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As a result, the clan became strengthened through marriages with Oniwaban members. [9] In 1794 the shogunate introduced a meritocracy system based on Gakumon Gimmi (Recruitment examination) which started two years earlier [10] and opened its offices to talent. [11] The shinobi samurai started to place importance on academic achievement. [12]
A system of rank existed: a jōnin rank ("upper person"), followed by the chūnin rank ("middle person"), whose task was to be a personal assistant to the jōnin, and genin rank ("lower person"), field agents drawn from the lower class for field operations. [22] Ninja trainees also studied survival, poisons and explosives. [23]
Kōka soon came in conflict with this rising power of Oda Nobunaga. In 1568, Nobunaga marched to Kyoto to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as shogun. The Rokkaku clan in southern Ōmi Province allied with the Miyoshi clan and backed Yoshiaki's nephew and rival, Ashikaga Yoshihide, that the Miyoshi had installed in Kyoto. [33]
Sue clan – cadet branch of Ōuchi clan who descended from Tatara clan. famous for Sue Harukata. Sugi clan – cadet branch of Sasaki clan who descended from Uda Genji; famous for Yoshida Shōin. Suwa clan – more or less unknown ancestors, many believed Suwa descended from Seiwa Genji through Minamoto no Tsunetomo.
Incessant warfare broke out in the region 14th century and neighboring daimyo posed external threats to Iga. These threats and the banditry necessitated that the local jizamurai (high-ranking peasant warriors) form an alliance and develop specialized combat, espionage, and guerilla warfare skills in order to restore peace and order to the province.
This kind of system was uncommon for the period in question. At this time, the leaders of the Rokkaku clan, using Kannonji Castle as a base, started to steadily build up military might. They gave little weight to commands from the Ashikaga shogunate and eventually began to ignore the shogunate altogether.
The ninja of the Iga-ryū was also divided into different "classes" and ranks, based solely on the ninja's skill level. This hierarchy was simplified in the writings of the mid-20th-century author Heishichiro Okuse, who labeled them into three general categories: "jonin (upper ninja)", "chūnin (middle ninja)", and "genin (lower ninja)".
Oda Nobunaga first claimed that the Oda clan was descended from the Fujiwara clan, and later claimed descent from Taira no Sukemori of the Taira clan.According to the official genealogy of the Oda clan, after Taira no Sukemori was killed in the Battle of Dannoura in 1185, Taira no Chikazane, the son of Sukemori and a concubine, was entrusted to a Shinto priest at a Shinto Shrine in Otanosho in ...