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5 unusual facts about Ōmi Province


Asakura Yoshikage

Due to Yoshikage’s lack of military skill, Oda's forces were successful at the Siege of Kanegasaki in Ōmi Province, leaving the entire Asakura Domain open to invasion.

Atmospheric ghost lights

In a Yomihon (Ehon Sayo Shigure) from the Edo period, at Minakuchi, Ōmi (now Kōka, Shiga Prefecture) there was a person who made a livelihood out of selling jōsen (candy made from the sap of Rehmannia glutinosa, boiled into a paste) who was killed by a robber.

Emperor Go-Kōgon

Emperor Go-Kōgon was forced to repeatedly flee from Kyoto to Ōmi Province and other places.

Emperor Kazan

The two brothers fled; and after careful searching, Tokiakira was eventually located in Ōmi Province.

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Yoshitsune defeated and killed his rival cousin Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the Battle of Awazu in Ōmi Province in the first month of 1184 and in the next month defeated the Taira at the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani in present day Kobe.


Chōkyō

1487 (Chōkyō 1, 8th month): Shogun Yoshihisa led a large army against Rokkaku Takayori (also known as Rokkaku Tobatsu), the daimyo of southern Ōmi province.

Emperor Kōkaku

1782 (Tenmei 2): An analysis of silver currency in China and Japan "Sin sen sen pou (Sin tchuan phou)" was presented to the emperor by Kutsuki Masatsuna (1750–1802), also known as Kutsuki Oki-no kami Minamoto-no Masatsuna, hereditary daimyo of Oki and Ōmi with holdings in Tamba and Fukuchiyama – related note at Tenmei 7 below.

Entoku

-- NengoCalc 延徳一年三月二十六日 -->: The Shogun, Yoshihisa died at age 25 while leading a military campaign in Ōmi province.

Rōben

According to tradition, Rōben was born either in either Ōmi Province in present-day Shiga Prefecture or Sagami Province in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture.

Rokkaku clan

Founded by Sasaki Yasutsuna of Ōmi province in the 13th century, the name Rokkaku was taken from their residence within Kyoto; however, many members of this family continued to be called Sasaki.

Shigaraki ware

In the later half of the Heian period, Sue ware production came to an abrupt decline, with production now centralizing in the Owari, Mino, Bizen, and Omi provinces.

Sōgi

He came from a humble family from the province of Kii or Ōmi, and died in Hakone on September 1, 1502.

Tōzen-ji

In the Edo period, Tōzen-ji was considered the family temple of various clans, including the Date clan of Sendai, the Ikeda clan of Omi province, the Inaba clan of Usuki Domain in Bungo province, the Suwo of Shinshu, the Tamura of Ichinoseki, and the Mori clan of Saeki in Bungo.


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