the Kujo Clan's fief, in the early Kamakura period, he expanded his clan ties, focusing on Western Harima, and towards the end of the Kamakura period, he secured a foothold by obtaining various manorial positions in the coastal areas of Settsu Province (parts of Osaka Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture). During the Genko War, Norimura sided with Emperor Godaigo and rose to fame. In 1336 (Engen 1, Kenmu 3), when Ashikaga Takauji rebelled against the Kenmu government, Norimura, along with his eldest son Norisuke, became a supporter of the government and was appointed governor of Harima and Settsu. After the Meitoku War, Sokuyuu became the governor of Bizen, and Yoshinori became the governor of Mimasaka Province. Yoshinori and Mitsusuke became the heads of the Samurai Office, and they grew into powerful governors. However, Mitsusuke assassinated Shogun Yoshinori in 1441 (Kakitsu 1) (the Kakitsu War), and was pursued and killed, leading to his suicide at Kinoyama Castle in Harima Province. The territory came under the control of the Yamana clan. In 1456 (Kosho 2), the Akamatsu clan and their hereditary retainers recaptured the sacred seal from the Southern Court, and as a result, the shogunate allowed Masanori (grandson of Mitsusuke's younger brother Yoshimasa) to serve in the shogunate. Masanori regained control of his former territory during the Onin War, but real power gradually passed to the Uragami clan. In 1520 (Eisho 17), the shugo (military governor) Akamatsu Yoshimura was driven out by Uragami Muramune, and his territory came under the control of the Uragami clan. For generations, the Akamatsu clan was deeply devoted to Sesson Yubai and his Zen monks, and founded and protected Zen temples such as Hounji and Horinji in Harima.

[Kishida Hiroyuki]

"Akamatsu Enshin and Mitsusuke" by Kosaka Yoshi (1970, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

播磨国(はりまのくに)（兵庫県）佐用(さよう)郡佐用庄(さようのしょう)を本貫とする在地領主。室町時代播磨国守護。鎌倉初期則景が九条家領佐用庄地頭職を得て以来、西播磨を中心に族的結合を拡大し、同末期には摂津国（大阪府・兵庫県の各一部）沿岸部にも荘園(しょうえん)諸職を得て基盤を確保した。元弘(げんこう)の乱のとき、則村(のりむら)が後醍醐天皇(ごだいごてんのう)に味方し一躍名声をあげる。1336年（延元1・建武3）足利尊氏(あしかがたかうじ)が建武(けんむ)政権に背くと、則村は嫡子範資(のりすけ)らとともにその与党になり、播磨、摂津の守護職に任ぜられる。そして則祐(そくゆう)が備前(びぜん)、明徳(めいとく)の乱後義則(よしのり)が美作国(みまさかのくに)守護職を獲得し、また義則、満祐(みつすけ)は侍所(さむらいどころ)所司になり、有力な守護大名に成長する。しかし、満祐は1441年（嘉吉1）将軍義教(よしのり)を弑(しい)し（嘉吉(かきつ)の乱）、追討されて播磨国城山城（木山城）(きのやまじょう)に自害する。その領国は山名氏の領するところとなった。1456年（康正2）赤松氏一族および譜代(ふだい)の家臣らが後南朝から神璽(しんじ)を奪還した功によって、幕府は政則(まさのり)（満祐の弟義雅の孫）の出仕を許した。政則は応仁(おうにん)の乱中に旧領国の支配権を回復したが、その実権はしだいに浦上(うらがみ)氏の手に移った。1520年（永正17）守護赤松義村(よしむら)は浦上村宗(むらむね)に追われ、その領国は浦上氏の支配下に置かれた。赤松氏は代々雪村友梅(せっそんゆうばい)とその系統の禅僧に深く帰依し、播磨に法雲寺、宝林寺など禅寺を創建して外護した。

［岸田裕之］

『高坂好著『赤松円心・満祐』（1970・吉川弘文館）』

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