Battle of Oto

Japanese: 大塔合戦 - おおとうがっせん

This battle was started in September 1400 (Oei 7) by samurai from northern and eastern Shinano who rebelled against the Shugo's rule of Shinano. Nagahide Ogasawara, who had been the Shugo of Shinano since his ancestors, entered Zenkoji Temple and began governing the country, but he was arrogant and even sent Shugo envoys to the territories of the powerful samurai Murakami clan of Kawanakajimadaira. The Murakami clan, who were angry at the oppressive rule of their territories, and the Omonji Uprising, which had been enemies of the Ogasawara clan since the Kan'o Disturbance, were at the center of the conflict, and the main samurai from northern and eastern Shinano united and raised an army, lining up in the area of Shinonoi in present-day Nagano City.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1400年(応永7)9月守護の信濃支配に反発する北信･東信の武士がひき起こした合戦。先祖以来の信濃守護職に就任した小笠原長秀は善光寺に入って一国の政治を始めるが，尊大で，そのうえ川中島平の強豪武士村上氏の所領などにも守護使を入れたりした。その強圧的な領国支配に怒った村上氏や，観応の擾乱いらい小笠原氏とは故敵当敵の関係にあった大文字一揆などが中心となり，これに北信･東信のおもだった武士が連合して挙兵し，現長野市篠ノ井の地に布陣した。

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