Ichijō Kanesada

Ichijō Kanesada ( Japanese一条 兼 定; * 1543 ; † July 27, 1585 Japanese calendar : 天正 13/7/1) was a descendant of the Tosa-Ichijō, a noble go-sekke family, descended from Kujō Michiie . He lost control of the province of Tosa , which his branch of the family had held since 1470.

Life path

Ichijō Kanesada, whose maiden name was Machiyo ( 万千 代 ), was a son of Ichijō Fusamoto, his mother was a daughter of Ōtomo Yoshinori ( 大 友 義 鑑 ). Nominally he was head of the Tosa-Ichijō from 1549 - after the suicide of his father - the guardianship of the 7-year-old was his foster father Ichijō Fusamichi.

His main wife since 1558 was a daughter of Utsunomiya Toyotsuna ( 宇 都 宮 豊 綱 ), the daimyo of Iyo. As a concubine he was married to a daughter of Ōtomo Yoshishige since 1564 . At court he had the following third court rank and the position of Gon-Chūnagon . He fell out with the head office in the capital in 1568.

He made many enemies through his bad behavior and a tendency to cruelty, also among his vassals ( kerai ). The relatively high-standing Chōsokabe Motochika was one of the first from around 1568 to revolt and bring a large part of the province under his rule.

Kanesada finally had to flee to the Bungo in 1573. Another attack by Chōsokabe in 1574 forced Kanesada to rely on his nephew Atomo Sōrin for support . He was baptized as "Paul" in 1575 . It has been said that he only became a Christian to gain further support. The attempt to regain his lands finally failed with the heavy defeat at Shimantogawa, since Ōtomo saw little point in further attacks, instead he exiled Kanesada on the island of Kōjima in the province of Iyo .

When Chōsokabe soon afterwards won suzerainty over Iyo, he initially left Kanesada unmolested, but was the person in the background when Kanesada was assassinated by his servant Irie Sakon-tayū.

Kanesada's son Ichijō Uchimasa ( 一條 内 正 ; 1560-1580) married a daughter of Chōsokabe Motochika, who appointed him Tosa no kokushi, but without giving up actual power. When Uchimasa rose against his father-in-law, a battle broke out and he lost. He was poisoned in exile.

literature

• Junji Horii: Sanson hishi. Kirishitan daimyo Ichijo Kanesada hoka. Tokyo 1989, ISBN 4-89607-095-X

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ichijō is the family name, Kanesada the first name.