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Battle Of Komaki And Nagakute
The , also known as the Komaki Campaign (小牧の役 ''Komaki no Eki''), was a series of battles in 1584 between the forces of Hashiba Hideyoshi (who would become Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1586) and the forces of Oda Nobukatsu and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Hideyoshi and Ieyasu had both served Oda Nobunaga and had not previously come into conflict; this would in fact be their only period of enmity. Ieyasu achieved tactical victory in the fighting, but both leaders realized that neither could strategically gain from it. The conflict was resolved when Hideyoshi and Ieyasu agreed to exchange hostages; Ieyasu sent his son ( Ogimaru) to Hideyoshi, who in turn sent his own sister ( Asahi no kata) and mother (Ōmandokoro) to Ieyasu. Background In 1583, at the Battle of Shizugatake, Hideyoshi supported Nobukatsu, the second son of Oda Nobunaga, and defeated Shibata Katsuie, who supported Nobunaga's third son, Nobutaka. After winning the battle, Hideyoshi invited Nobukatsu and other generals to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sengoku Period
The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as the period's start date, but there are many competing historiographies for its end date, ranging from 1568, the date of Oda Nobunaga#Ise campaign, Omi campaign, and march to Kyoto, Oda Nobunaga's march on Kyoto, to the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion in 1638, deep into what was traditionally considered the Edo period. Regardless of the dates chosen, the Sengoku period overlaps substantially with the Muromachi period (1336–1573). This period was characterized by the overthrow of a superior power by a subordinate one. The Ashikaga shogunate, the ''de facto'' central government, declined and the , a local power, seized wider political influence. The people rebelled against the feudal lords in revolts known as . The period saw a break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Takigawa Kazumasu
or Takikawa Sakon was a Japanese samurai lord and daimyo of the Sengoku period. He was a retainer and military commander of Oda Nobunaga, and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His biological son, Toshimasu, was adopted by Maeda Toshihisa, the older brother of Maeda Toshiie. Kazumasu served Nobunaga alongside Toshimasu's adopted uncle, Maeda Toshiie. He was also known as Sakonshōgen (左近将監). Early life Kazumasu was born in 1525, in Ōmi Province, the son of Takigawa Kazumasa, the lord of Kawachi-Takayasu Manor. The Takigawa clan descended from the Ki clan. He became one of Oda Nobunaga's staunchest supporters, and served him from around 1558 onward. Military life An account cited that Kazumasu served as an envoy for Nobunaga. He was, for instance, sent to Akagawa Motoyasu, one of the 18 generals of the Mori Clan, in the latter's effort of consolidating his power in 1561. Kazumasu served in the vanguard of the Oda army for two invasions of Ise Province in 1567 and 156 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tsutsui Junkei
son of Tsutsui Junshō, and a ''daimyō'' of the province of Yamato. On 1571, Junkei, through the offices of Akechi Mitsuhide, pledged to service of Oda Nobunaga. Military life Early in his career, in 1565, Matsunaga Hisahide, one of the most powerful warriors of the region, defeated Junkei and took Tsutsui Castle, but one year later in 1566, Junkei's Tsutsui castle was reclaimed after the battle against Hisahide, but shortly afterward he had to abandon it, following an order by Nobunaga. In 1575, he joint the attack against the Echizen Ikkō-ikki, he participated in a unit among the forces from Yamato led by Harada Naomasa. In 1577, by joining the forces of Oda Nobutada, along with Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka, Junkei defeated Hisahide in Siege of Shigisan at Mount Shigi. In 1578, He was then appointed to the position of ''daimyō'' over Yamato, and was allowed to build a new castle, which was called Kōriyama Castle, now in Yamatokōriyama, Nara. He p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ishida Mitsunari
was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi–Momoyama period of the 16th century. He is also known by his court title, Jibu-no-shō . Biography Mitsunari was born in 1559 at the north of Ōmi Province (which is now Nagahama, Shiga, Nagahama city, Shiga Prefecture), and was the second son of Ishida Masatsugu, who was a retainer for the Azai clan. His childhood name was Sakichi (). The Ishida withdrew from service after the Azai's defeat in 1573 at the Siege of Odani Castle. According to legend, he was a monk in a Buddhist temple before he served Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but the accuracy of this legend is doubted since it only came about during the Edo period. In 1577, Mitsunari met Toyotomi Hideyoshi, when the former was still young and the latter was the ''daimyō'' of Nagahama. Later, Mitsunari became a Hideyoshi samurai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hosokawa Tadaoki
was a Japanese samurai lord and daimyo of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the son of Hosokawa Fujitaka and Numata Jakō, and the husband of the famous Christian convert Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, he went by the name Nagaoka Tadaoki, which had been adopted by his father and was associated with a town in their domain. Shortly after the victory at Sekigahara, Nagaoka Tadaoki reverted to his original name, Hosokawa Tadaoki. Biography Tadaoki was the eldest son of Hosokawa Fujitaka. He fought in his first battle at the age of 15, in the service of Oda Nobunaga. His childhood name was Kumachiyo (熊千代). In 1580, Tadaoki was granted the Province of Tango. In 1578, he married Hosokawa Gracia, the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. In 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide rebelled against Nobunaga at Honnō-ji, resulting in Nobunaga's death. Akechi then turned to Hosokawa Fujitaka and Tadaoki for assistance, but they refused to help him. Mitsuhide was ultima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fukushima Masanori
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Sengoku period to early Edo period and served as the lord of the Hiroshima Domain. A retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he fought in the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583 and soon became known as one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, alongside Katō Kiyomasa and others. Biography Fukushima Ichimatsu, was born in 1561, in Futatsudera, Kaitō, Owari Province (present-day Ama, Aichi Prefecture), as the eldest son of the barrel merchant Fukushima Masanobu. However, some sources suggest that Masanobu may have been his father-in-law, with his actual father believed to be Hoshino Narimasa, a cooper from Kiyosu, Kasugai, Owari Province (present-day Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture). His mother was the younger sister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mother, making Hideyoshi his first cousin. As a young man, he served as a page (''koshō'') to Hideyoshi due to the familial connection through their mothers. He first saw battle during the assault on Miki Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Katō Yoshiaki
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Sengoku period to early Edo period; he served as lord of the Aizu Domain. As a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Katō fought in the battle of Shizugatake in 1583 and soon became known as one of the ''shichi-hon-yari'' (七本槍), or Seven Spears of Shizugatake. He was also one of Hideyoshi's seven most trusted and experienced generals. He was additionally involved in the naval battles at Siege of Shimoda in the Odawara Campaign (1590) and fought along the coast of southern Korean peninsula during the first and second Korean Campaigns. Conflict with Ishida Mitsunari A popular theory asserts that after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, the government of Japan had an accident when seven military generals— Fukushima Masanori, Katō Kiyomasa, Ikeda Terumasa, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Asano Yoshinaga, Kuroda Nagamasa, and Katō Yoshiaki—planned a conspiracy to kill Ishida Mitsunari. Some have claimed that the reason for the conspiracy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kato Kiyomasa
Kato or Katō may refer to: Places *Kato, Guyana, a village in Guyana *Katō, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan * Katō District, Hokkaido, a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan *Katowice, a city in Southern Poland, often abbreviated to Kato *Mankato, a city in Southern Minnesota, often abbreviated to Kato Brands and enterprises * Kato Airline, a small airline based in Evenes, Norway * Kato Airport, an airport in Guyana * Kato Precision Railroad Models, a manufacturer of model railroad equipment Fictional characters *Kato (The Green Hornet), comic book character *Kato, the main antagonist in Astrid Lindgren's book ''Mio, My Son'' *Cato Fong (originally spelled "Kato"), character from the ''Pink Panther'' film series, see list of The Pink Panther characters People * Kato (name), a given name and surname *Katō (surname), a Japanese surname Nickname or stage name * Kato (DJ), Danish DJ *Paul Diamond, Croatian professional wrestler Kato whose ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kanamori Nagachika
was a Japanese samurai who lived from the Sengoku period into the early Edo period. He was the first ruler of the Kanamori clan and served as a retainer of the Saito clan, Saito, Oda clan, Oda, Toyotomi clan, Toyotomi, and Tokugawa clan, Tokugawa clans. Later in his life, he also became a ''daimyō''. Biography Nagachika first served the Saitō clan of Mino Province; however, after their Demise at Siege of Inabayama Castle, Battle of Inabayama 1567, he became a retainer of Oda Nobunaga. On February 19, 1570, Imai Sokyu sent urgent news that Akagi Nobuyasu defeated the army of Miyoshi clan in Awaji province along with Nagachika and Kawajiri Hidetaka. In 1575, at Battle of Nagashino, he and Sakai Tadatsugu ambush Takeda troops and killed Takeda Nobuzane, a younger brother of Shingen. In 1580, he took part to suppress the Echizen Province, Echizen Ikkō-ikki, and was granted Ōno Castle (Echizen Province), Ōno Castle by Nobunaga. In 1582, on Honnoji Incident, Nagachika’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gamō Ujisato
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku and Azuchi–Momoyama periods. He was heir and son of Gamō Katahide, lord of Hino Castle in Ōmi Province, and next managed Ise Province as lord of Matsusaka Castle and finally 920,000 koku in Aizu as lord of Tsurugajo Castle. Ujisato was favoured by Oda Nobunaga and participated in almost all of his major battles, including those against the Azai and Asakura clans, the Sieges of Nagashima, the Tenshō Iga War and the Battle of Nagashino. After Nobunaga's death, he served Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and took part in all of Hideyoshi's subsequent campaigns: Kyushu Campaign, the Siege of Odawara (1590), the pacification of Ōshū ( Mutsu and Dewa Provinces) (1590). He joined Christianity and was even baptised and given the baptismal name ''Leon''. He was a disciple of Sen no Rikyū and a first-class tea master, one of ''The Seven Disciples of Rikyū''. Life Early life He was born in 1556 as the heir to Gamō Katahide, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kuki Yoshitaka
(1542 – November 17, 1600) was a naval commander during Japan's Sengoku Period, under Oda Nobunaga, and later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was also the ninth headmaster of the Kuki family's school of martial arts, Kukishin-ryū and thus a very skilled warrior. Military life In the 1570s, Kuki allied himself with Oda Nobunaga, and commanded his fleet, supporting land-based attacks on the Ikkō-ikki at Ise Bay. In 1574, his aid ensured a victory for Nobunaga in his third attempt to attack the Nagashima fortress. In 1575, Nobunaga allowed Yoshitaka to seize Shima Province, forcing out other maritime clans, such the Mukai clan. In 1576, he was defeated at Kizugawaguchi by the Mōri clan fleet, but 1578 brought victory in the second Battle of Kizugawaguchi, in which Kuki used iron-armored ships, , to repel the arrows and musket balls of the opposing Mōri clan's ships. In 1584, Yoshitaka along with Takigawa Kazumasu besieged Kanie castle, in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yamauchi Kazutoyo
, also pronounced Yamanouchi (1545/1546? – November 1, 1605), was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His father Yamauchi Moritoyo was a descendant of Fujiwara no Hidesato, a senior retainer of the Iwakura Oda clan (opposed to Oda Nobunaga) and lord of Kuroda castle in Owari Province at the end of the Sengoku period of Japan. He was famous as the husband of Yamauchi Chiyo. Military life When he was still a 400-Koku lord, many great people as children were entrusted to him, such as Kuroda Nagamasa when he was hostage of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hidetsugu were taught by him. He participated at Battle of Anegawa 1570 in the Oda's side. After the Siege of Odawara (1590) and the rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu was forced to trade his domains in the Tōkai region for the Kantō region instead. Kazutoyo was relinquished Kakegawa Castle from Hideyoshi. In 1600, Kazutoyo fought at the Battle of Sekigahara on Tokugawa Ieyasu's sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
