Personnalité historique

Hatakeyama Yoshifusa

Shugo of Noto Province · Head of the Noto Hatakeyama (1515-1545)

Hatakeyama Yoshifusa (1491-1545), seventh head of the Noto branch of the Hatakeyama, presides over the golden age of this house of military governors (shugo). Becoming head of the clan in 1515, he makes Nanao Castle, on Mount Shiroyama, his principal residence and develops it into one of the largest mountain fortresses in Japan, with stone walls and dry moats. At the foot of the castle he attracts craftsmen and merchants, giving rise to a prosperous castle town; he invites scholars from Kyoto, controls shipping in the bays of Nanao and Toyama, and supports the exploitation of the Hodatsu gold mine. His death in 1545 marks the beginning of the clan's decline, which loses Nanao in 1577.

Portrait de Hatakeyama Yoshifusa
Naissance1491
Décès1545
FonctionShugo of Noto Province · Head of the Noto Hatakeyama (1515-1545)
MaisonClan Hatakeyama (branche de Noto)
ÉpoqueSengoku period
Histoire & patrimoine

Nanao, cultural capital of Noto

Under Yoshifusa, Nanao is not merely a fortress: the town that spreads at the foot of Mount Shiroyama becomes a centre of exchange and culture. The lord brings scholars from Kyoto to the town, relies on the maritime trade of the bays of Nanao and Toyama, and on the gold of Hodatsu. This prosperity explains the exceptional scale of the castle's enclosures, which are compared to the greatest yamajiro in the country.

Château de NanaoChâteau de Nanao
Frise chronologique

Repères dans sa vie

1491

Birth.

1515

Succeeds Hatakeyama Yoshimoto as seventh head of the Noto Hatakeyama.

1515-1545

Fortifies Nanao Castle, makes it his principal residence and develops the castle town; invites scholars from Kyoto.

1545

Dies at the age of 55.

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