The Ōuchi family (大内氏, Ōuchi-shi^?) was one of the most powerful and important families during the reign of the Ashikaga shogunate in the 12th to 14th centuries. Their domains, ruled from the castle town of Yamaguchi, comprised six provinces at their height, and the Ōuchi played a major role in supporting the Ashikaga in the Nanboku-cho Wars against the Imperial Court. The Ōuchi remained powerful up until the 1560s, when they became eclipsed by their vassals, the Mōri. The Ashikaga shogunate (Jp. ... Yamaguchi (山口市 Yamaguchishi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ... Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of Kuni (国, Countries). ... The Nanboku-cho (南北朝, lit. ... Events and Trends In 1564 William Shakespeare was born. ... Grave of Yamaguchi Mōri clan at Mount Koya The Mōri clan (毛利氏, Mōri-shi) was a family of daimyō, descended from Oe no Hiromoto and established themselves in Aki province. ...

Based in Suo Province, towards the western end of Honshu, the Ōuchi were among the primary families to be involved in foreign trade and relations, particularly with China. Following the Ōnin War (1467-1477), a strong rivalry developed between the Ōuchi and the Hosokawa family, who were now in power. The two clashed at Ningpo in 1523, and as a result the Chinese closed Ningpo to Japanese traders. By the time the Ōuchi were again allowed to send a ship a few years later, the trade was dying out. The family's trade with China fully came to an end by 1548, their monopoly broken by merchants from the seaport of Sakai. The Ōuchi also housed the Portuguese Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier for a time in 1551. Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... todo mal de [ [ Shikoku ] ] a través del [ [ mar interior ] ], y noreste de [ [ Kyushu ] ] a través del [ [ estrecho de Kanmon ] ]. Es la séptima isla más grande, y la segunda isla populosa en el mundo después de [ [ Java (isla)|Java ] ] (véase [ [ lista de las islas de la población ] ]). < style=float del div... Marker at location of outbreak of Onin War The Onin War (応仁の乱 ÅŒnin no Ran) was a civil war from 1467 to 1477 during the Muromachi period in Japan. ... Events October 29 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... Ningbo (Simplified Chinese: 宁波; Traditional Chinese: 寧波; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ning-po; literally Tranquil Waves) is a seaport sub-provincial city in northeastern Zhejiang province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624) Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600) Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general... Sakai (堺市; -shi) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. ... The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu/Jesu (S.J.) in Latin) is a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope. ... Memorial to St. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ...

As a result of their wealth and trading contacts, the Ōuchi gained renown in the worlds of art and culture as well. They possessed countless items of cultural and artistic significance and beauty, from Japan and China, as well as from further abroad. Particularly famous was the invitation by Ōuchi Masahiro of the famous painter Sesshū to Yamaguchi in 1486. ÅŒuchi Masahiro ) was a general in the ÅŒnin War, serving Yamana Souzen. ... Shukei-sansui (Autumn Landscape), by Sesshu Toyo Sesshu Toyo (雪舟 等楊), 1420-1506, is one of the most prominent masters of suiboku (ink painting), and a Zen Buddhist priest. ... // Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. ...

Significant Members of the Ōuchi family

• Ōuchi Yoshihiro (1356-1400) - Led a revolt against Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
• Ōuchi Masahiro - one of Yamana Souzen's chief generals in the Ōnin War.
• Ōuchi Yoshioki (1477-1528) - Restored the shogun Ashikaga Yoshitane to power after a fifteen-year absence in 1508.
• Ōuchi Yoshitaka (1507-1551) - One of the first Ōuchi lords to see (and perhaps cause) the decline of the family.
• Ōuchi Yoshinaga (d. 1557) - The last Ōuchi lord, Yoshinaga committed suicide shortly after the battle of Miyajima in which his family was defeated by the Mōri.

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References

• Sansom, George (1961). "A History of Japan: 1334-1615." Stanford: Stanford University Press.
• Sansom, George Bailey (1962). "Japan: A short cultural history." New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.