Kings in all but name the lost history of Ōuchi rule in Japan 1350-1569 Lost history of Ōuchi rule in Japan 1350-1569 Conlan, Thomas creator author. text bibliography biography Electronic books. Genealogy nyu 2024 2024 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xv, 449 pages) : illustrations, maps "In the sixteenth century, the Ōuchi family were kings in all but name over much of the Japanese archipelago. Immensely wealthy, they controlled sea lanes stretching out from Japan to Korea and China, while the Ōuchi city of Yamaguchi functioned as an important regional entrepôt, with an expanding population and a host of temples and shrines. The family was unique in claiming ethnic descent from Korean kings, and-remarkably for this time-such claims were recognized in both Korea and Japan. Their position, coupled with dominance over strategic ports and mines, allowed them to facilitate trade throughout East and Southeast Asia. They played a key cultural role, in disseminating Confucian texts, Buddhist sutras, ink paintings, and pottery, and in creating a distinctive, hybrid culture that fused Japanese, Korean, and Chinese beliefs, objects, and customs. This monograph reveals that Japan from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries was an ethnically diverse state, replete with extensive mines, and closely bound in trading ties to Korea and China. It focuses on the Ōuchi, a magnate family from western Japan that was overthrown shortly after the period of initial Portuguese contact. The work provides a chronological narrative of their rule, focusing on the Ōuchi rulers, and showing how rituals, policies politics and economics were interwoven, and that what has been thought of as a period of warfare and turmoil was actually a stable and prosperous trading state"-- Cover -- Kings in All but Name -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Introduction: The Lost History of Ōuchi Rule -- A New Periodization of Japanese History: The Age of Yamaguchi (1477-​1551) and the Sengoku Era (1551-​68) -- Trade, Mining, and Sea Power -- The Ōuchi, Korea, and the Question of "Ethnicity" -- Religion and Rule -- Individuals and Institutions -- The Forgetting -- Early Scholarship -- The Structure of This Book -- 1. The Origins of the Ōuchi -- Star Cults and Myōken -- Three Tatara Lineages in Suō -- The Ōuchi Region The Struggle for Survival, 1331-​50 -- Conclusion -- 2. The Founder Ōuchi Hiroyo -- Origins -- The Conquest of Nagato -- Controlling the Straits of Shimonoseki -- Ritual Bonds of Lordship -- The Mines of Iwami -- Ties with the Court -- The Planned Settlement of Yamaguchi -- Turmoil of the 1370s -- 3. Ōuchi Yoshihiro and the Forging of Ōuchi Identity -- Quelling "Pirates" and Kyushu Enemies -- Enshrining Authority -- Yoshihiro in the Capital -- Crafting Ōuchi Identity -- The Ōei Disturbance (1399) -- Sakai -- Legacies -- 4. The One Who Could See Stars: The Unlikely Rule of Ōuchi Moriakira Early Life and Lordship -- Copper Mines and Trade -- Kingly Status -- Tripiṭaka (Buddhist Canon) -- Ashikaga Rapprochement -- Tombs, Kings, and Ōuchi Ethnicity -- Conflict, Korean Ties, and Trading Networks -- Ōuchi Administrative and Ritual Authority -- The Localization of a National Shrine (Usa) -- The Departure -- 5. Fraternal Succession, Expanding Trade, and Durable Administration -- Naming Patterns and Succession Disputes -- Pacifying Kyushu and Proselytizing Gods -- Expanding Commerce -- An Unexpected Death -- 6. Trader, Shogun, King, and God -- Early Life Urban Development, Commerce, and Trade -- Reasserting Control over Nagato -- Korean Ties and Ethnic Imaginations -- Recognition of Ōuchi Ethnicity -- Delegated and Personalized Authority -- Creating a Western Warrior Government -- Slouching toward War -- Legacies -- 7. Ōuchi Masahiro and the Rise of Yamaguchi -- Birth and Early Years -- The Onset of the Ōnin War -- Stalemate, Supply, and Naval Supremacy -- Yamana Kuniko's Defense of Yamaguchi -- Ending the War -- Divinely Sanctioned Authority -- The Depersonalization of Administrative Practices -- Economic and Cultural Exchanges Recalibrating Ōuchi Ethnicity -- Forging the Past -- The Apotheosis of Ōuchi Norihiro -- The Yamaguchi Polity -- Turtle Taboos -- The Age of Yamaguchi -- 8. Yoshioki and the Apogee of Ōuchi Rule (1495-​1528) -- Early Years -- The Meiō Coup (1493) and Its Ramifications -- Yoshioki's Violent Ascension -- Harboring a Shogun -- Conquering Kyoto -- Yoshioki as Commander -- Revisiting Myōken in the Capital -- Becoming a Courtier -- Cultural Patronage -- Administering the Capital -- Kyoto Currency Regulations -- Trade with Korea, China, and the Ryūkyūs -- Return to Yamaguchi -- Possessing the Ise Gods Thomas D. Conlan. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ja--- a-kr--- Ōuchi family Ōuchi family Japan Kings and rulers Korea Kings and rulers Japan Politics and government 1333-1600 Daimyo Japan Yamaguchi-ken (Japan) Politics and government Japan Foreign relations 1185-1600 Korea Foreign relations 1392-1637 Japan Relations Korea Korea Relations Japan Yamaguchi-ken (Japan) Genealogy Daimyo Genealogy Japon Politique et gouvernement 1333-1600 Daimyō Japon Japon Relations extérieures 1185-1600 Corée Relations extérieures 1392-1637 Corée Relations Japon Yamaguchi (Japon : Ken) Généalogies Asia HISTORY Japan Medieval Daimyo Diplomatic relations International relations Kings and rulers Politics and government Japan Japan Yamaguchi-ken Korea Asian history History 1185-1637 fast DS864 .C66 2024 952/.023 Kings in all but name Conlan, Thomas D. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] (DLC) 2023032631 (OCoLC) 1394015709 9780197677360 0197677363 0197677347 9780197677346 9780197677339 0197677339 2023032632 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/55771 DLC 230816 20260318165922.1 in00005698655 eng