Mr. Makishima - Makishimaji

Japanese: 真木嶋氏 - まきしまうじ

A military commander in the Muromachi period. Also known as the Makishima clan. A local lord in Yamashiro Province, he was a powerful headman of the Gokasho estate (present-day Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture) owned by the Konoe family, and served as a priest at the Uji Rikyu Shrine. He was also known as Makishima Choja. In the mid-Muromachi period, he was a vassal of the Hatakeyama clan, the guardian of Yamashiro, but around the time of the Onin War, he was selected as a servant of the Muromachi Shogunate along with the Uji Oji clan, and formed the Shogun's personal guard. His base, Makishima Castle, was located on a small island in the Ogura Pond, and was a strategic point controlling the Nara Highway, becoming the center of the Shogunate's control over Minamiyamashiro. During the war, he acted as part of the Eastern Army.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

室町時代の武将。槙島氏とも記す。山城国の土豪で，近衛家領五箇庄(現，京都府宇治市)の有力名主で，宇治離宮社の神官をも務め，槙島長者とも呼ばれた。室町中期には，山城守護畠山氏の被官であったが，応仁の乱前後に宇治大路氏とともに室町幕府の奉公衆に抜擢され，将軍の親衛隊を構成した。本拠の槙島城は巨椋池（おぐらいけ）に浮ぶ小島にあったが，奈良街道を押さえる要衝であり，幕府の南山城支配の中心となった。乱中は東軍として行動した。

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