Shijō (clan)
The Shijō ( Japanese 四條 氏 , Shijō-shi ) were a family of the Japanese court nobility ( Kuge ) , which was derived from Fujiwara no Uona (721-783).
genealogy
- Takasuke ( 隆 資 ; 1292–1352), son of Takazane, served Emperor Go-Daigo . As Kebiishi no bettō (chief of police and law enforcement) he tried to win the monks of Hiei-zan for the emperor while he was on the run to Mount Kasagi ( 笠 置 山 , Kasagi-yama ). When the emperor was captured, he shaved his head and withdrew from active life. After the sinking of the Hōjō in 1333 he became active again and fought against Ashikaga Takauji , but was defeated in 1336 at Otoko-yama and in 1348 at Shijo-nawate . He died fighting the troops of the north courtyard.
- Takatoshi ( 隆 俊 ; † 1373), Takasuke's son, continued the fight against the Ashikaga. In 1353 he defeated the governor of the province of Kii , then besieged Kyōto together with Yamana Tokiuji ( 山 名 時 氏 ; † 1371) , after which Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiakira had to seek refuge in the province of Mino . Yoshiakira returned, and the south courtyard had to leave Kyoto again. In 1355 Takatoshi attacked the Shogun's army again, but was repulsed. He continued the fight anyway, but eventually fell in battle.
Takatoshi's descendants continued the line of the family. After 1868 the head of the house carried the title “Prince”. A branch line carried the title Baron.
Remarks
- ↑ a b In the aftermath of the Ashikaga the court was split into a north courtyard and a south courtyard, see Namboku-chō .
literature
- Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .