In this way, the position of the Shugodai, which was nothing more than an agent of a Shugo in the Muromachi period, at the opening of the Warring States period overtook that of the lords and became one of replacing them. |
このように、室町時代は守護の代理人としての地位に過ぎなかった守護代の地位は戦国時代の幕開けとともに、主君を追い、取って代わる存在へと変貌していった。 |