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Hōjō Ujiyasu

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1515–1571 Also known as Lion of Sagami

Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515–1571), third head of the Later Hōjō clan, controlled Sagami, Musashi, Izu and other Kantō provinces from Odawara Castle, was calle…

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  1. 1541–1546Odawara Castle · Kanagawa PrefectureAfter his father Hōjō Haruoki died in 1541 he established his position through internal strife, and formally became head after his brother Ujitsuna died in 1546, beginning to consolidate Sagami and the Odawara system.
  2. 1546–1560Sagami and Musashi · KantōFrom the 1540s to 1550s he gradually controlled Sagami, Izu, Musashi and elsewhere; in 1546 he crushed the Uesugi-Takeda coalition in the night battle of Kawagoe, establishing Kantō superiority. He concluded the Kai-Sagami-Suruga tripartite alliance with Takeda Shingen while repeatedly contending with Uesugi Kenshin in Kantō.
  3. 1560–1571Odawara · Kanagawa PrefectureFacing Oda Nobunaga's eastward expansion and shifts among the Takeda and Uesugi in the 1260s... [Note: source says 1560s] he maintained Hōjō survival through flexible diplomacy. He died in 1571; his sons Ujimasa, Ujiteru and others succeeded, and the Hōjō held Odawara until Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign in 1590.

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