When mentioning the Twin Jewels, people often think of the Imperial Twin Jewels - Mittermeier and Reuenthal in Yoshiki Tanaka's "Legend of the Galactic Heroes". However, what I want to introduce here are not such outstanding fictional characters...
In the mid-15th century, the Takeda clan took over Wakasa. At the same time, the Takeda clan's fellow sects, the Ayaya clan and the Itsumi clan, also began to prosper in Wakasa, and they were known as the Warring States Daimyo Wakasa for their unremitting efforts in the subsequent war years.
The twin jewels among the Takeda clan's retainers became the pillars of the Wakasa Takeda clan.
The Awaya family originated from the Yoshimitsu family of the Seiwa Genji family. When Yoshimitsu spread to Seiko, the three families were divided into three families: Kagami (High Light), Takeda (Xinyi), and Yasuda (Yishida); and Yasuda Yoshihide's descendant Genyi
Lu Guosuwu Village was built
When he established a family business, he used the Miao character "Suwu".
The Awaya clan moved to Wakasa when the generation of Awaya Chiyoshi was born, and developed in Wakasa. The Yatsumi clan, which also originated from the Yoshimitsu clan of the Seiwa Genji family, as a branch of the Takeda clan, has long been in the Kai Koku great
The leader of Yoshihiro in Maki County used Yoshimi as the Miao character. When the Takeda clan entered Wakashu as a retainer, they entered it together as retainers, and made the Takahama County Hatidoyama Castle the main city.
Awaya Echichumori (formerly) served as Takeda Nobuhiro's agent in the capital before the outbreak of the Oni Rebellion. He made great contributions to the Takeda family's active role in the Oni Rebellion and was deeply trusted by his lord. During the Oni Rebellion,
After the rebellion broke out, the Awaya clan was sealed in the Mikata County centered on Kunyoshi Castle and was responsible for fighting against the Echizen Asakura clan who belonged to the Western Army. After that, the Awaya Ken family (the Ken family was called the Goetsu Chushou, and the former Etsu Chushou
During the era when his son) served as the Echichu shou, the son of the Ken family inherited his father's legacy and continued to serve as the Takeda clan's chief executive in Beijing for about 30 years.
Afterwards, the Ken family served as the vanguard of the Takeda family and participated in the conquest of the Omi Rokkaku clan by the great general Ashikaga Yoshisai in the third year of Ento (1491). In addition, the Ken family also showed extraordinary strength in domestic affairs and established themselves as the chief of the family.
The status of the important ministers and the Awaya clan's control of Mikata County, and the younger brother of the Ken family, Dr. Kunichun Zaemon, later became the lord Moto Takeda.
A trusted confidant.
The Yatsumi clan was slightly less active than the Awaya clan at the same period, but when the Takeda army went out to Tango in the first year of civilization (1469), the Yatsumi clan was listed before the Awaya clan. In the second year of civilization (1470), the Yatsumi clan
Seeing Suruga Shoumune, he was appointed as the acting official of Tamachiso of Toshiki County.
In the sixth year of civilization (1474), Takeda Kuninobu, the governor of the Wakasa Takeda clan who served as the imperial companion of the shogunate, shaved his head to commemorate the death of Yoshimi Munemi. This also shows that the Yoshimi clan has
He occupies an important position among the Takeda clan's retainers.
Since then, with the development of Wakasa port trade, the Yoshimi clan has gradually become the most powerful military commander among the emerging Wakasa navy.
Even during the Warring States Period, time continued to pass. After entering the 16th century, the Wakasa Takeda clan achieved a brief period of stability. The Hosokawa clan, the largest power in Kinki, and the Takeda clan maintained the friendship established since the Onin Rebellion.
Relationship (Takeda Motomitsu's "元" character comes from the partial taboo of Hosokawa Masamoto and Cheng Yuan).
The Omi Rokkaku clan and the Echizen Asakura clan also formed allies with the Takeda clan one after another; the only visible enemy of the Takeda clan was the weak Tango Isshiki clan. Under such circumstances, reveling in peace
The Takeda family further developed the cultural tradition passed down from their family.
As the saying goes, deeds lead to deeds. As the lord, the Takeda clan was fond of literature and singing. The chief minister Awaya Chiei also became an elegant and famous person who interacted with Shitaka Sanjonishi.
But the two also have completely different situations. Takeda
The Awaya clan gradually lost their martial prowess in comfort, but the Awaya clan faced competition from the Yatsumi clan, the Kumagai clan, the Shirai clan, and the Yamagata clan in the elegance. On the one hand, Awaya Chieei used elegance to cater to the master to gain favor, and on the other hand, he also used pragmatism to gain favor.
the martial arts
Xun consolidated his position.
In the first year of Eisho (1504), Awaya was appointed acting magistrate of Matsunagaso in Toshiki County. After that, he commanded the attack on Tango as the general of the Takeda Army until he died in battle; in the second year of Eisho, Awaya Kenyuki won the original title.
The territory belonging to Nagai Kuniji.
During this period, the balance of power in Wakasa changed dramatically. The important ministers headed by the Awaya clan gradually surpassed the lord Takeda clan. However, this change was still overshadowed by the Takeda clan's long-term victory.
Cover it up without being noticed by people.
An outbreak broke out in the second year of Bungui (1502), and several failed attacks on Tango in the early years of Eisho failed to wake up the family governor Takeda Motonobu. However, in the fourteenth year of Eisho (1517), in order to resist
The fact that the Tango forces' counterattack against Wakasa required the help of the Echizen Asakura clan finally touched Motobu's almost numb nerve.
In the 16th year of Yongzheng's reign (1519), Yuanxin, who knew he was unable to cheer up, became a monk and lived in seclusion, and gave up his family to the governor.
To his 27-year-old son Yuan Guang.
After Motomitsu succeeded to the throne, he moved his residence to the newly built Gozeyama Castle in the second year of Dayei (1522). He then adjusted the knowledge and behavior of his retainers, which to a certain extent reversed the situation of strong branches and weak trunks in the family. However,
Before Yuan Guang had time to consolidate this change, a storm put Yuan Guang's efforts in vain.
In the sixth year of Daiei (1526), the governor Hosokawa Takakuni, who had become very weak due to civil strife, was unable to resist the attacks of Hosokawa Harumoto and Miyoshi Motonaga, so he sent his envoy Xu to invite Motomitsu to Luo with great profits to fight against Hosokawa.
Three good trends.
Takeda Motomitsu lost his mind, and regardless of his own weakness and the hidden dangers in his territory, he rashly raised troops to Luo in the sixth year of Dayei (December 26, 1526).
In the seventh year of Dayei (February 13, 1527), the two armies fought in Kyoto
Nishichijo Kawakatsuji, Takakuni, and Motomitsu were severely defeated. The next day, Hosokawa Takakuni and Takeda Motomitsu fled to Omi Sakamoto under the command of General Ashikaga Yoshiharu.
The failure of this battle not only lost the martial name established by the Wakasa Takeda clan since Takeda Nobuken, but also
The tragic situation of "many retainers were lost" recorded in the "Chronology of Fukui Prefecture's History" also doomed Motomitsu's efforts to consolidate the territory to collapse in an instant, and Wakasa soon started a retainer rebellion that was not put down until the demise of the Takeda clan.
also,
With the establishment of the Sakai Dukefu, the unfavorable situation of the Wakasa Takeda clan turning from the pillar of the shogunate into a rebellious minister also had a negative impact on the stability of Wakasa.
The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Kawakatsuji also brought a blow to the Awaya clan that was no less severe than that of the main family.
Attack. As the chief minister of the Wakasa Takeda clan, the Awaya clan sent the most troops and suffered the greatest losses. In this battle, the Awaya clan's defensive parents and Awaya Sabu led 500 troops to serve as the vanguard and once defeated the enemy. In addition, the Awaya clan sent more troops.
800-1,000 people followed Yuan Guang to Luo.
With the failure of the joint battle, not only the defenders of Awaya Zhou and many generals were killed, the Awaya army's sophisticated weapons that once stunned the people of Kyoto were also completely lost. In this situation,
Under the circumstances, the Awaya clan was strongly dissatisfied with Takeda Motomitsu.
On the other hand, the Yatsumi clan who stayed behind in Nishiwakasa to guard against the Tango Isshiki clan had their status in the family relatively improved due to the loss of other retainers.
After his prestige was severely damaged, Takeda Motomitsu found that his retainers were suspicious of him after returning to his territory. Motomitsu finally lost confidence after making some useless efforts.
In the first year of Tianwen (1532), Yuan Guang became a monk and lived in seclusion, completely immersing himself in cultural research in order to forget the previous tragic failure.
The 18-year-old Takeda Nobutoyo inherited the family governor in a difficult situation. He was a vigorous man who firmly believed in getting up from wherever he fell, and was determined to restore the Takeda family's former glory through war.
From October of the fourth year of Tenmon (1535) to May of the following year, Nobutoyo launched an attack on Tango Tanabe Castle regardless of the dissuasion of his family elder Awaya Mototaka.
Due to the disagreement between the generals and the trauma of Dayong's seven-year defeat that has not yet been healed, Xinfeng twice
The attack on Tanabe Castle failed, and Awaya Katsharu, the son of Awaya Chiei, died in the battle.
Takeda Nobuntoyo attributed the defeat to Awaya Mototaka's lack of effort, while Mototaka resented Nobuntoyo for the heavy burden of launching the war. The conflict between the two sides quickly intensified after the battle.
In the seventh year of Tenmon (1538), the conflict between the two sides reached its peak. On February 27, Awaya Mototaka rushed to Tango Tanabe Castle and started an armed resistance against the Wakasa Takeda clan.
Because Mototaka's actions gained the sympathy of some of Wakasa's retainers, Nobutoyo was unable to take effective measures to suppress Mototaka's rebellion for a long time.
On July 17 of the same year, due to Yuan Taka's rebellion, Nobuyo's position in Wakasa was
The rule caused considerable adverse effects, and Xinfeng forcibly organized a crusade to march to Tanishi Temple in Toshiki County.
On July 27, after being defeated, Awaya Mototaka fled to Nadenso in Toshiki County; on September 8, Mototaka left Wakasa and went to Tanba to seek the support of Hosokawa Harumoto to attack Wakasa again.
Taking advantage of the unstable situation in the family caused by Yuanlong's rebellion, Nobutaka, Nobutaka's younger brother, also took the opportunity to start a rebellion for the family governor.
On September 20, the seventh year of Tenmon, Asakura Takakage, who was invited by Takeda Nobutaka, used the shogunate's order to pacify Wakasa
In the name of chaos, Wakasa was invaded.
Takeda Nobuntoyo performed the most outstanding action in his life under the severe situation. On the one hand, Nobuntoyo contacted Kaga's Honganji Temple and used the Kaga Honganji Temple army to invade Echizen to contain the Asakura clan.
They quickly defeated Nobutaka's forces, and Nobutaka fled to Yicheng Valley.
Asakura Takakage was also forced to withdraw to Echizen. Next, Takeda Nobutoyo defeated Awaya Mototaka again with his victorious army.
Gentaka fled again after his defeat. It is said that Gentaka was finally killed in the battle of Taiheiji Temple in Kawachi, where Kizawa Nagamasa, Miyoshi Norinaga (Miyoshi Nagakei), Hatakeyama Inaga and others were defeated in March of the 11th year of Tenmon.
Saburo and his clan's repairmen begged for death.
Although Mototaka, the head of the Awaya clan, was the instigator of this civil strife, the Awaya clan was divided into several families, and several branch families sided with Takeda Nobuyo in this chaos and made great contributions.
After the civil strife, the governors of several separate families took the lead in organizing some important ministers in Wakasa to exonerate the Awaya family from their responsibility for the civil strife.
Although Takeda Nobutoyo still has a grudge against Awaya Mototaka, on the one hand, he cannot help but give face to important ministers; more importantly,
On the one hand, the Awaya clan was originally sealed in Higashi Wakasa Mikata County to guard against the Asakura clan. If the Awaya clan were to severely punish the Asakura clan when they turned against each other again, it would at least lead to a decrease in combat power and unstable border defense; at worst, it would lead to
If the Awaya clan turns against the enemy and joins Asakura, the result will be very disastrous.
In Takeda Nobutoyo's position, Takeda Nobutaka, who had the Asakura clan as his backing, was more dangerous than anyone else. After weighing the pros and cons, Nobutoyo attributed the rebellion to Awaya Mototaka alone, and only gave symbolic punishment to the Awaya clan.
, while Mikata County and Kunyoshi Castle are still firmly in the hands of the Awaya clan.
Although the exiled Takeda Nobutaka proposed peace talks to Nobuntoyo in Echizen, Nobuntoyo proposed a peace treaty to him with the support of the Asakura clan.
I feel doubtful about my competitiveness.
After receiving the support of his father-in-law Rokkaku Sadayori, Takeda Nobutaka flatly refused to allow Nobutaka to return to Wakasa. The unwilling Takeda Nobutaka began to use the Asakura army to harass Wakasa continuously, while Awaya
The Mikata County under the leadership of the Asakura clan was deeply affected by this, and strong anti-Asakura sentiment arose within the territory. This also laid the mass foundation for a long-term resistance war for Awaya Katsuhisa's fierce resistance to the Asakura clan during the Eiroku period.
Due to the Asakura clan's active involvement in Wakasa's internal affairs, Nobutoyo, who was at a disadvantage in the balance of power, had to further rely on the support of the Rokkaku clan.
Soon some of the retainers who couldn't stand the harassment of the Asakura clan put forward the suggestion of peace with the Asakura clan. The reason was that they had to rely on other families anyway, so instead of relying on the Rokkaku clan who were separated by shallow wells and rotten trees and couldn't help, it would be better to rely on the Asakura clan nearby.
Cang family.
Takeda Nobutoyo was very angry about this, and a new round of confrontation began between Wakasa monarch and his ministers.
The Awaya clan, who is a neighbor of Asakura Sotetsu, the Tsuruga governor, sided with Nobuho because his territory was in danger of being annexed by Sotetsu at any time to protect his territory, thus regaining Nobuho's trust and
He quickly restored his status as an important official.
After that, although Takeda Nobutoyo was not defeated on the battlefield by the Asakura clan, Wakasa was at an absolute disadvantage compared to Echizen's national power.
With the long-term conquest, many overwhelmed retainers gave up following Nobutoyo for their own interests, and the pro-Hexagonal faction and the pro-Akura faction with clear-cut banners formed in Wakasa and sharply opposed each other; and the leader of the pro-Akura faction was Takeda
Nobutoyo’s legitimate son—Takeda Yoshitomi.
In the 21st year of Tenmon (1552), Rokkaku Sadayori, who had been Takeda Nobutoyo's backer for a long time, passed away; the Omi Rokkaku clan, which had lost its master, declined rapidly, and the Rokkaku clan's influence on Wakasa also diminished.
The confrontation between the pro-Rexagon faction and the pro-Asakura faction in Wakasa lost balance, and Takeda Yoshitomi gained an overwhelming advantage; in view of this, the Asakura family gave up their support for Takeda Nobutaka and instead fully supported Takeda Yoshitomi.
The second year of Hongzhi (1556)
Year), Shigenobu Takeda, a cadre of the pro-Rexagon faction who could not sit back and watch the pro-Asakura faction come to power, launched a challenge to the pro-Asakura Yoshitoshi with the support of the cadre of the anti-Asakura faction, Awaya Echichu Mori Katsuhisa.
Although Awaya Katsuhisa had a decisive military power in Wakasa Province, he was unable to leave Mikata County Yoshi Castle to support Shigenobu in Ohama under the oppression of Asakura Army of Tsuruga County, so Shigenobu was quickly defeated by the dominant Yoshitomi.
After defeating Shigenobu, Yoshitomi pointed the finger at his father, Nobutoyo Takeda, who was the general of the pro-Hexagon faction. From July of the first year of Eiroku (1558) to June of the following year, a civil war broke out in Wakasa, and the victorious Yoshitomi replaced his father Nobutoyo.
Feng became the governor of the family and began to implement his own ZTE policy.
During the Cold War in Wakasa during the Tenbun Era, the Takeda clan Nishi-Wakasa, who was least affected, was led by the lord of the Yama Castle, Itami Suruga Morimassune (Suruga Rudo Sozen), who had accumulated huge influence due to his long-term presiding over Tango and Tanba affairs.
strength.
After Takeda Yoshitomi implemented the ZTE policy with the core content of taking back power, in order to protect his own vested interests, Masakune internally contacted Awaya Echichu Morikatsu of Higashi-Wakasa and disobeyed his orders, and externally colluded with Tanba Matsunaga Nagayori;
Completely refused to submit to Takeda Yoshitomi's rule.
According to Itami Masakune, Yoshitomi without the support of the Awaya clan would never have the power to suppress his rebellion. As for Matsunaga,
Lai's cooperation is just a sound insurance policy.
Itami Masakune was not wrong about the balance of domestic power, but he underestimated the stupidity of Takeda Yoshitomi and only formed a loose alliance with Matsunaga Nagayori, which led to his own defeat.
In June of the fourth year of Yonglu (1561), Yi Jian Changjing rebelled.
After a month of hard work, Takeda Yoshitomi found that no one in the territory supported him in suppressing Masakune, so he actually asked Asakura Yoshikage, who had long "supported" him, to send troops to help quell the rebellion.
Although Yoshitomi's foolish decision was opposed by the vast majority of retainers led by Awaya Katsuhisa, Yoshitomi's insistence still allowed the Echizen army led by Asakura Kageki, the Tsuruga Governor's Chief, to enter Wakasa.
In August of the same year, Yoshimi Masakune, who only received some assistance from Matsunaga Nagayori, was defeated, and the Hasumiyama Castle was subsequently fell, and the Yoshimi clan's territory was reduced to 5,000 koku.
After Asakura Kageki defeated Hisami Masakune, he regarded Matsunaga Nagayori's slight assistance as a sign of Tamba's weakness.
With weak evidence, he rashly brought the war to Tamba, only to be defeated by Nagayori in a battle.
The reason why Yoshimi Masakune survived after his defeat was because Takeda Yoshitomi wanted to leave an example to Awaya Katsuhisa. He hoped that Awaya Katsuhisa would not have to worry about being punished for his previous actions and return to the Takeda clan's retainer system.
However, this did not reassure Awaya Katsuhisa, who had a double record of opposing the Yoshitsune and Asakura. After Masakune's defeat, Katsuhisa took advantage of the opportunity when Yoshitsune and Keiki sent troops to Tanba to actively gather troops in his territory to prepare for war.
When Yitong and Jing Ji led the defeated troops to withdraw from Danbo, they found another important minister who had raised the flag of rebellion.
Since the Wakasa people suffered a lot after the Echizen Army entered Wakasa, the former pro-Akura faction also changed their stance; therefore, the suppression of the rebellion of Awaya Katsuhisa became a one-man show for the Asakura clan.
Yonglu six years (1563)
In September 2016, Katsuhisa Awaya led his army to twice defeat Asakura Keiki, who had superior military strength, thus beginning the six-year-long Cage War of Kuniyoshi Castle (for details about this battle, please see Abe Nobumitsu's "The Cage War of Kuniyoshi Castle".
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In the eleventh year of Eiroku (1568), Asakura Yoshikage ended the Takeda clan's rule over Wakasa.
However, Wakasa, who had less than 100,000 koku, not only was not swallowed by Yoshikage, but instead consumed a considerable part of Echizen's national power.
Awaya Katsuhisa's Kuniyoshi Castle has always stood, and Yoshimi Masakune also raised his troops again after building Takahama Castle. Although Masukee was defeated again, Takahama Castle, which was stronger than Hatidoyama Castle, was not defeated by the Echizen army again.
Break through.
The first year of Yuangui
(1570), the Wakasa people led by Awaya Katsuhisa and Itami Masakune joined Oda Nobunaga's Wakasa Peace Army and participated in Nobunaga's attack on the Echizen Asakura clan.
In the first year of Tenzheng (1573) when the Asakura clan was destroyed, millet
Yakatsuhisa also gained the reputation of "Ichijo Valley Ichijo" because he served as the vanguard of the Ichijo Valley strategy.
Katsuhisa and Masakune have since participated in the military operations of the Oda Army for a long time as leaders of the Wakasa people, and their territory has also been increased.
In the ninth year of Tianzheng (1581), Yoshijian Masaking passed away. The Yijian family was extinct because he had no descendants, and most of his legacy was inherited by Mizoguchi Hidekatsu of the same clan.
Awaya Katsuhisa became an official Hideyoshi after the death of Honnōji Temple, and Kinoshita Katsuhisa and Mu
Shimo Toshibo (both sons of Takeda Motoaki) took over Wakasa and was granted another title.
After that, the Awaya family lost their territory because they joined the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara. Ayaya Suketao, the grandson of Katsuhisa Awaya, and many other ronin who lost their territory after the Battle of Sekigahara, continued to join the Toyotomi faction in the Battle of Osaka.
, Awaya Suketao, who was lucky enough to survive after the Battle of Osaka, was later appreciated for his martial prowess and was hired by Todo Takatora.
As fellow sects of the Kiyowa Genji Yoshimitsu clan, the Awaya clan and the Itsami clan were favored by the Wakasa Takeda clan; but the Awaya clan and the Yoshimi clan also used facts to prove that their importance was not just due to their bloodline.
The Awaya clan has blocked the expansion of the Asakura clan in Higashi Wakasa for a long time, and Nishiwakasa, guarded by the Itami clan, has rarely been invaded by other countries. During the nearly hundred years of the Takeda clan's power, these two families were indeed well-deserved support.
The twin jewels of the Takeda family.
However, when Ayaya Katsuhisa and Itsami Masakune, who were truly the representatives of the Twin Jewels, began to become active, Wakasa had become a stage for the surrounding powers to compete with each other. As the lord, the Takeda clan could no longer represent the interests of the Wakasa people.
As Warring States generals, Katsuhisa and Masakune naturally gave up the Takeda clan and embarked on the road of independence. As small lords with tens of thousands of koku, Katsuhisa and Masakune were not able to play a role in influencing the world, but they are likely to be like
Mao Sui said, it's not that you can't get out of the bag, it's just that you were not put into the bag by fate because of chance.
Awaya Katsuhisa fought with an army of less than a thousand men against the much stronger Echizen Asakura army and was able to win or lose. During the Tenmon period, he faced the famous Hokuriku general Asakura Sotetsu, but Kuniyoshi Castle was not lost;
During the Roku period, Shengjiu fought against the Asakura army for six consecutive years in an isolated and helpless situation.
Facing the same enemy, Usayama Castle with more elite soldiers fell too quickly. Perhaps Katsuhisa Awaya was the closest to Asakura Sotetsu among the native military generals in Fukui Prefecture.
Itami Masakune, who was captured because of the fall of the mountain castle, was obviously inferior to Shengku in military strategy, but after the fall of the castle, he did not choose to commit seppuku. He relied on the remaining 5,000 stone territory to build another Takahama Castle and built it in Eirokujiu.
He raised his troops again in 2010... This kind of character like Takauji and Ieyasu made him see the final demise of his old enemy, the Asakura clan.
What’s interesting is that less than 20 years after the Takeda clan lost its rule over Wakasa, the Awaya clan and the Itsumi clan also left forever their homeland where they had been operating for many years. It is very likely that the Awaya clan and the Itsumi clan were the Wakasa double jewels that belonged exclusively to the Wakasa Takeda clan…
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Off-topic: Wakasa Numada's setting is not a random one, a lot of effort was put into it, including Ayaya Katsuhisa and Yoshimi Masazu all came from here.