The Gosannen War (後三年合戦, gosannen kassen ), also known as the Later Three-Year War , was fought in the late 1080s in Japan's Mutsu Province on the island of Honshū .
14-580: The Gosannen War was part of a long struggle for power within the warrior clans of the time. The Gosannen kassen arose because of a series of quarrels within the Kiyohara clan (sometimes referred to as "Kiyowara"). The long-standing disturbances were intractable. When Minamoto no Yoshiie , who became Governor of Mutsu province in 1083, tried to calm the fighting which continued between Kiyohara no Masahira , Iehira , and Narihira . Negotiations were not successful; and so Yoshiie used his own forces to stop
28-881: A powerful local gōzoku clan and was usually controlled by its more powerful neighbours. During the Muromachi period , the Hatakeyama clan emerged as shugo of the region, but preferred to remain in Kyoto , and to rule through appointed deputies, such as the Jinbō clan and the Shiina clan. Into the Sengoku period , the Hatakeyama transferred their power base to Nanao Castle in Noto province, and Etchū became an area contested by
42-552: Is now the city of Takaoka, Toyama ; however, there are four shrines which vie for the title of Ichinomiya two of which are located in Takaoka, one in the city of Nanto and one in the town of Tateyama . Under the Engishiki classification system, Etchū was ranked as a "superior country" (上国) in terms of importance and "middle country" (中国) in terms of distance from the capital. Despite this classification, Etchū never developed
56-631: The Uesugi Kenshin and the Oda clan with the Ikkō-ikki helping play one side against the other. The area was eventually conquered by Oda Nobunaga 's general Shibata Katsuie and his deputy Sassa Narimasa , who were later replaced by Maeda Toshiie under the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . The Maeda clan retained control of the province under Kaga Domain during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate . During
70-820: The Kiyohara's Dewa) and the Chinjufu-shōgun (Defender of the North), Abe no Yoritoki . The Kiyohara Governor of Dewa contributed warriors to the Minamoto effort, and aided in their victory over the Abe clan , which was achieved in 1063. The Kiyohara then took over the administration of Mutsu, along with Dewa. Within the next twenty years, quarrels and conflicts arose within the family over differing interests arising from intermarriage with different warrior families. Kiyohara no Masahira , Iehira and Narihira , heads of branches of
84-516: The books and scrolls contained within, was destroyed in the Ōnin War of the late 15th century. Etch%C5%AB Province Etchū Province ( 越中国 , Etchū-no-kuni ) was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west, Shinano and Hida Provinces to the south, Echigo Province to
98-629: The east and the Sea of Japan to the north. Its abbreviated form name was Esshū ( 越州 ) . Koshi Province ( 越国 , Koshi no Kuni ) was an ancient province of Japan and is listed as one of the original provinces in the Nihon Shoki . The region as a whole was sometimes referred to as Esshū ( 越州 ) . In 701 AD, per the reforms of the Taihō Code , Koshi was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen , Etchū, and Echigo . However, in 702 AD,
112-512: The family, created such a disturbance that Minamoto no Yoshiie, who had taken the formerly Abe post of Defender of the North, felt it necessary to interfere in the conflict. In 1083, he was appointed Governor of Mutsu, and arrived in the north to attempt to resolve the situation peaceably; he soon was forced to resort to gathering his own troops. After much fighting, the violence came to an end; Iehira and his uncle Kiyohara no Takahira had been killed,
126-595: The family; the Kiyohara are particularly known for their involvement in the Zenkunen and Gosannen Wars of the 11th century. The Early Nine Year's War ( 前九年合戦 , Zenkunen kassen ) erupted in 1051, when Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son Yoshiie arrived in the north, from Kyoto , as agents of the Imperial court. They were there to put an end to a conflict between the Governor of Mutsu Province (which bordered
140-676: The fighting. He was helped by Fujiwara no Kiyohira . In the end, Iehira and Narihira were killed. During the siege of Kanezawa, 1086–1089, Yoshiie avoided an ambush by noticing a flock of birds take flight from a forest. Much of the war is depicted in an e-maki narrative handscroll, the Gosannen kassen emaki , which was created in 1171. The work is owned today by the Watanabe Museum in Tottori city , Japan . Kiyohara clan The Kiyohara clan ( 清原氏 , Kiyohara-shi )
154-432: The four western districts of Etchū Province (Kubiki, Kosi, Uonuma and Kambara) were transferred to Echigo Province. Etchū annexed Noto Province in 741 AD, but Noto was separated out again in 757 AD. In 746 AD, the noted poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi became Kokushi , and left many references to the region in the poetic anthology Man'yōshū . The Nara period provincial capital and provincial temple were located in what
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#1732766159613168-603: The mid-Edo period, Nei District and much of Niikawa District were separated from Kaga Domain into the 100,000 koku Toyama Domain , which was ruled by a branch of the Maeda clan. Following the Meiji Restoration and the abolition of the han system in 1871, Etchū Province was divided into Kanazawa Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Nanao Prefecture and Niikawa Prefecture, but these areas were reconsolidated into Ishikawa Prefecture in 1876. In 1883, Ishikawa Prefecture
182-565: The other Kiyohara leaders surrendered. Control of both Dewa and Mutsu then passed to Fujiwara no Kiyohira , an ally of Yoshiie. The kuge branch continued their legacy of scholarship, spawning writers, scholars, poets and artists. The descendants possessed hereditarily the office of daigeki . Kiyohara no Yorinari (1122–1189), son of the Daigeki Kiyohara no Suketada , was governor of Etchū Province and excelled in law, literature and history. The clan's Kyoto mansion, along with all
196-456: Was a powerful clan of the far north of Japan during the Heian period , descended from Prince Toneri , son of Emperor Tenmu (631–686). Kiyohara no Fusanori (9th century) had two sons: the elder was the ancestor of the samurai branch family of Dewa Province ; the younger of the kuge (court nobles) branch of the clan. The position of Governor of Dewa province was passed down within
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