<Articles>The Formation of the Power of the Sengoku Daimyo Amago 尼子 Family : The Control and Destruction of the Enya 塩冶 Family

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  • <論説>戦国大名尼子氏権力の形成 : 出雲国奉公衆塩冶氏の掌握と討滅
  • 戦国大名尼子氏権力の形成--出雲国奉公衆塩冶氏の掌握と討滅
  • センゴク ダイミョウ アマゴシ ケンリョク ノ ケイセイ イズモノクニ ホウコウ

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The main purpose of this paper is to make clear how important it was for the Amago to eliminate their rivals within Izumo 出雲 province, the Enya, on their way to becoming daimyo. Concerning the historical characteristics of the Enya in the Muromachi period we can indicate three main points : First, the Enya were the most powerful in the western part of Izumo. Their position was based on the financial strength derived from the area under their rule, which was located at a strategic location for river transportation in Izumo. Second, because the Enya were members of the hokoshu 奉公衆, the direct army of the shogun, they were thus independent of the authority of the shugo of the province, the Kyogoku 京極 family. So even after the Amago succeeded to the estate and the authority of the Kyogoku, they were unable to thereby control the Enya. Third, at the close of the fifteenth century, the Enya were allied with other adjacent lords (kokujin) against the Muromachi shogunate. This military alliance was a great force within the province and aimed at establishing an independent local order. Thus the most important problem facing the Amago at the close of the fifteenth century was how to eliminate the Enya and bring the entire province of Izumo under their control. The process was begun early in the sixteenth century when Amago Tsunehisa 尼子経久 made his son Okihisa 興久 the heir to the Enya, and completed in the 1530s when the Enya were wiped out by military force. The Amago succeeded to the Enya power base in western Izumo and to their connection with the neighboring kokujin. This was the crucial step in bringing the entire province of Izumo under Amago control.

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  • 史林

    史林 76 (3), 346-378, 1993-05-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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