Kyōgoku Takakazu (d. 1441)

For other people of the same name, see Kyōgoku Takakazu.
Arms of the Kyōgoku clan.
In this Japanese name, the family name is Kyōgoku.

Kyōgoku Takakazu (京極 高数) (b. ? – d. 1441) was a Japanese noble member of the Kyōgoku Clan (Japanese: 京極氏 (Kyōgoku-shi)) of Japan who served the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori.

Family Origins

The 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 daimyo clan. A later Kyōgoku Takakazu would become daimyo and head of the Kyōgoku clan in 1637.

Biography

Kyōgoku 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.

Kyōgoku Takakazu was killed in 1441 during the Kakitsu no Hen, a rebellion during which the Shogun 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

Preceded by
Isshiki Yoshitsura		 Shugo of Yamashiro Province
1421–1423 		Succeeded by
Kyōgoku Mochimitsu

References

  1. ↑ Utagawa, Sadahide. "Japanese Woodblock Printed Book: Buke Hyakunin Isshu by Utagawa Sadahide, 1858". myjapanesehanga.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Chung, Jaejeong (2011). "The Journal of Northeast Asian History". 8-2 Winter 2011. Northeast Asian History Foundation: 177, 213.
  3. ↑ Frédéric, Louis (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. translated by Käthe Roth (illustrated, reprint ed.). Harvard University Press. p. 456. ISBN 0674017536.
  4. ↑ Perez, Louis G., ed. (2013). Japan at War: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 169. ISBN 1598847422.
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