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| Cultural Resources Category | Calligraphies, Books, Documents |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter of Mibu Yoshitake |
| Location | 2-2,Mutsumi-cho,Utsunomiya-Shi,Tochigi |
| Cities / Towns | Utsunomiya |
| Owner / Manager | Tochigi Prefectural Museum |
| Public Information | [施設にお問い合わせください] |
| Description | Mibu clan. Due to this countermeasure of building Kuragasaki Castle, Yoshitake was exposed to a military threat from the Utsunomiya clan. As above, 1587 of Shimotsuke Province in which this letter is written was under a tense political situation. As the letter starts with “急度啓さしめ候”、 it can be seen that Yoshitake intentioned to notice this urgent situation in hurry. Also, when Yoshitake reported to the Hojo clan about the Utsunomiya clan (“enemy”) building Kuragasaki Castle (“patronage”), it says that the Hojo clan immediately dispatched an army. (“御出勢”) The Hojo clan’s army is already expected to cross the Tone River by today or tomorrow (“今明の間”), and in case if soomething happens to Hojo Ujiteru, (“奥州様”, younger brother of Ujimasa), Yoshitake shall take over the army. On the other hand, the letter also says that there was a temporary reconciliation between Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto and the Hojo clan, which was relieving (“心易かるべく候”). The letter says that the tense situation around Nikko will also be reported from “Yojo-bo” in Mt. Nikko. Mt. Nikko has been known as the best sacred place for mountain worship in Kano Region since ancient times, but it flourished both in the sacred and secular aspects from the Middle Ages, also being an important military base with considerable force like other temple and shrine powers. Since Mt. Nikko was under the Mibu clan by the end of Sengoku period, Yojo-bo, the monk of Mt. Nikko was affiliating with Yoshitake. Also, Kuragasaki Castle was fallen by the Hojo clan’s army which was called for help by Yoshitake on October 20th. Daimon Yajiro and his people who were besieging the castle were killed. After that, along with the Hojo clan, Yoshitake was taken away from his territory for besieging Odawara castle, and the Naganuma clan left South Aizu and obeyed Date Masamune due to Aizu punishment of Hideyoshi. |
| Copyright | CC BY-NC-ND（表示－非営利－改変禁止） |
| Hyper Link | Tochigi Prefectural Museum |
