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About Ōuchi Masahiro
- Ouchi Masahiro (?? ??, September 18, 1446 – October 6, 1495) was a member of the Ouchi clan and general in the Onin War, serving Yamana Sozen.
- He battled numerous times with Yamana's rival, Hosokawa Katsumoto, at one point commanding 20,000 men and 2,000 boats, moving his troops by land as well as by sea.
- These battles took place mostly in Kyoto, but also across the Hosokawa family's holdings, and other territories.
- In 1473, both Yamana and Hosokawa died, but Ouchi refused to lay down his arms until the Shogunal succession was decided.He even refused a direct order from the Shogun himself.
- Finally in 1475, after most other daimyos had submitted to the Shogun's rule, Ouchi did the same, and returned to his home in Kyoto.
- There, he destroyed his own home, and possibly the Shogun's Nijo Palace as well, blaming it on ashigaru in his diary.
- Ouchi then left the city, establishing himself in his family's ancestral domains of Yamaguchi and seeking to recreate the depth of Kyoto culture there.
- He decorated his castle lavishly with artwork imported from China and Korea, as well as Japanese art.
- He also invited a number of famous artists to his home, including Sesshu, who painted the Long Scroll (Chokan) for him in 1486.
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