Mogami Yoshiaki
Mogami Yoshiaki 最上 義光 | |
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Daimyō of Yamagata Domain | |
In office 1600–1614 | |
Succeeded by | Torii Tadamasa |
Personal details | |
Born | Hakujumaru February 1, 1546 (1600) |
Mogami Yoshiaki (最上 義光, February 1, 1546 – February 26, 1614) was a
Biography
Mogami Yoshiaki was the first son of
In 1571, Mogami Yoshiaki officially became the head of the Mogami clan.[2] During this time, Yoshihime wrote information about the Date clan to Yoshiaki, her and Yoshiaki's actions made the Date clan distrust the Mogami family. Yoshiaki fought against the Date clan twice in different years, 1574 and 1578, in both battles Yoshihime advanced to the middle of the battlefield to create a peace treaty.[3]
In 1580, he get help from Satomi Minbu. Allowing him to successfully take over the Kaminoyama Castle. so Kaminoyama Mitsukane committed suicide.
In 1581, he has expanded its power to Murayama District and took over Oguni Castle. Yoshiaki also attacked Sakenobe Castle and forced Sakenobe Hidetsuna to surrender. Later, Hidetsuna became Yoshiaki's chief vassal.[2]
In 1583, he expanded the Semboku areas, and threatened Yoshiuji Daihoji. Daihōji has announced a battle with the Mogami clan. As a result, Daihōji was defeated and committed suicide.
In 1584, Yoshiaki then attacked Sagae clan and Sagae Takamoto committed suicide. Yoshiaki then attacked Tendō Yorizumi who was the son of Tendō Yorisada. Later, Yorizumi fled to the territory of Kokubun Morishige, causing the Tendō clan to collapse.
In 1586, Yoshiaki fight against Onodera Yoshimichi. Yoshiaki's eldest son, Mogami Yoshiyasu and Tateoka Mitsushige succeeded in defeating the Onodera reinforcements.
In 1588, Yoshiaki had a conflict with Uesugi Kagekatsu. Kagekatsu expanded the Mogami territory enormously in the Shōnai who sought aid from Honjō Shigenaga and defeated Mogami at the Battle of Jugorihara.
In 1590, when
In 1600, he battled Uesugi Kagekatsu, an enemy of Tokugawa's, alongside Date Masamune (his nephew), another lord of the far north. Mogami and Date supported Ieyasu at the famous Sekigahara campaign,[4] he aided in Date's siege of Shiroishi, and was then attacked in his own home castle of Hataya, Kaminoyama and Hasedō. After which Mogami's domain was expanded to 570,000 koku in return for his loyal service.[1] This made the Yamagata domain the fifth largest in Japan at the time, excluding the land held by Tokugawa.
Death
He died from illness at Yamagata Castle in 1614 at the age of 68.[5] Yamagata maintains the Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum, just outside the rebuilt Great Eastern Gate of Yamagata Castle, which displays his helmet, battle command baton and other implements he actually used.
Legacy
Mogami Yoshiaki laid out and built the castle town, which became the foundation of modern-day
Notable vassals
- Tateoka Mitsushige[2]
- Sakenobe Hidetsuna[2]
- Eguchi Gohei
- Satomi Minbu
- Ujiie Sadanao
- Ujiie Munemori
- Shimura Akiyasu
Sources
- Stephen Turnbull. The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. (1998)
- Dewa no Taishu Mogami Yoshiaki (in Japanese)
References
- ^ a b c "朝日日本歴史人物事典「最上義光」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Sakenobe Hidetsuna" (in Japanese). Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum official. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ISBN 9784569579450.
- ^ "関ヶ原合戦と最上義光". Mogami Yoshiaki Museum. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Mogami Yoshiaki". Mogami Yoshiaki Museum. Retrieved 29 October 2021.