"Learning from the Five Generations of the Hojo Clan: The Dynamics of Generational Change" Author: Ryutaro Koyama Publisher: Rokko Shuppan ISBN: 978-4-8453-8089-3 Release Date: July 1988 Price: 1,200 yen (including tax: 1,320 yen) Content Description The Hojo clan, founded by Soun and whose foundation was solidified by the second generation, Ujitsuna, built a powerful force comparable to the Takeda, Uesugi, and Imagawa clans under the third generation, Ujiyasu. This is the first book to trace the rise and fall of the Kanto region's hegemon, who stood out among the various Sengoku daimyo, through numerous famous quotes. Table of Contents Prologue: The Later Hojo Clan and Kanto (The Imagawa Clan and the Kanto Kanrei and Kanto Kubo; Character Assessments of the Five Generations of the Later Hojo Clan) Chapter 1: Leadership and Civil Administration (Soun's Surprise Attack on the Horikoshi Kubo; Advancing into Izu Nirayama; Soun's Devotion to Faith; The Aim of the "Soun Seventeen Articles") Chapter 2: Principles and Life Lessons (Soteki Asakura's Assessment of Soun; Soun and Ujitsuna's Methods of Selecting Talent; Ujitsuna's Reconstruction of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine; The Hojo Clan's Study of "Kanto" in the "Azuma Kagami"; Ujiyasu's "Poetry Diary" Written Immediately After Conquering Kanto) Chapter 3: The Wonders of Military Tactics and Strategy (One of the Three Great Surprise Attack Operations, the "Kawagoe Night Attack"; The Takeda-Imagawa-Hojo Triple Alliance; Ujiyasu's Military System, Possessing Wisdom, Benevolence, and Courage; Kenshin Uesugi and the "King of Kanto"; Ujiyasu's "Battle of Kofudai" Using Financial Resources) Chapter 4: Economy and Culture (The Prosperity of Odawara Castle Town; Flexible Taxation Laws that Promoted Economic Development; Transportation Policy Using Tiger Seals) Chapter 5: The Odawara Council and Decline (Shingen's Conquest of Suruga and Ujiyasu's Participation; Shingen's Attack on Odawara and the Battle of Misawa Pass; The Hojo, Tokugawa, and Toyotomi Clans Surrounding Masayuki Sanada; The "Hojo Subjugation Army" Rushing to Odawara Castle; The Construction of Ishigakiyama One-Night Castle, Odawara's Weak Point) Chronology of the Later Hojo Clan Soun-ji Temple's 21 Articles ※Ryutaro Koyama (1918-1995) ... Born in Hamasaka, Shin'onsen-cho, Mikata-gun, Hyogo Prefecture. After starting as a poet, he became an editor and then began writing, writing many Sengoku military commander biographies, ninja novels, and group biographies of the late Edo and Meiji Restoration periods. His representative work is "True Story of Japanese Swordsmen" (1964), and he is highly regarded in the fields of swordsman biographies and ninja studies. He wrote more than 40 books in his lifetime and was a widely known writer in the central literary world. #SengokuPeriod #HojoClan #LaterHojoClan #UjiyasuHojo #GreatGeneral #SengokuDaimyo #History #JapaneseHistory #GenerationalChange #Leadership #HyogoPrefecture #Hamasaka #Shin'onsenTown #SengokuMilitaryCommander #MilitaryCommander #HistoricalNovel #PeriodNovel #JapaneseLiterature #Literature #History #Culture