The Yamana clan (山名氏, Yamana-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan which was one of the most powerful of the Muromachi period (1336–1467); at its peak, members...

Look up yamana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yamana may refer to: Yamana, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia Yamana clan, a Japanese clan Yamana Gold, a Canadian-based...

Yamana, Satomi, Hosokawa, Satake, Yamamoto, Hemi, Ogasawara, Yasuda, Takenouchi, Hiraga, Imagawa, Miyake, etc. There were 21 branches of the clan, each...

Katsumoto during the Ōnin War in Heian-kyō. Yamana Sōzen was born to Yamana Tokihiro (1367–1435), head of the Yamana clan. Tokihiro was the shugo (provincial...

Nitta clan (新田氏, Nitta-shi) was one of several major families descended from the Seiwa Genji, and numbered among the chief enemies of the Hōjō clan regents...

Shinkage-ryū. Yamana clan (山名氏) – cadet branch of Nitta clan who descended from Seiwa Genji. Yamanouchi clan (山内氏) – also known as Yamanouchi Sudō clan, descended...

change are also listed. Many battles between local daimyō (feudal lords) and clans that did not result in a de facto change of government are not included...

support of Yamana Sōzen and other leaders of powerful samurai clans. In contrast to Tomiko and Yamana, Yoshimi had the support of the Hosokawa clan, a powerful...

Izu Province and was the founder of the Yamana clan. He was also known as Yamana Kaja and Yamana Saburō. Yamana was born the son of Nitta Yoshishige. His...

Akamatsu clan in the Eastern army, and made a great achievement to clear off the Yamana clan in the Western army, which made him the Akamatsu clan's vassal...

with the feudal Yamana clan, hoping to make their fortunes as soldiers. Instead, they are mistaken for soldiers of the defeated Akizuki clan, have their weapons...

Hosokawa clan (細川氏, Hosokawa-shi) is a Japanese samurai kin group or clan. The clan descends from the Seiwa Genji, a branch of the Minamoto clan, and ultimately...

allied with Yamana Toyokuni to attempt an invasion to captured Tajima and Inaba provinces. In 1578, Katsuhisa defending Kozuki Castle for Oda clan under Toyotomi...

Ōuchi Norihiro (大内教弘, 1420–1465) Ōuchi Masahiro (大内政弘, 1446–1495) – one of Yamana Sōzen's chief generals in the Ōnin War. Ōuchi Yoshioki (大内義興, 1477–1529)...

two years (1389–1391).[citation needed] Toki Shigeyori sided with the Yamana clan during the Ōnin War and, in 1487, invaded the southern part of Ōmi Province...

Yamana Suketoyo (山名 祐豊, 1511 – 1580) was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was the last head of the Tajima Yamana clan. Yamana...

Yoshisuke Akamatsu Masanori Tōshōin Akamatsu Yoshisuke Akamatsu Masahide Yamana Suketoyo Akai Naomasa Hatano Hideharu Suzuki Magoichi Suzuki Sadayū Suzuki...

Katsumoto and Yamana Sōzen, which escalated into the Ōnin War. Masanaga and Yoshinari were largely stalemated for much of this period, as Yamana and Hosokawa...

came under the control of the Yamana clan, a cadet branch of the Nitta clan, in the Muromachi period. The Yamana clan had close relations with the Ashikaga...

Kyoto; Tadafuyu joins Southern Court; Yamana Tokiuji joins Tadafuyu. 1353 – Kyoto retaken by Southern forces under Yamana Tokiuji; retaken by Ashikaga forces...

generals. In 1706, it was awarded to the Sengoku clan, who ruled until the Meiji restoration. The Yamana clan, formerly rulers of 11 provinces had been reduced...

Yamana Toyokuni (山名 豊国, 1548 – 1626) was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was the head of the Inaba Yamana clan and Shugo of...

Hatakeyama and Shiba clans were also divided into two opposing factions over succession within their own clans, and Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Sōzen, who were...

area came under the control of the Yamana clan, a cadet branch of the Nitta clan in the Muromachi period. The Yamana clan had close relations with the Ashikaga...

neighbors often usurped Yamana authority. In the Sengoku period, the province was a contested area between the Amago clan. Mōri clan and Oda Nobunaga, with...

Tottori is a National Historic Site. During the Muromachi period, the Yamana clan were nominally shugo of the province; however, their control over the...

was a member of the Ōuchi clan and general in the Ōnin War, serving Yamana Sōzen. He battled numerous times with Yamana's rival, Hosokawa Katsumoto,...

its present form was constructed by the Yamana clan from 1532 to 1555. In the early Muromachi period, the Yamana once held the position of shugo over most...

follow Yoshimasa as shōgun. Yoshimasa's wife, Hino Tomiko, attempted to get Yamana Sōzen to support the infant's claim to the shogunate. By 1467 the simmering...

the Yamana clan. It was rebuilt by 1525; however, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi occupied the area in 1580, he confiscated the territory of the Yamana clan, and...