History of Asia

What did Nobunaga Oda intend to do with the Emperor and the imperial court after Tenka Fubu?

Nobunaga Oda Was trying to reach out to the emperor and the imperial court, which have a long history.

Emperor Ogimachi Abdication Recommendation And hold of three positions from the imperial court He may have been thinking of making some reforms because of such actions. It is believed that he himself became an absolute god and tried to rule this country with a strong order, without relying on old power.

Initially I was trying to use the authority of the shogun

To realize this Nobunaga's ambition, the two major powers of the time, the shogunate and the imperial court It is necessary to eliminate. However, even if we deny such old power, we can see from history that we used it to the maximum if it had utility value.

Yoshiaki Ashikaga in September 1568 I added the area around Kyoto to the print. And Yoshiaki Ashikaga , the 15th shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate. I used the authority of. On the other hand, Kanrei and Deputy General from Yoshiaki He was not appointed to the post and kept a certain distance from the shogunate.

Such a relationship did not last long, and Nobunaga and Yoshiaki became in conflict, and Yoshiaki became the mastermind behind the anti-Nobunaga siege network, Asakura / Asai and Ishiyama Hongan-ji . In response, Nobunaga was in a difficult situation to lose Kyo.

Therefore, Nobunaga used the power of the imperial court, which is higher than the shogunate, to Emperor Ogimachi . Succeeded in concluding a ceasefire agreement by the command given by.

Eventually, Nobunaga was forced to expel Yoshiaki and the Muromachi Shogunate was dismantled because Yoshiaki did not break his confrontational stance.

Oda Nobunaga recommends the emperor's abdication

After the destruction of the Muromachi Shogunate, Nobunaga was Emperor Ogimachi . Abdication Recommendation Will come to do. In 1578 he resigned from the post of Minister of the Right.

Nobunaga is 17 years older than Emperor Ogimachi Prince Masahito , the first prince of the emperor and 17 years younger than It seems that he wanted to be the next emperor. Prince Masahito When he became, he probably wanted to take advantage of that authority. After all, Prince Masahito Did not become an emperor because he died suddenly.

The emperor who has reached the elderly since the late Heian period is emeritus It was customary to become.

Even in the imperial court, the emeritus who abdicated rather than the active emperor was in control. Therefore, the emperor wanted to start the cloister rule as an emeritus by abdication. Therefore, Emperor Ogimachi Even if he abdicates, it will be the same as the current situation if he becomes the emeritus and takes control of the imperial court.

Therefore, as Nobunaga's imperial court reform, abolition of cloister rule It is said that he was looking for. Prince Masahito By Emperor's pro-government for the cause However, if the cloister rule from the Heian period was abolished, it would have been easier to gain support from those around us.

Nobunaga's power at that time was enough to exile the emperor himself, but he didn't cut the card, and while flickering, he was ostensibly " Kazukazu Kobu . 』I was showing the attitude.

Why did Nobunaga Oda withhold the appointment of three positions?

In May 1582, the imperial court gave Nobunaga Shogun, Kampaku, and Daijo-daijin . Three Jobs I was asked to take up one of the positions called. However, leaving the reply ambiguous, he will end his non-work at the Honnoji Incident on June 2. For that reason, it is difficult to understand the true meaning of Nobunaga's suspension of his appointment as a third position.

Based on the idea of ​​denying Nobunaga's old authority, one can imagine that he was unwilling to take up three positions. However, when Nobunaga resigned from the Minister of the Right, he said, " If the world stabilizes, I will take an important position . It's not the time to get those three jobs yet, but I may have planned to get a consultation from the imperial court.

Then, which of the three positions did Nobunaga take office when he was consulted?

Nobunaga is called the descendant of Mr. Taira Taira no Kiyomori Is Daijo-daijin Daijo-daijin I suspect I was going to be. Probably the Mori and Uesugi Tenkafubu after defeating Daijo-daijin to achieve smoothly It may have been planned to be.

The last age at Honnoji was 49 years old, and although it was said that he was 50 years old, he was in good health, so Akechi Mitsuhide . If it hadn't been for the rebellion, it would have reigned as a heavenly man for at least another 10 years.

Honnoji Incident If all goes well, Daijo-daijin Hideyoshi is Kampaku Hidetsugu, Ieyasu Shogun Daijo-daijin to Nobutada a few years after taking office, as if he had handed over to Hidetada. It seems that he gave up.

How did Nobunaga, after taking office as Daijo-daijin, intend to reform the imperial court?

From the perspective of the emperor, he would have had a strong impatience and a sense of crisis toward Nobunaga, who would not jump even if he was asked to take up three positions. So it's no wonder he came into contact with Mitsuhide and worked on rebellion. According to one theory, the Emperor Ogimachi There is also a theory that Mitsuhide was tempted to change the Honnoji Temple.

Even if the mastermind behind Honnoji was the emperor, he would never leave evidence of it. I would like to write about such a strange thing about Honnoji in a different article.