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Hōjō Sōun

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1432–1519 Also known as Hōjō Sōun、Ise Moritoki、the Sengoku daimyo before Dōsan

Hōjō Sōun, born Ise Moritoki, was one of the most pioneering daimyo of early Sengoku Japan, later hailed as 'the first Sengoku daimyo';…

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  1. 1432–1489Ise Province · Mie PrefectureFrom a branch of the Ise clan, he early on served Imagawa Yoshitada, the Horigoe kōshu and other powers, accumulating military experience and connections amid Kantō political turmoil, creating conditions for his later independent action.
  2. 1491–1503Izu Province · Shizuoka PrefectureTaking advantage of internal strife in the Horigoe kōshu, he marched into Izu, defeated the former Hōjō clan lords' forces, controlled the Izu Peninsula, began operating under the name 'Hōjō Sōun', and claimed himself 'lord of Izu Province'.
  3. 1504–1510Odawara Castle · Odawara CityHe captured and strengthened Odawara Castle's defenses, shifting his base eastward to Sagami, gradually encroaching on the territories of Uesugi Norato and other Kantō powers, and by the early 1500s established dominance east of Hakone.
  4. 1511–1519Odawara · Odawara CityIn his later years he gradually handed government affairs to his heir Hōjō Ujitsuna, focusing himself on domain management and diplomatic arrangements; he died in 1519, and the Hōjō clan continued to expand on the foundation he laid, ultimately achieving Kantō unification under Ujiyoshi.

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