February 26, 1614(1614-02-26) (aged 68) Yamagata Castle
Relations
Mogami Yoshimori (father) Yoshihime (sister) Date Terumune (brother in law) Date Masamune (nephew)
Nickname
"Fox of Dewa"
Military service
Allegiance
Mogami clan Toyotomi clan Eastern Army Tokugawa shogunate
Rank
Daimyo
Unit
Mogami clan
Commands
Yamagata domain
Battles/wars
Dewa Province conquest (1580-1586) Battle of Jugorihara (1588) Siege of Odawara (1590) Kunohe Rebellion (1591) Siege of Shiroishi (1600) Siege of Hasedō (1600)
Mogami Yoshiaki (最上 義光, February 1, 1546 – February 26, 1614) was a daimyō of the Yamagata Domain in Dewa Province, in the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. Known as "Fox of Dewa".[1]
His younger sister, Yoshihime, later became the wife of Date Terumune and gave birth to his eldest son, Masamune. In other words, Yoshimitsu was Date Masamune's uncle.[2]
It was recorded in historical documents that his body height was over 180 cm.[3]
^"朝日日本歴史人物事典「最上義光」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^Kenji Matsuo (松尾剛次) (2024). "伊達と上杉の宿敵「最上義光」...梟雄と語られてきた戦国大名の知られざる素顔" [The sworn enemy of the Date and Uesugi clans, "Mogami Yoshiaki"... The unknown face of the Sengoku lord who was described as a warlord]. Rekishikaido (in Japanese). PHPオンライン. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
MogamiYoshiaki (最上 義光, February 1, 1546 – February 26, 1614) was a daimyō of the Yamagata Domain in Dewa Province, in the late Sengoku and early Edo...
married Date Terumune and gave birth to Date Masamune in 1567. MogamiYoshiaki expanded the Mogami territory enormously. He was one of the excellent Sengoku...
punishment of the Uesugi, attended by Hosokawa Tadaoki, Date Masamune, MogamiYoshiaki, Satake Yoshinobu and Nanbu Toshinao. July 26 – Ieyasu leaves Fushimi...
married Date Terumune, she continued to help the Mogami clan in many ways. She and her brother MogamiYoshiaki sent many letters to each other, maintaining...
official. Retrieved 26 October 2021. "最上義守/もがみよしもり 歴代最長期の山形城主" (in Japanese). MogamiYoshiaki Historical Museum official. Retrieved 26 October 2021. v t e...
The MogamiYoshiaki Historical Museum (最上義光歴史館, MogamiYoshiaki Rekishikan) is a museum in the city of Yamagata in northern Japan just outside the reconstructed...
able to ally with daimyos of north-east Japan such as Date Masamune, MogamiYoshiaki, Satake Yoshishige and Nanbu Nobunao; he was also able to maintain...
Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭, 5 December 1537 – 19 October 1597) was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to...
attitude was due to her faith. "最上義守/もがみよしもり 歴代最長期の山形城主" (in Japanese). MogamiYoshiaki Historical Museum official. Retrieved 26 October 2021. "朝日日本歴史人物事典「田村清顕」の解説"...
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August where he began mustering troops. Date Masamune and his uncle MogamiYoshiaki, rulers of Sendai and Yamagata respectively on the border with the...
into Kyoto. He seized control of the capital. Nobunaga installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the fifteenth shōgun. Father: Ashikaga Yoshitsuna Mother: daughter of...
one of the chief supporters of Ishida Mitsunari. Date Masamune and MogamiYoshiaki, daimyō of large nearby domains, laid siege to this castle, beginning...
Terumune fought against the MogamiYoshiaki twice in different years, 1574 and 1578, in both battles, his wife, who also Yoshiaki sister, Yoshihime, advanced...
His childhood name was Kikubemaru (菊童丸). His younger brother Ashikaga Yoshiaki became the fifteenth shōgun. After his father, Yoshiharu, was forced to...
In 1586, He and MogamiYoshiaki's eldest son, Mogami Yoshiyasu, succeed defeat the Onodera Yoshimichi reinforcement. After Mogami clan was demolished...
20 May 1550. Later in 1568, supported by Oda Nobunaga, his son Ashikaga Yoshiaki became the fifteenth shogun. Father: Ashikaga Yoshizumi Mother: Hino Akiko...
castle on his way to pursue MogamiYoshiaki at Yamagata Domain, His force was 20,000 strong, against the 300 man of Mogami garrison under Eguchi Gohei...
this period; from 1561 to 1563 three of Nagayoshi's brothers and his son, Yoshiaki, died. This left Miyoshi Yoshitsugu the adopted heir when Nagayoshi died...
this relationship provided security for the Mogami clan. Mogami Yoshimori's eldest son, MogamiYoshiaki fought many battle against various cadet branches...
Mogami clan was demolished by the Tokugawa Shogunate, he became a vassal of Doi Toshikatsu. "Sakenobe Hidetsuna Page8" (in Japanese). MogamiYoshiaki...
Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Soyuz Sengoku Basara: The Last Party MogamiYoshiaki Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King King of Midland...
Yoshinaka, was his great-great-grandson, through Yoshio's father Ōishi Yoshiaki, maternal grandson of Torii Tadakatsu, fourth son of Torii Mototada....
Azai Nagamasa, wife of Shibata Katsuie) Koma Hime (駒姫) (daughter of MogamiYoshiaki) Gotoku Hime (五徳姫) (daughter of Oda Nobunaga, wife of Matsudaira Nobuyasu)...
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