East Hojo and the Shogun Hojo

[Maltz]

I just realized that they are totally non-related.

The once Shogun Hojo had no offsprings that leads to STW Hojo. The Hojo in Kanto (parden me if I spell it wrong) has only 5 generations in political power since the first changed his last name from a nobody to Hojo. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif

1590 A.D. Toyotomi Hideyoshi surrounded the castle of (Don't-know-the-name-in-English), and finally the East Hojo surrendered and the leader brothers forced to commit suicide. That's the end of the short but famous east Hojo. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Anssi Hakkinen]

Actually, IIRC, the original name-changer Hôjô's (Hôjô Sôun's) son was married to a very, very distant relative of the original Hôjô shôgun clan in order to obtain some justification. But basically, still...

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[Koga No Goshi]

Odawara is the castle city. It still exists today. (The city, anyway). It was the most impregnable castle in Japan until the building of Osaka by Hideyoshi.



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