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The Ôtomo of [[Bungo province]] represented one of the oldest of Japan's clans. They were founded by the adopted son of [[Nakahara Chikayoshi]], [[Otomo Yoshinao|Ôtomo Yoshinao]]. He was a loyal follower of [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] and in [[1193]] was established on [[Kyushu]] and given responsibility for Bungo and [[Buzen province|Buzen]]. The height of the Ôtomo's power came during the reign of Ôtomo Yoshishige (Sôun), who by [[1568]] had extended the influence of his family over Bungo, Buzen, northern [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]], [[Chikuzen province|Chikuzen]], and [[Chikugo province|Chikugo]]. Defeats at the hands of the [[Ryuzoji|Ryûzôji]] in [[1570]] (Imai) and the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] in [[1578]] (Mimigawa), combined with internal dissension, weakened the Ôtomo and they were on the verge of being destroyed by the Shimazu when [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] invaded Kyushu in [[1587]]. Although this preserved the Ôtomo domain for a time, it was lost owing to cowardice on the part of Sôrin's heir in the [[Korean Invasions|Korean invasion]].
The Ôtomo of [[Bungo province]] represented one of the oldest of Japan's clans. They were founded by the adopted son of [[Nakahara Chikayoshi]], [[Otomo Yoshinao|Ôtomo Yoshinao]]. He was a loyal follower of [[Minamoto Yoritomo]] and in [[1193]] was established on [[Kyushu]] and given responsibility for Bungo and [[Buzen province|Buzen]]. The height of the Ôtomo's power came during the reign of Ôtomo Yoshishige (Sôun), who by [[1568]] had extended the influence of his family over Bungo, Buzen, northern [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]], [[Chikuzen province|Chikuzen]], and [[Chikugo province|Chikugo]]. Defeats at the hands of the [[Ryuzoji|Ryûzôji]] in [[1570]] (Imai) and the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] in [[1578]] (Mimigawa), combined with internal dissension, weakened the Ôtomo and they were on the verge of being destroyed by the Shimazu when [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] invaded Kyushu in [[1587]]. Although this preserved the Ôtomo domain for a time, it was lost owing to cowardice on the part of Sôrin's heir in the [[Korean Invasions|Korean invasion]].
At its peak, the Ôtomo clan claimed some 230 vassal families, including sixty ''dômonshû'' families (lit. "people within the same gates") who bore kin relations with the Ôtomo, 37 ''kunishû'' families (lit. "people of the land") who were powerholders in Bungo province before the Ôtomo's arrival, and 150 ''shinshû'' families (lit. "new people") who joined the Ôtomo at some point later.<ref>Haruko Nawata Ward, Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, Ashgate (2009), 123.</ref>
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