Kings in All but Name: The Lost History of Ouchi Rule in Japan, 1350-1569

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
	Transforming Yamaguchi and the Ōuchi Realm
	Turmoil in Iwami and Aki
	The Ningbo Incident
	Last Battles
9. The Triumphs and Tragedy of Ōuchi Yoshitaka (1528–​51)
	Birth and Early Years
	Succession
	Ruling as Governor General of Kyushu (Dazai Daini)
	Trade with Korea
	Tally Trade with China
	Increasing Copper and Silver Exports
	Yoshitaka’s Influential Advisers
	Wars in Iwami and Aki
	Possessing Itsukushima and Rebuilding Shrines
	Yoshitaka’s Ritual Supporters
	Consequences of Upholding Court Authority
	Selecting a New Heir
	Defending Iwami
	The Prosperity of Yamaguchi
	Turmoil in Kyoto
	The Revolt
	Conclusion
10. The Collapse
	Ōtomo Hachirō
	Appeals to Ōuchi Ethnicity
	The Pliant Ruler
	Christianity and the Portuguese in Yamaguchi
	Becoming Ōuchi Yoshinaga
	Turmoil
	The Itsukushima Defeat
	Prayers, Defeat, and Death
	Ruin
Epilogue: Legacies
	Ōuchi Nostalgia
	Ōuchi Teruhiro’s Gambit
	Post-​Ōuchi Trade Disruptions
	Rewriting and Reordering the Past
	Fading Ōuchi Identity
Bibliography
Index