Mr. Miki - Mitsuki Uji

Japanese: 三木氏 - みつきうじ

A feudal lord of Hida during the Sengoku period. He is said to have been sent to Takehara-go, southern Hida, as a deputy for the Kyogoku clan during the Oei period (1394-1428) and settled there, but his first appearance in a reliable historical document was in 1471. There are various theories about his origins, including that he was a member of the Taga clan, a branch of the Kyogoku clan. During the reign of Naoyori, he conquered most of Masuda County at the end of the Eisho period and built Sakurabora Castle in Hagiwara Kamimura. During the Daiei period (1521-28), he advanced into the Takayama Basin and established a power base in Hida through cooperation with followers of the Hongan-ji Temple, the Ema clan of Takahara, and the Anenokoji clan of Furukawa. During the reigns of Yoshiyori and Yoritsuna, there were complex alliances with surrounding forces such as the Uesugi and Takeda clans, but in 1560 (Eiroku 3), they succeeded the Anenokoji family name and became provincial governor, and after Oda Nobunaga conquered Mino, they maintained a friendly relationship with Nobunaga.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

飛驒の戦国大名。応永年間(1394‐1428)京極氏の代官として南飛驒竹原郷に下向，土着したというが，確実な史料上の初見は文明3年(1471)。出自についても京極氏支流多賀氏一族説など諸説ある。直頼のとき，永正末年益田郡の大半を攻略して萩原上村に桜洞城を築城，大永年間(1521‐28)には高山盆地に進出，本願寺門徒や高原の江馬氏，古川の姉小路氏などとの協調の上に飛驒での権力基盤を確立した。良頼，自綱（よりつな）の代には上杉氏，武田氏など周辺諸勢力と複雑に離合しつつ，1560年(永禄3)姉小路氏の名跡を継いで国司を号し，織田信長の美濃攻略以後は信長に好誼を通じた。

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