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The was a Japanese samurai clan. Originally a branch of the Taira clan
Taira clan

The was a major Japanese clan in historical Japan.In reference to History of Japan, along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the emperors of the Heian Period to certain ex-members of the imperial family when they became subjects....
 and descended from Taira no Takamochi, they fell victim of political intrigue in 1205, when Hatakeyama Shigeyasu
Hatakeyama Shigeyasu

was a Kamakura period warrior who fell victim of political intrigue in 1205. The Hatakeyama Shigeyasu's grave under a tabu no ki tree near the Yuigahama end of Wakamiya Oji Avenue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and next to Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu's first torii is traditionally supposed to be his....
, first, and his father Shigetada
Hatakeyama Shigetada

Hatakeyama Shigetada was a samurai who fought in the Genpei War, in Japan. Originally fighting for the Taira clan, he switched sides for the battle of Dan-no-ura, and ended the war on the winning side....
 later were killed in battle by Hojo
Hojo clan

See the late Hojo clan for the Hojo clan of the Sengoku Period.The in the history of Japan was a family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken, officially just a regent) of the Kamakura Shogunate....
 forces in Kamakura. After 1205 the Hatakeyama came to be descendants of the Ashikaga clan
Ashikaga clan

The was a prominent Japanese samurai Japanese clans which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573.The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga, Tochigi in Shimotsuke province ....
, who were in turn descended from Emperor Seiwa
Emperor Seiwa

Emperor Seiwa was the 56th Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 858 through 876....
 (850-880) and the Seiwa Genji
Seiwa Genji

The were the most successful and powerful of the many branch families of the Japanese Minamoto clan. Many of the most famous Minamoto warriors, including Minamoto Yoshiie, also known as "Hachimantaro", or God of War, and Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, were descended from this line....
 branch of the Minamoto clan
Minamoto clan

was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period on those of their sons and grandsons who were not considered eligible for the throne....
.

first family being extinct in 1205, Ashikaga Yoshizumi
Ashikaga Yoshizumi

was the 11th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1494 to 1508 during the Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of Ashikaga Masatomo and grandson of the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori....
, son of Ashikaga Yoshizane, was chosen by Hojo Tokimasa
Hojo Tokimasa

was the first Hojo shikken of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hojo clan. He was shikken from the death of Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1199 until his abdication in 1205....
 to revive the name of Hatakeyama.






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The was a Japanese samurai clan. Originally a branch of the Taira clan
Taira clan

The was a major Japanese clan in historical Japan.In reference to History of Japan, along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the emperors of the Heian Period to certain ex-members of the imperial family when they became subjects....
 and descended from Taira no Takamochi, they fell victim of political intrigue in 1205, when Hatakeyama Shigeyasu
Hatakeyama Shigeyasu

was a Kamakura period warrior who fell victim of political intrigue in 1205. The Hatakeyama Shigeyasu's grave under a tabu no ki tree near the Yuigahama end of Wakamiya Oji Avenue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and next to Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu's first torii is traditionally supposed to be his....
, first, and his father Shigetada
Hatakeyama Shigetada

Hatakeyama Shigetada was a samurai who fought in the Genpei War, in Japan. Originally fighting for the Taira clan, he switched sides for the battle of Dan-no-ura, and ended the war on the winning side....
 later were killed in battle by Hojo
Hojo clan

See the late Hojo clan for the Hojo clan of the Sengoku Period.The in the history of Japan was a family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken, officially just a regent) of the Kamakura Shogunate....
 forces in Kamakura. After 1205 the Hatakeyama came to be descendants of the Ashikaga clan
Ashikaga clan

The was a prominent Japanese samurai Japanese clans which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573.The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga, Tochigi in Shimotsuke province ....
, who were in turn descended from Emperor Seiwa
Emperor Seiwa

Emperor Seiwa was the 56th Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 858 through 876....
 (850-880) and the Seiwa Genji
Seiwa Genji

The were the most successful and powerful of the many branch families of the Japanese Minamoto clan. Many of the most famous Minamoto warriors, including Minamoto Yoshiie, also known as "Hachimantaro", or God of War, and Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, were descended from this line....
 branch of the Minamoto clan
Minamoto clan

was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period on those of their sons and grandsons who were not considered eligible for the throne....
.

History

The first family being extinct in 1205, Ashikaga Yoshizumi
Ashikaga Yoshizumi

was the 11th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1494 to 1508 during the Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of Ashikaga Masatomo and grandson of the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori....
, son of Ashikaga Yoshizane, was chosen by Hojo Tokimasa
Hojo Tokimasa

was the first Hojo shikken of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hojo clan. He was shikken from the death of Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1199 until his abdication in 1205....
 to revive the name of Hatakeyama. He married Tokimasa's daughter, the widow of Hatakeyama Shigeyasu
Hatakeyama Shigeyasu

was a Kamakura period warrior who fell victim of political intrigue in 1205. The Hatakeyama Shigeyasu's grave under a tabu no ki tree near the Yuigahama end of Wakamiya Oji Avenue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and next to Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu's first torii is traditionally supposed to be his....
 (the last Hatakeyama of the first branch), and inherited the domains of the Hatakeyama (1205). Thus the new family descended from the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji).

The clan was an ally of the Ashikaga shogunate
Ashikaga shogunate

The was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga family.This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from the Muromachi street of Kyoto where the third shogun Yoshimitsu established his residence....
 against the (Imperial) Southern Court during the wars of the Nanboku-cho
Nanboku-cho

The , spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi bakufu of Japan's history. During this period, there existed a Northern Court , established by Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto, and a Southern Imperial Court, established by Emperor Go-Daigo in Yoshino District, Nara....
 period, and was rewarded by the shogunate with the hereditary position of shugo
Shugo

was a title, commonly translated as "Governor," given to certain officials in feudal Japan. They were each appointed by the shogun to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan....
 (Governor) of the provinces of Yamashiro
Yamashiro Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, located in Kinai. It overlaps the southern part of modern Kyoto Prefecture on Honshu. Aliases include , the rare , and ....
, Kii
Kii Province

, or Kishu , was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the part of Honshu that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture....
, Kawachi
Kawachi Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in Kinai, classified as a greater province. The area coincides with the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture, but it originally held the southwestern area that was split off into Izumi Province....
, Etchu
Etchu Province

was an old provinces of Japan in central Honshu, on the Sea of Japan side. It bordered Echigo Province, Shinano Province, Hida province, Kaga Province, and Noto Province provinces....
, and Noto
Noto Province

was an old provinces of Japan in the area that is today Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan. Noto bordered on Etchu Province and Kaga Province provinces....
, at the end of the 14th century. During the 15th century, the members of the Hatakeyama clan held, although not exclusively, the title of kanrei
Kanrei

or, more rarely, kanryo, was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as shogun Deputy. After 1349, there were actually two Kanrei, the Kyoto Kanrei and the Kanto Kanrei....
 (Shogun's Deputy), holding great influence over the Imperial Court at Kyoto
Kyoto

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. Around 1450, there was a split in the clan, and the internal conflict weakened the clan as a whole, causing it to lose the position of kanrei to the Hosokawa clan
Hosokawa clan

The was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa and a branch of the Minamoto clan, by the Ashikaga clan. It produced many prominent officials in the Ashikaga shogunate's administration....
. This split began with a feud between Hatakeyama Masanaga
Hatakeyama Masanaga

was a daimyo of the Hatakeyama clan and, according to some accounts, invented the horo, a stiffened cloak used by messengers and bodyguards to improve their visibility on the battlefield, and to act as an arrow-catcher....
 and Hatakeyama Yoshinari
Hatakeyama Yoshinari

was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the Muromachi period , who is most well known for his rivalry with Hatakeyama Masanaga over the position of Kanrei, or Shogun's Deputy....
 over succession to the position; it quickly grew, as each side gained allies, and was one of the sparks that ignited the Onin War
Onin War

The was a civil war from 1467 to 1477 during the Muromachi period in Japan. A dispute between Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Sozen escalated into a nationwide war involving the Ashikaga shogunate and a number of daimyo in many regions of Japan....
.

Nevertheless, the Hatakeyama maintained enough strength and unity to become some of Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
's chief adversaries in Kyoto, a hundred years later.

Selected clan members of note

  • Hatakeyama Naomune
  • Hatakeyama Shigetada
    Hatakeyama Shigetada

    Hatakeyama Shigetada was a samurai who fought in the Genpei War, in Japan. Originally fighting for the Taira clan, he switched sides for the battle of Dan-no-ura, and ended the war on the winning side....
     (1165-1205)
  • Hatakeyama Motokuni - became Kanrei
    Kanrei

    or, more rarely, kanryo, was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as shogun Deputy. After 1349, there were actually two Kanrei, the Kyoto Kanrei and the Kanto Kanrei....
     in 1398
  • Hatakeyama Yoshinari
    Hatakeyama Yoshinari

    was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the Muromachi period , who is most well known for his rivalry with Hatakeyama Masanaga over the position of Kanrei, or Shogun's Deputy....
     - rival with Masanaga for Kanrei
    Kanrei

    or, more rarely, kanryo, was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as shogun Deputy. After 1349, there were actually two Kanrei, the Kyoto Kanrei and the Kanto Kanrei....
     in 1467
  • Hatakeyama Masanaga
    Hatakeyama Masanaga

    was a daimyo of the Hatakeyama clan and, according to some accounts, invented the horo, a stiffened cloak used by messengers and bodyguards to improve their visibility on the battlefield, and to act as an arrow-catcher....
     - rival with Yoshinori for Kanrei
    Kanrei

    or, more rarely, kanryo, was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as shogun Deputy. After 1349, there were actually two Kanrei, the Kyoto Kanrei and the Kanto Kanrei....
     in 1467
  • Hatakeyama Takamasa
    Hatakeyama Takamasa

    was a head of the Hatakeyama clan of Kawachi Province during the late Sengoku period of Japanese history....
     (? - 1576)
  • Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu
    Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu

    was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period, who was the 14th head of the Nihonmatsu clan of Mutsu province....
     (1552-1585)


See also

Japanese clans
Japanese clans

This is a list of Japanese clans. The ancient clans mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period....