Age of civil war in the Southern Yamashiro Region

Special Exhibition for 2024
“Age of civil war in the Southern Yamashiro Region“

From Saturday, October 19, 2024 to Sunday, December 8, 2024

＜Exhibition Objective＞
　The Sengoku period began with the Onin War (1467-1477) and continued for about 100 years. Wars spread across the country. In the southern Yamashiro region, a dispute over the succession of the Hatakeyama clan, one of the shogunate’s regent families, was waged, and the conflict dragged on. Exhausted by the fighting, local lords banded together and drove out the Hatakeyama clan, achieving autonomy for eight years. This was the famous Yamashiro Province Uprising (1485).
　It was previously believed that the local lords’ self-governance was dissolved in 1493, but a study of the Owari Kasai family documents discovered in recent years has revealed that the local lords had constructed a network for self-defense throughout the Sengoku period. In addition, when we look at the remains of castles built by the local lords, the structure and characteristics of Minamiyama Castle have become clear through a medieval castle survey conducted by the Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education and past excavation surveys.
　This exhibition brings together archaeological and historical materials based on the results of recent surveys and research, providing a glimpse into the southern Yamashiro region during the Sengoku period.

<Curator’s commentary on the exhibits>
Lecturer: Museum staff
Date and time: Saturday, October 19, 2024 From 11:00 a.m.

<Cultural Assets Lecture>　First come, first served
“Castles in the Yamashiro region”
Lecturer: Yoshihiro Senda (Professor, Nagoya City University)
Date and time: Saturday, November 9, 2024
From 1:30 pm

Capacity: 430 people
Venue: Aspire Yamashiro Hall
　　　24 Hirao Maeda, Yamashiro-cho, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto
　　　*5 minutes walk from “Tanakura” on the JR Nara Line
　　　　*Free parking available

“Castles on the plains in the southern part of the Yamashiro region”
Lecturer: Katsuhiko Fukushima (Director of Oyamazaki Town Historical Museum)
Date and time: Saturday, November 23, 2024 (National Holiday)
From 1:30 pm

Capacity: 65 people
Venue: Museum training room