[Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture] 3 historic sites related to the relationship between Shigenaga Katakura, the spearhead of the Date family, “Onikojuro” and Yukimura Sanada

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1 Three historic sites related to Yukimura Sanada
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There are historical sites in Shiroishi City related to Sanada Yukimura and his descendants, who were allies but had a strange connection during the Osaka Summer Siege a battle in which the Tokugawa shogunate destroyed the Toyotomi family. Masu. This time we will introduce three such historical sites.

Three historic sites related to Yukimura Sanada

The battle ``Osaka Summer Camp'' took place in 1615.

Since the head of the Katakura family, Kagetsuna, was unable to participate in the war due to his illness, Kojuro Shigenaga Katakura, who later became the second head of the family, went to the front as the vanguard of the Date army. the Battle of Domyojiguchi, he defeated Goto Matabee, Susukida Kanesuke, and others, ``Oni Kojuro'' known throughout the world.

A stone monument on the summit of Mt. Chausu, where Yukimura Sanada set up his camp during the Summer Campaign in Osaka. — A stone monument on the summit of Mt. Chausu where Sanada Yukimura set up camp during the Osaka Summer Campaign.

At the time of this battle, Sanada Yukimura, who fought a battle with Katakura's army as a latecomer, believed that the enemy general, Shigenaga, was a general with wisdom and courage, and entrusted Aume It is said that he did.

the ``Katakura Yoyoki'', which was compiled to leave an official record of the Katakura family for posterity, it is written that he was captured alive at the time of the fall of Osaka Castle.

the ``Roo-o-monsho,'' a collection of stories about the first generation Kagetsuna and the second generation Shigenaga of the Katakura family , he surrendered wearing a white twill headband and a white-handled long sword, but he did not give his identity and was later investigated. It turns out that she is the daughter of Nobushige Sanada (Yukimura). It becomes.

There are multiple theories like this, and the truth of the matter is unknown, but it seems to be true that Ame, the daughter of Sanada Yukimura, moved to Shiroishi. she later relied on her sister's connections and other children, including Ame's younger brother Daihachi and her younger sister Oshobu , moved into the Katakura family.

"Tamura family grave" where Yukimura's grave is located

Amai's younger sister, Ayame, later became the wife of Sadahiro Tamura, the grandson of Kiyoaki Tamura, the lord of Miharu Castle.

Sadahiro became a member of the Ushibiri clan along with his father, Tamura Muneaki, because the Tamura family was relegated to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Oshu punishment. He changed his surname and moved to Igu District (currently around Kakuda City, Miyagi Prefecture and Marumori Town, Igu District, Miyagi Prefecture).

Later, with the help of Megohime, the daughter of his grandfather Kiyoaki Tamura and the legal wife of Date Masamune, he moved to Shiroishi, which was ruled by the Katakura family. After moving to Japan, Sadahiro inherited the name of Katakura Kita and changed his name to Katakura Kinbei. He became a feudal retainer of Sendai.

He then built a grave for his family, the Tamura family, and a grave for Yukimura Sanada, the father of his wife Ashobu, on Mt. Atago in the suburbs of Shiroishi City.

Sadahiro himself and Ashobu were also buried here after their deaths.

According to the information board, seems to be Yukimura Sanada's grave marker

Tamura family grave <Information>

Name: Tomb of Kiyoaki Tamura
Address: 122-2 Fukuoka Kuramoto Taira Yashiki, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture 989-0231
Phone number: -
Official URL: Shiroishi Sightseeing Navigation – Graves of Kiyoaki Tamura and Yukimura Sanada

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Kotokuzan Toshinji Temple, where the graves of Yukimura's daughter and son are located

Toshinji Temple is located in the center of Shiroishi City . There is a grave of Ame, the daughter of Sanada Yukimura, and her son, Daihachi (later said to be Katakura Shirobe Morinobu).

The main gate of Toshinji Temple, which is the remains of the east exit gate of Shiroishi Castle

The main gate of Toshinji Temple is the remains of the Shiroishi Castle East Exit Gate (Ninomaru Ote Ninomamon), which was relocated when Shiroishi Castle was dismantled during the Meiji period.

The graves of Ame and Daihachi, who are said to be the children of Yukimura Sanada.

Ame's tomb is in the shape of a statue of Nyoirin Kannon, and at the time it was said that the gesture looked like he was holding his cheek due to a toothache.

Because of this, the superstition that carving a tombstone and drinking it would help with toothache spread, and as worshipers continued to carve off tombstones and take them home in hopes of receiving blessings, the original form of the Nyoirin Kannon statue is almost unknown today. It's closed….

Toshinji Temple ＜Information＞

Name: Kotokuzan Toshinji Temple
Address: 62 Honmachi, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture 989-0275
Phone number: 0224-26-3473
Official URL: Shiroishi Sightseeing Navigation – Toshinji Temple

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``Hogenzan Seirinji'' is a temple whose temple crest is Rokumonsen, which was founded by Yukimura's remaining retainers.

There is a temple called Seirinji near Kessanji, the family temple of the Katakura family

Kage Mitsui, a vassal of Yukimura, is said to have survived by leaving the castle before it fell due to injuries sustained during the Osaka Summer Siege, and after the war, worked to escort Yukimura's children to the Katakura family, and later served the Sendai clan himself. Country (Mitsui Kagekuni).

This temple was built by Kagekuni's second son in 1634 under the name Zenkubo. Later, in 1659, the name of the temple was changed to ``Hogenzan Seirinji'' and remains the current name.

The temple crest is the ``Rokubun Rensen,'' which is the crest of the Sanada family, and the tombstones of the Mitsui clan line the grounds.

Seirinji Temple <Information>

Name: Hogenzan Seirinji Temple
Address: 2-8-5 Minamimachi, Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture 989-0248
Phone number: 0224-24-2660
Official URL: https://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~seirinzi/

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summary

It is strange that a historical site related to the famous military commander "Sanada Yukimura" of Shinshu Ueda (Nagano Prefecture), which everyone knows, is located in this far away Miyagi Prefecture, but when I looked into it again, I realized that "Did something like that happen? ” I learned a lot.

Of course, there is also a separate article about historical sites related to Shiroishi's famous military commander, Kagetsuna Katakura, and the Katakura family. If you are interested, please take a look.