Sue Harukata

Sue Harukata ( Japanese 陶 晴 賢 ; * 1521 ; † 1555 ) was a Japanese general in the Sengoku period .

Live and act

Fictitious representation of the battle at Itsukushima Shrine, color woodcut by Sadahide , around 1850

Sue Harukata came from a family that had been important vassals of the Ōuchi in Yamaguchi ( Suō Province ) since the Muromachi period . Then when Ōuchi Yoshitaka ( 大 内 義隆 , 1507–1551) was daimyo , he took on many court aristocrats who had been expelled from Kyoto, whereupon he mainly dealt with literature and courtly amusements and neglected both his military and the administration of his domains . His vassals, the Mōri , Naitō , Sue , Sugi made him aware of this in vain.

Thereupon Harukata left Yamaguchi in 1550 and returned to his own domain. There he gathered some troops in his castles Tomita and Wakayama and prepared a revolt against his master. The following year he attacked Yoshitaka and captured Yamaguchi. Yoshitaka fled to Fukawa in Nagato Province , where he was surrounded by the insurgents shortly afterwards and killed himself.

Harutaka then chose the brother of Ōtomo Sōrin ( 大 友 宗麟 , 1530–1587) as his successor , who then called himself Ōuchi Yoshinaga ( 大 内 義 長 , 1532–1557) and had Harutaka, his patron, rule at his will. Some of the vassals then allied against Harukata. This besieged Sagara Taketō ( 相 良 武 任 , 1498-1551) in his castle Hanao , took him prisoner and executed him. He himself was now attacked by Mōri Motonari ( 毛利 元 就 , 1497-1571) and was defeated in the battle at Itsukushima Shrine , whereupon he took his own life.

literature

• Suzuki, Toshihiko (Ed.): Sue Harukata. In: Nihon daihyakka zensho (Denshibukku-han), Shogakukan, 1996.
• Papinot, Edmond: Sue Harukata. In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .