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Guide to Selected Historical Figures

The following list is presented in alphabetical order and will be updated as translations of Tabihikitsuke are added to this page. The foundations of this list were expanded and given more detail by Dr. Karen Gerhart.

The recent Izumi-sano city history is a critical source of information for reading Tabihikitsuke and is referenced in most of the entries below. We use the abbreviation SIS for the relevant volume, which is: Izumi sano-shi shi hensan i'in-kai, Shinshū izumi sano-shi shi dai 5-kan shiryō-hen chūsei III, (Sano: Sano-shi, 2001)

 Akazawa Tomotsune 赤澤朝經 (1451?–1507)

  • A military commander (bushō 武将) for Hosokawa Masamoto.

  • Hailed from an (illegitimate?) branch of the Ogasawara lineage, and was a senior retainer for the Hosokawa starting from 1499. 

  • Governor of Shinano.

  • After entering the Buddhist priesthood, went by the name Takuzōken Sōeki 択蔵軒宗益.

Relevant entries:
[1501.3.28]

Reference:
SIS, p. 671

Aoki Tosa Nyūdō 青木土佐入道 (dates unknown)

  • Served as the local agent (daikan 代官) for part of the domain belonging to Kujō steward/household official (keishi 家司) Tominokōji Toshimichi. 

  • He collected taxes for Toshimichi's portion of the estate and played an important role in the management of the domain as a whole.

  • Resided in Hineno before Masamoto and took care of financial affairs, hiring workers, settling farmers' complaints, etc.

Relevant entries:
[1501.3.30]
[1501.4.1]
[1501.4.2]
[1501.4.5]
[1501.4.26]
[1501.5.3]
[1501.5.9]
[1501.6.10]
[1501.6.11]
[1501.6.14]
[1501.6.17]

Reference:
SIS, p. 670 

Ashikaga Yoshizumi 足利義澄 (1480-1511)

  • 11th shōgun of the Muromachi Bakufu, in office from 1494 to 1508 (shōgun during the period covered by the diary)

Reference:
SIS, p. 672

Baba Kosaburō 馬場小三郎 (dates unknown)

  • Household official/steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō  

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.9]
[1501.4.10]
[1501.4.26]
[1501.5.8]
[1501.6.11]

Reference:
SIS, p. 727 

Hasegawa Kosaburō 長谷川小三郎 (dates unknown)

  • Household official/steward (keishi 家司) and warrior (saburai 侍) of the Kujō

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.16], appears as Kojirō

Reference:
SIS, p. 725

Henchiin Keisan 遍[偏,篇]智院慶算 (dates unknown)

  • Also known as Tōchiin Keisan 東智院慶算

  • Monk at Negoroji

  • Former local agent (sendaikan 先代官) of Tominokōji Toshimichi's portion of Hineno and Iriyamada land

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.26]

Reference:
SIS, p. 720, 732 

Honma [Kaga] Yūshun 本間[加賀]祐舜 (dates unknown)

  • Lay monk (bōkan 坊官) of the Shingon temple Zuishin'in 随心院 at Ono 小野 in Yamashiro (present day Kyoto)

  • Acted as a household official/steward (keishi 家司) for the Kujō

Relevant entries:
[1501.5.8]

References:
SIS, p. 737

Hosokawa Masahisa 細川政久  (dates unknown)

  • Lower Provincial Governor (shimo shugo 下守護)

  • Also called Yakurō 弥九郎

  • In 1501, he was the military governor (shugo 守護) of the province and new to the province when the diary begins because the previous two military governors had been killed

  • He is believed to be related to Mochihisa (持久), who handed over the position of lower provincial governor to Hosokawa Mototsune (細川基経)

Relevant entries:
[undated 1501]
[1501.3.29]
[1501.4.5]
[1501.4.16]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 734–735

Hosokawa Masamoto 細川政元 (1466–1507)

  • Deputy shogun (kanrei 管領) and de facto military leader since supporting and installing the eleventh Ashikaga shogun, Yoshizumi 足利義澄 (1481-1511)

Relevant entries:
[undated 1501]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 735

Hosokawa Mototsune 細川元常 (1482–1554)

  • Upper Izumi Governor (kami shugo 上守護) 

  • Another name is Gorōjirō 五郎次郎

  • Note from Lee Butler: Some scholars have referred to the "upper" military governor and "lower" military governor as the "northern" and "southern" military governors, assuming that they had divided control of the province as was common to pairs of military governors under the Muromachi regime (and because the province could be logically divided north to south). But this is mistaken. There was no division of control. As argued by Imatani Akira in his 1986 work on the Izumi military governors (see reference below), Sakai was too important a city to place in the hands of one individual, so both men were based in that city and they governed the province jointly.  There appears to be no significance in the designation of one as "upper" and the other as "lower."

Relevant entries:
[undated 1501]
[1501.4.5]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 736; Imatani Akira ("Izumi hankoku shugo kō," in Imatani, Shugo ryōgoku shihai kikō no kenkyū, Hōsei Daigaku Shuppan Kyoku, 1986. 今谷明、「和泉半国守護考」、『守護領国支配機構の研究』p. 216-245.

Hosokawa Mototsune 細川基経 (?–1500)

  • Lower Izumi Governor (shimo shugo 下守護) and Commissioner of Civil Affairs (minbu no taifu 民部大輔) after Hosokawa Mochihisa 細川持久

References:
SIS, p. 737

Inoo [Iio] Tamesada 飯尾爲元 (dates unknown)

  • Administrative Steward (bugyōnin 奉行人) of the Muromachi bakufu who handled lawsuits and adjudications

  •  Also called Hikosaburō 彦三郎 and Saburōzaemon no jō 三郎左衛門尉

Relevant entries:
[1501.5.8]

References:
SIS, p. 677

Ishii Aritoshi 石井在利  (1477?–1521)

  • Commissioner/administrator (bugyō 奉行)

  • Left bodyguard (saemon no taifu 左衛門大夫)

  • Steward/household official (keishi 家司) and warrior (saburai 侍) of the Kujō household

  • Dispatched to Muhenkōin to manage the affairs of Hineno Village. Corresponds with Nishimura Michimune and Yuasa Arihiro on Masamoto's behalf

Relevant entries:
[1501.3.28]
[1501 3.30]
[1501.4.1]  
[1501.4.2]
[1501.4.7]
[1501.4.10]
[1501.4.12]
[1501.4.13]
[1501.4.14]
[1501.4.26]
[1501.5.8]
[1501.5.16]
[1501.5.19]
[1501.6.10]
[1501.6.11]
[1501.6.17]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 674; Koji Hirota, "The Later Middle Ages Kujo Family Servants and Shoen" in The Bulletin of the National Museum of Japanese History. vol. 104,  (March 2003) pp. 223-247.

Karahashi Arina 唐橋在名  (1488/9–1567)

  • Son of Karahashi Arikazu, longtime retainer of the Kujō family and first cousin of Kujō Masamoto

  • He assumed leadership of the Karahashi family after his father's death and continued to serve as a retainer for the Kujō, acting as their representative and receiving correspondence

Relevant entries:
[undated 1501]

References:
SIS, p. 685 

Kujō Hisatsune 九条尙經 (1468-1530)

  • Masamoto's eldest son and heir. Censured along with his father for the murder of fellow statesman Karahashi Arikazu in 1496, but later pardoned in 1499

  •  Became Regent (kanpaku 関白) and head of the Kujō lineage in 1501. He holds the position of Minister of the Right (ufu 右府) at the beginning of the journal

Relevant entries:
[1501.3.28]
[1501.4.01]
[1501.5.8]

References:
SIS, p. 689  

Matsuda Yorisuke 松田頼亮 (?–1511)

  • Administrative steward (bugyōnin 奉行人) of the Muromachi bakufu who handled lawsuits and adjudications  

Relevant entries:
[1501.5.8]

References:
SIS, p. 740

Matsuura [Matsura] Mamoru  松浦守 (dates unknown)　

  • Deputy (shugodai 守護代) of the Upper Izumi Governor (shugo 守護) Hosokawa Mototsune

  • Also called Matsuura Gorōjirō 松浦五郎次郎

Relevant entries:
[undated 1501]
[1501.4.3]
[1501.4.5]
[1501.5.8]

References:
SIS, p. 741

Muhenkō'in Zenkō 無辺光院善興 (dates unknown)

  • See Zenkō, below

Nakazawa Shigesada  中澤重貞 (dates unknown)

  • Intermediary for Upper Izumi Governor Hosokawa Mototsune 細川元常

Relevant entries:
[undated 1501]
[1501.3.29]

References:
SIS, p. 722  

Nishimura Michimune 西村通宗 (dates unknown)

  • Also called Nishimura Shin'emon 西村新右衛門

  • Commissioner/administrator (bugyō 奉行) for Lower Izumi Governor Hosokawa Masahisa; also his intermediary and person who prepared correspondence and orders (sōja 奉者)

Relevant entries:
[1501.3.29], editors mistakenly labeled him Arihiro on this day
[1501.4.6]
[1501.4.9]
[1501.4.10]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 723 

Ohara Kamonnosuke 小原掃部助 (dates unknown)

  • Steward/household official (keishi 家司) and warrior (saburai 侍) of the Kujō household

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.15]

References:
SIS, p. 682 

Saitō Katsuzane 斎藤勝実 (dates unknown)

  • Deputy (shugodai 守護代) of Lower Izumi Governor Hosokawa Masahisa

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.3]
[1501.5.8]

References:
SIS, p. 698 

Saitō Soubei 斎藤惣兵衛

  • See Satō Hisanobu 佐藤久信

Satake 佐竹

  • Family of personal retainers (hikan 被官) for Lower Izumi Governor Hosokawa Masahisa

  • Members of the Satake family from Hitachi (Ibaraki prefecture)

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.2]
[1501.4.3]
[1501.4.4]
[1501.4.5]
[1501.6.17]

References:
SIS, p. 699 

Satō Hisanobu 佐藤久信 (dates unknown)

  • Also called Soubei 惣兵衛

  • Warrior (bushi 武士) from the Sennan region of Osaka prefecture

  • Personal retainer (hikan 被官) of Lower Izumi Governor Hosokawa Masahisa

Relevant entries:
[1501.5.3]

References:
SIS, p. 699

Senjōbō Meishū 泉定坊明秀 (dates unknown)

  • Monk of Negoro temple and pupil of the head administrator of Shippōryūji, Shinbukuin Shinkai 真福院真海

Relevant entries:
[1501.5.20]

References:
SIS, p. 711

Shinanonokōji Nagamori 信濃小路長盛 (dates unknown)

  • Commissioner/administrator (bugyō 奉行)

  • Assistant vice minister of the imperial household (kunaishōyū 宮内少輔 )

  • Household official/steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō

  • Senior palace deputy (kunai taifu 宮内大輔)

  • Holder of the fifth court rank (shodaibu 諸大夫)

  • Descendant of the Daigo Genji Branch

  • The most senior of Masamoto's officials, also the official who stays with Masamoto for his entire stay in Hine

Relevant entries:
[1501.3.28]
[1501.3.30]
[1501.4.1]  
[1501.4.2]
[1501.4.6]
[1501.4.10]
[1501.4.12]
[1501.4.14]
[1501.4.26]
[1501.5.3]
[1501.5.8]
[1501.5.16]
[1501.6.10]
[1501.6.17]

References:
SIS, p. 703; Iwamoto Junichi, "Sengoku ki no kuge kaishi ni tsuite Shinanokoji Nagamori to Masamoto Tabihikitsuke" in Sengoku shi kenkyū, vol. 58 (2009) pp 12–22.

Shinomoto Motonobu 篠元基信 (dates unknown)

  • Hyūga Provincial Governor

  • Retainer of Lower Izumi Governor Hosokawa Masahisa

Relevant entries:
[undated 1501]
[1501.6.10]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 703 

Shiono Hyōgonosuke 塩野兵庫助 (dates unknown)

  • Also called Hyōgo 兵庫

  • Household Official/Steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.14]
[1501.6]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 701 

Shirakawa Tomihide 白川富秀 (dates unknown)

  • Junior captain (shōshō 少将)

  • Household official/steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō. Would become temple administrator (bettō 別当) for Masamoto's son, Hisatane, in 1502 after Hisatane became kanpaku

  • Holder of the fifth court rank (shodaibu 諸大夫)

  • Tomihide's father is Karahashi Aritoyo according to the Ryakumyō dodai 歴名土代, making the murdered Karahashi Arikazu 唐橋在数 (1448-1496) his biological brother. Tomihide is also Masamoto's first cousin. He was either the nephew of, or adopted by, Shirakawa Tadatomi 白川忠富.

  • Accompanied Masamoto to the Hineno estate, but on 1501.4.5 he was appointed messenger for Hosokawa Masahisa and returned to Kyoto.

Relevant entries:
[1501.3.28]
[1501.4.3]
[1501.4.5]
[1501.4.6]
[1501.4.10]

References:
SIS, p. 708 

Shōji Genjirō 庄子 [障子・床子] 源次郎 (dates unknown)

  • Local headman (banto 番頭) of Hineno's eastern area

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.14]
[1501.4.16]

References:
SIS, p. 706 

Takehara Sadao 竹原定雄 (dates unknown)

  • Household Official/Steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō

  • (SIS, p. 713)

Relevant entries:
[1501.5.16] 

Tōchiin Keisan 東智院慶算 (dates unknown)

  • See Henchiin Keisan 編智院慶算

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.26]

Tominokōji Toshimichi 富小路俊通 (?–1513)

  • Courtier and poet who became a member of nobility in 1503 when he was elevated to the third rank. He participated in poetry gatherings in the 1490s, his verse was included in the Muromachi renga anthology Shinsen tsukubashū (新撰菟玖波集), and he is known for his Tale of Genji commentary, Sangen no ichiran (三源一覧)

  • Worked as a Household official/steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō family and held the post of director of repairs (shuri no dairi daibu 修理大理大夫)

  • When the Hine estate was divided in two parts, the income of the west part of the village and half of Iriyamada was granted  to Tominokōji Toshimichi while the east part and half of Iriyamada was under direct control of the Kujō family.  

Relevant entries:
[1501.3.27]
[1501.4.6]
[1501.4.15]
[1501.4.16]
[1501.4.26]
[1501.5.8]
[1501.6.14]

References:
SIS, p. 721; Ii Haruki, Genji monogatari chūshakusho kyōjushi jiten (Tokyodō Shuppan, 2001), pp. 364-365; Miyakawa Yōko, Sanjōnishi Sanetaka to kotengaku (Kazama Shobō, 1995), pp. 518-527.

Yano Arikiyo 矢野有清 (dates unknown)

  • Also called Yano Ukyōnosuke 矢野右京亮 and Yano Hachirō [Arikiyo] 矢野八郎 [在清]

  • Household official/steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.9]

References:
SIS, p. 746

Yano Kazukiyo 矢野数清 (dates unknown)

  • Also called Yano Sakyōnosuke 矢野左京亮.

  • Household official/steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.6]
[1501.4.10]

References:
SIS, p. 746

Yasutomo Motoie 安富元家 (1448–1507)

  • Chikugo Provincial Governor Yasutomi

  • Muromachi bakufu deputy shogun (kanrei 管領)

  • Close associate of Hosokawa Masamoto and member of Board of Council (hyōjōshū 評定衆)

Relevant entries:
[undated 1501]
[1501.4.5]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 746

Yosaburō 与[與]三郎 (dates unknown)

  • Household official/steward (keishi 家司) of the Kujō family

  • Sixth rank samurai (aozamurai 青侍) who served the court noble Shinanonokōji Nagamori

Relevant entries:
[1501.5.8]

References:
SIS, p. 749 

Yoshitomi Tōjirō 吉富藤次郎 (dates unknown)

  • Personal retainer (hikan 被官) and warrior (saburai 侍) of the Kujō

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.15]

References:
SIS, p. 749 

Yuasa Arihiro 湯浅有弘 (dates unknown)

  • Also called Lord Yuasa Shinpei 湯浅新兵衞　

  • Intermediary for Upper Izumi Governor Hosokawa Mototsune 細川元常; also person who prepared correspondence and orders (sōja 奉者)

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.10]
[1501.6.18]

References:
SIS, p. 748

Zenkō 無辺光院善興 (d.u.)

  • See also Muhenkō’in Zenkō, above

  • Senior monk (rōsō 老僧) at Muhenkō’in

  • Masamoto awarded him the position of temple head of Muhenkōin in Hineno Village by decree in the fourth month of 1501.

Relevant entries:
[1501.4.26]

References:
SIS, p. 743