#Hojo Ujimasa

[ganondorf]

[jaakunxkaze]

{Me silently watching Sengoku Barasa and Hojo Ujimasa appears: Is he really that reckless?

Kotaro who was watching with me: Is my former lord in that world really that reckless and dumb??? Also that punch to my other self gotta hurt....}

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[konfuse-scribbles]

More sketches from last weeks sketch-a-thon

Sengoku Basara!

[nekkyousagi]

~ Nekkyo Usagi’s Commission Work ~

OC Mine and Hojo Ujimasa [ Sengoku Basara ] - requested by @dearmadalice

Digtal Art by Nekkyo Usagi © 2019

[theworldaswedontknowit]

Hideyoushi's Conquest of Japan

Sorry this is late, but I got it out right? Imjin Wars next, grisly. That's a reconstruction of Odawara, the original was pulled down by the Meiji Government in the 1870s

Hideyoushi’s conquest of Japan took place from 1585 – 1590, beginning with his invasion of Shikoku and ending with his victorious siege against the Hojo of Odawara. It’s impressive considering that he did in five years, even with the army sizes that he could boast and the fact that he had a strong power basin already built for him by Oda. Hideyoushi had a way of doing things though and it won people over in ways that Oda couldn’t.

You could consider that actually, Hideyoushi’s alliance with the Mouri was his first act in consolidating his power. While it was so that he could rush back to Kyoto and destroy the rebelling Akechi, it was still a good move. This is because the Mouri were huge and had spent much of the time Oda had building up his own power doing the exact same thing in the South/West. Mouri Motonari – perhaps the most famous Mouri of all – is considered an excellent strategist for a reason.

Considering that Hideyoushi had trouble defeating the Mouri in the first place it was a good move to get them on his side as it opened up the opportunities to advance on the largely independent islands of Shikoku and Kyushu  – which he would do in 1585 and 1587 respectively. The Mouri gave Hideyoushi considerable strength in numbers.

He was also relying on the most Northern families, such as the Date and the Uesugi occupying themselves – which they were doing as the Date strived to claim what would become their own territory. The Uesugi were a little more difficult, they hadn’t been destroyed like their rivals Takeda and Hideyoushi strived to keep good relations with them so they didn’t attack him.

With the successful campaigns against the Shibata’s forces and the Tokugawa, Hideyoushi was free to start looking at the rest of the plan. His first attack would be on the South, they were weaker in numbers in comparison to likes of the Hojo and I doubt Hideyoushi had any wishes to make the Tokugawa and Uesugi suspicious of his movements. So, he went for Shikoku first.

He also had an excuse to attack the lord of the Island, Chosokabe Motochika, as he had technically been on Shibata’s side and had defeated a Daimyo on Hideyoushi’s during the affair. At first Hideyoushi simply demanded Awa and Iyo, Chosokabe challenging him by saying he would only hand over Awa. Hideyoushi, suitably irritated, invaded the Island with a total of 90,000 soldiers.

Chosokabe’s surrender would come only a month later and this was where Hideyoushi made himself a touch more popular than his predecessor. Instead of having Chosokabe either killed or forcing him to commit suicide he was spared. Granted, Hideyoushi took not just Awa and Iyo but also Sanuki. However, he did leave Chosokabe with Tosa – the final province on the island. One down, two to go.

However, this time he didn’t have a reason to just descend on Kyushu. That would change, however, when a plea was sent to him by Otomo Sorin. For the last decade or so the Shimazu had advanced through Kyushu, claiming land for themselves while Oda and Hideyoushi were more preoccupied with their own holdings. This plea was Hideyoushi’s excuse, though it would be an entire year before any troops were actually sent.

When they did finally send troops, led by Chosokabe Motochika and Sengoku Hisahide, the campaign was something of a disaster to begin with. While they were told to stand on the defensive by Hideyoushi, Otomo and Sengoku advanced on a fort and tried to relive a fort that was being besieged by the Shimazu at the time. Chosokabe would also protest against the move and sadly, he would suffer from its consequences. His son, the 22 year old Nobuchika, would lose his life trying to fight the Shimazu off. I think it’s easy to believe that Motochika might have been a touch bitter, Nobuchika was also his eldest son.

Eventually, Hideyoushi would start sending reinforcements. Firstly, Hashiba Hidenaga (Hideyoushi’s half-brother) would arrive with 60,000 men, along with the Mouri/Kobayakawa Takakage with 90,000. Just a note about him, Takakage was a Mouri man by birth, the third son of Motonari, he had been adopted by the Kobayakawa. Putting this at a total of 150,000 on top of the 30,000 that Hideoyushi would bring the following month the Toyotomi would cruise along the east coast, chasing the Shimazu back to their home territory of Satsuma.

Hideyoushi would camp on the hills above the castle town and wait them out. He was relying on their nerves, hoping that such a large force would scare them into submission. Which it did, the Shimazu would only cross swords with the Toyotomi once. Not long after, the head of the clan – Shimazu Yoshihisa – would arrive at Toyotomi’s camp, his head shaven and surrendered to the Toyotomi. Two down, one to go.

In 1590, three years later, Hideyoushi would stage the final national level battle in Japan for at least a decade, the next being the decisive Sekigahara two years after Hideyoushi had died. There were two parts to defeating the Hojo. There was the siege of Odawara, their main castle and the one lived in by the Hojo family. The other was the Siege of Oshi castle, defended by the Narita family.

The actual siege of the Odawara was uneventful and lots of it actually depended on logistics. The Hojo had hoped that Hideyoushi’s inadequate supplies might force him to call of the siege before he managed to starve the Hojo out. HIdeyoushi’s excuse for the siege actually lay with the Sanada clan this time, who were still a rather minor clan who were former retainers of the Takeda. They and the Hojo had been disputing about Numata castle for many years, Hideyoushi – basically being in charge of the country – intervened and gave most of the land to the Hojo but allowed the castle and the surrounding district to remain formally under the Sanada. However, that same year, the Hojo would storm the castle and kill the lord stationed there. Thus, Hideyoushi had his siege and some very angry Sanadas on his side.

The other side, Oshi castle, was headed by Ishida Mitsunari under Hideyoushi’s instruction. His commanding of this siege I think gives some weight as to just how important Mitsunari was to Hideyoushi. It was also a fatal error that led to Mitsunari being slandered, certainly in the Edo period if not at the time as well. A flood attack would be conducted on the castle, certainly of an impressive scale, but it would ultimately fail. It’s because of this that Mitsunari is seen as a poor commander, his attack failing and the Narita family only giving in when the Hojo collapsed. While I believe that it could have been executed better by Mitsunari, he certainly can’t be blamed for all of it. He was ultimately acting under Hideyoushi’s orders and was actually against the attack. I suggest, if you want a clearer (and possibly more correct telling) go ask @jibuyo as they're who bought this to light for me, previously I'd thought it was Mitsunari's doing.

It took three months before the Hojo would be starved out and Hideyoushi changed his tune a little bit. His tactic of allowing the defeated to live in exchange for their lands wasn’t implemented. This time, Hojo Ujimasa would commit suicide along with other members of the Hojo clan. This disintegrated any influence they might have had, along with this their lands were given to Ieyasu in return for the ones he currently held.  

So, Hideyoushi had Japan. The sheer force that he now boasted was enough to make the Northern clans such as the Date submit without much trouble. In fact, Hideyoushi had ordered that Masamune participate in the Siege of Odawara – which he did do…but only once he’d made sure he knew who was going to win. The aftermath of the Siege of Odawara was an important move politically, while it might have failed after his death, it certainly kept things peaceful for Hideyoushi while he was alive.

He had moved Tokugawa.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, without a doubt, was the most powerful man militarily when separated from Hideyoushi.  He was also well liked, which could have been an issue. While removing him to Kanto gave Ieyasu a degree of autonomy due to its remoteness from the capital it also took him, far, far away from Hideyoushi and his more loyal men in Kyoto. Perhaps, if Ieyasu had remained closer he would have done to Hideyoushi what Mitsuhide had done to Nobunaga. Something tells me that Hideyoushi didn’t like that idea. Now that Tokugawa was no longer much use in pacifying the lords around him – since there were, no lords left to pacify – it seems only sensible that Hideyoushi would shoo him off to somewhere he could see his army approaching from while still having time to ready his own.

[nexu101]

The Mute Mercenary, Fuuma Kotarou

[kitalphahart]

Tsuruhime isn't wearing her sandals, Kotaro doesn't have his armor on, and snekhorse has an obnoxiously curly tail And I got lazy with Hojo's outfit Yes, Ieyasu and Tadakatsu argued over rice. Kotaro knows cuz he was trying not to laugh as he overheard them Wonder what Kotaro did to make snekhorse afraid of him

[daeva-agas]

Hi. This is about Mitsuhide's latest story event. Does Ujiyasu Hojo really die? The kid with the tome. That Ujiyasu Hojo?! The kid who predicts death! The Oda were still weaker than the Takeda at the time, so I'm guessing it takes place waaaay back when they first sought divine rule? Is his death canon or no ?

So this is an old event that got revived, and this is originally released before Kenshin route even came out at all IIRC. Hojo Ujiyasu was not established as a vital NPC yet, so the writer was going along with what history says.

This got retconned later when for some very very strange reason the writers wanted to use Ujiyasu as a mainstay NPC. This could've been smoothed over  if Ujiyasu had just been used as the old antagonist dude in Kenshin route and make the kid Hojo Ujimasa (Ujiyasu's son). Then saying that he died is not that weird, considering all the routes and events are kind of fudged around a bit anyway. The weird fortune telling thing has nothing to do with history at all, so it really doesn’t matter which Hojo leader is the one who gets to be the weirdo fortune teller kid, but nope.

Historically Ujiyasu died in 1571, and a lot of the Hojo stuff in the game really damn well should've been Ujimasa. Maybe Ujiyasu is the one who is more famous (thanks to stuff like Samurai Warriors and similar games/media), so they decided to go back up one generation and it annoyed me to no end TBH 

The Kenshin Main Route antagonist Ujitsuna is Ujiyasu's father, and he died in 1541. Kenshin is still ONLY TEN YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT, this makes no sense at all. Was there any reason why this dude needed to be Ujitsuna and not Ujiyasu? Who the hell knows.

[confess-tourabu]

“Frickin hell I only just noticed Hojo Ujimasa was the one running wild at Jurakutei during the associated event. Which makes it a history where the desperate last stand at siege of Odawara never happens and he never bestows Honsaku Chougi on Nagao Akinaga there. Which means Chougi was sent to deal with a history where Kunihiro was never forged. And I kept sending Kunihiro to a realm where his existence itself was fragile. Frack why couldn't Tousute handle THAT instead of that comic relief plot. ”

[ayanos-pl]

The parade of Odawara Hojo 5s Festival 小田原北條五代祭りパレード

[gyobu-a]

    MUSE PROFILE

tagged: @heartofbasara ( tagging kotarou ) && @habouki ( tagging tsuruhime ) tagging: hrrrggh steal it

NAME. Fuuma Kotarou NICKNAME(S).  legendary ninja AGE. late twenties / early thirties SPECIES.  Human GENDER.  male ORIENTATION.  effectively bisexual, but prefers not to label himself INTERESTS.  money, fighting, reading PROFESSION.  legendary ninja for hire ( mercenary ) BODY TYPE.  average height, thin, but muscular. his midsection is especially well - toned. EYES.  brown, but rarely are they ever seen HAIR.  auburn hair that reaches just past his shoulders SKIN.  ivory FACE. a bit square; has a strong jawline HEIGHT.  5 ‘ 8′’ COMPANIONS.  matsunaga hisahide, hojo ujimasa, anyone who pays him ANTAGONISTS.  anyone his employer sends him after COLORS.  black, red, rust FRUITS. plums DRINKS.  tea, prefers genmaicha ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES?  rarely drinks, but occasionally will have sake SMOKES?  no DRUGS?  no DRIVERS LICENSE? no; even in modern context, he would prefer public transit

NAME. Tsuruhime NICKNAME(S).  little crane, tsuru AGE. sixteen SPECIES.  Human GENDER.  female ORIENTATION.  bicurious INTERESTS.  fortune telling, reading, The Twilight Ninja PROFESSION.  miko, oracle BODY TYPE.  short, a bit pudgy  EYES.  brown HAIR.  brown and jaw-length SKIN. peachy FACE. heart - shaped HEIGHT.  5 ‘ 1 ‘’ COMPANIONS.  iyokouno forces, sometimes saika magoichi ANTAGONISTS.  chosokabe motochika ( sort of; frenemy relationship ) COLORS.  pink, red, pastels FRUITS. strawberries, peaches DRINKS.  prefers green tea ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? no SMOKES?  no DRUGS?  no DRIVERS LICENSE? no; even in modern context, she’s too young to drive

[hellman55]

Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes HD - Ujimasa Hojo | Conquest Mode

[sohmariku]

JODEN MITSURABOSHI KATANAGATARI

Yesterday I finally got to watching my Blu-Ray of Joden Mitsuraboshi Katanagatari and I realized some things I’d like to share. (Watch out, spoilers ahead!)

Comparing the BD performance to the DMM performance, I realized Makki (Yamanbagiri) forgot a line on two instances during the first act of the final performance of the run... 

This first happens when Yamanbagiri and Yamabushi discuss Odawara castle. Due to the missing line, Odawara Castle itself turns into a military commander... DMM: 小田原城だ。この時代、関東で最大勢力を誇った武将だ。(That’s Odawara Castle. In this era, it’s the strongest general of the Kanto area.) BD: 小田原城だ。 北条家当主 、北条氏政、 氏直親子の居城、 この時代、関東で最大勢力を誇った武将だ。(That’s Odawara Castle. The home of Hojo Ujimasa and his son, Ujinao. In this era he is the strongest general of the Kanto area.)

In hindsight, I probably concluded this before, as he does properly say all the lines during the 2nd act, when this same scene appears again... 

The second time he forgets a line is during his argument with Dodanuki. Thankfully, this missing line doesn’t create any actual confusion here. 

Unfortunately Makki’s mishaps do mean I’ll have to release two versions of the subtitles. One for the DMM file and one for the DVD/BD file. At least, I’m assuming the archived file still is the unedited final performance... ^^

Then,

I’m once again amazed how all the plots of the plays are intertwined. I still love the part where Yasuke shows up and he and Yamanbagiri have an exchange that goes like:

Yamanbagiri: How do you know that? Who are you? Yasuke: I’m a survivor of the Honnouji Incident. Yamanbagiri: What?

At this moment we have Yasuke blaming Yamanbagiri and the others for something that hasn’t happened yet. In Yasuke’s mind being a survivor of the Honnouji Incident is a valid explanation for the situation, but... it isn’t, not at that point in time. xD

Yeah, if you’d want to watch the plays in chronological order, this is what you end up with (if I’m not mistaken): Mitsuraboshi Katanagatari (Act 1) - Moeyuru Honnouji -  Nomitori no Yari*- Kono Yora no Odawara - Akatsuki no Dokuganryu - Mitsuraboshi Katanagatari (Act 2)

Couldn’t make it any easier, could they? That’s not quite the order these plays were released in!

*This short story is included on the DVD/BD of Mitsuraboshi Katanagatari

Then, something completely different.

From previous plays we already knew the secretary position has been shared between three people at the citadel. The position was rotated like this: Yamanbagiri > Hasebe > Mikazuki > Yamanbagiri.

Now, at the end of the first act of Mitsuraboshi, Yamanbagiri and Sahayanotsurugi have a conversation about the events of the mission. It is interrupted by Hasebe and what follows are these two lines:

Hasebe: Afterwards, you were relieved of your post as secretary and I was appointed the new secretary. Sahaya: But I heard you had to give up the post of secretary to Mikazuki soon after.

What does that tell us? Hasebe was appointed secretary right after their failed mission (and he clearly believes Yamanbagiri was replaced, because the saniwa holds him responsible for the failure). However, Hasebe didn’t keep his position for long, because it was given to Mikazuki (pretty much) as soon as he manifested.

So, why was Hasebe appointed secretary? Was it really because the saniwa was angry with Yamanbagiri after that one failed mission? I personally don’t think so. My theory is that Hasebe was only appointed secretary, because Yamanbagiri needed a break from battle, but the team had to be dispatched. Following the game logic, that meant the captain of the first unit and thus the secretary had to be replaced. And Hasebe was simply the best alternative to fill the position at that time... and then Mikazuki arrived.

Then, why was the position eventually returned to Yamanbagiri? I assume that even if Yamanbagiri hadn’t needed a break after that failed mission, the position of secretary would still have been given to Mikazuki, because the saniwa assumed him more suitable to the task. So, why would the saniwa reinstate Yamanbagiri to the post?

In the play, Yamabushi tells Yamabagiri the saniwa doesn’t appear to be a person who chooses their secretary on whim, so I think we may assume something happened that forced Yamanbagiri’s return to the post.

It’s only a theory and I think I touched on this some time before, but I assume something happened in the time that Mikazuki was secretary.  And what happened during that time doesn’t only explain why Yamanbagiri was reinstated at the secretary, but may also explain why Mikazuki keeps talking about “being gone”. I actually suspect this may be the story narrated in the upcoming play.  After all, based on everything that has happened in the previous plays, we can safely say the Time Axis is screwed up. Things that shouldn’t be happening are happening. So, it wouldn’t be impossible that Mikazuki has had a glimpse of the future during his time as secretary. He may have seen some unavoidable fate? Something that will take him away from the citadel perhaps? 

Whatever it was that happened, I assume the position or secretary was returned to Yamanbagiri at Mikazuki’s request. And all of that is in preparation of the “something” he knows is going to take place. (Or maybe to avoid something from taking place?)

Um, yeah... that’s as far as my theorizing goes right now. ^^ I think it’s time I went back to my subtitles... xD

[konfuse-scribbles]

as I said... old love, new spring. 

I especially miss Ujimasa and Kotaro but also Kanbei and Tsuruhime. 

Ah, Sengoku Basara... so full of crack and heartwarming buddyness. 

I just right out ignore the drama. 

Also if anyone sees Matsunaga wearing a “Kotaro-Fanclub President” shirt, just send him this way. 

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Nekkyo Usagi’s Old Art - Silly Basara Comics - Part 1

I don’t ever remember sharing these silly comics here. Well, since I haven’t been posting much art lately, here’s some old art from 2011.

I had some crazy ideas back when I first got into Sengoku Basara.

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