Yoshihisa’s Ōmi Expedition and Magari Encampment

Ashikaga Yoshihisa mobilized an expedition against Rokkaku Takayori in 1487. The Rokkaku’s occupation of court and temple holdings in Ōmi, and resistance to orders for their return, made control of land rights a practical test of shogunal authority. Yoshihisa led the campaign himself rather than leaving its direction entirely to a provincial governor.

Yoshihisa established a headquarters at Magari in southern Ōmi. The initial operations forced the Rokkaku to withdraw toward Kōga. His encampment used religious facilities associated with Anyōji and Shinpōbō, linking the field headquarters to existing institutions and their resources.

The shogun continued handling other provincial disputes from the encampment. The Toki sought pardon and returned occupied holdings; the Asakura also negotiated recognition. The extended stay therefore involved adjudication and political submissions as well as the campaign against the Rokkaku. Yoshihisa fell ill and died in 1489, leaving the government to organize a succession.

The site later became associated with Eishōji and with memorial traditions about Yoshihisa’s camp. Local investigations have not securely established that the surviving earthwork belongs to his expedition. The documented campaign and his death are firmer than an attribution of every present feature to the 1480s headquarters.