Kyōgoku Takakazu (京極 高数) (died 12 July 1441) was a Japanese noble member of the Kyōgoku Clan (Japanese: 京極氏 (Kyōgoku-shi)) of Japan who served the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori.
Family Origins
editThe Kyōgoku Clan claimed their noble descent from Emperor Uda (868–897). The clan rose to prominence during the Sengoku and Edo periods when they would become a daimyō clan. A later Kyōgoku Takakazu became daimyō and head of the Kyōgoku clan in 1637.
Biography
editKyōgoku Takakazu was named the Shugo of Yamashiro Province from 1421 to 1423. He was succeeded in this position by a member of the Kyōgoku clan, Kyōgoku Mochimitsu, though it is unclear whether the two were directly related.[citation needed]
Kyōgoku Takakazu was killed in 1441 during the Kakitsu no Hen, a rebellion during which the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori was assassinated by disaffected vassals at a dinner banquet hosted by Akamatsu Mitsusuke, one of the vassals who had been stripped of his lands and titles. Kyōgoku Takakazu died defending the Shogun along with Ōuchi Mochiyo (1394–1441)[1] head of the Ōuchi clan who died later of his wounds on 28 July 1441. Kyōgoku Takakazu died during the incident on 12 July 1441 as he was cut down by Mitsusuke soldiers.[2][3][4]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Chung, Jaejeong (2011). "The Journal of Northeast Asian History". 8-2 Winter 2011. Northeast Asian History Foundation: 177, 213.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Frédéric, Louis (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Translated by Käthe Roth (illustrated, reprint ed.). Harvard University Press. p. 456. ISBN 0674017536.
- ^ Perez, Louis G., ed. (2013). Japan at War: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 169. ISBN 978-1598847420.