Later Hōjō
The later Hōjō ( Japanese 後 北 条 氏 Go-Hōjō-shi ) or Odawara-Hōjō ( 小田原 北 条 氏 ) were one of the most powerful warrior families ( Buke ) of the Sengoku period in Japan.
The clan came into being when Ise Shinkuro conquered lands from his castle in Nirayama ( Izu province ) and expanded his power. In 1495 he was finally able to take possession of Odawara in Sagami Province . After he had married his son Ujitsuna to a woman from the Kamakura-Hōjō family, he took over the more brilliant name Hōjō and also their coat of arms. He called himself Nagauji at first, but later renounced the world and took the name Hōjō Sōun , under which he is better known.
The later Hōjō made the Tokugawa competition. They joined forces with the Imagawa and the Takeda to form the “ Three Pact of the East” against the three unifying parties . Toyotomi Hideyoshi finally broke her power with the siege of Odawara and the capture of the castle in 1590. Hōjō Ujimasa had to commit Seppuku , his son Hōjō Ujinao and his wife Toku-hime (a daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu ) were exiled to Mount Kōya , where Ujinao Died in 1591 .
The chiefs of the Later Hōjō were:
- Hōjō Sōun (1432-1519)
- Hōjō Ujitsuna (1487–1541)
- Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515–1571)
- Hōjō Ujimasa (1538–1590)
- Hōjō Ujinao (1562–1591)
literature
- E. Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Kelly & Walsh, Yokohama 1910. (Reprinted by Tuttle Verlag, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 )