was one of the leading

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s of

Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demo ...

following the

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of the 16th century extending to the

Azuchi–Momoyama period The was the final phase of the in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600. After the outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate effectively collapsed, marking the start of the chaotic Sengoku period. In 1568, Oda Nob ...

. His preferred weapon was a

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and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左衛門) being his common name. He was a member of the so-called Echizen Sanninshu (Echizen Triumvir) along with

Sassa Narimasa was a Japanese samurai lord of the Sengoku through Azuchi–Momoyama periods. He entered Oda Nobunaga's service at the age of 14 and remained in his service throughout Nobunaga's rise to power. He was a member of the so-called Echizen Sannin ...

and

Fuwa Mitsuharu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. Originally a retainer of Saitō Dōsan, Mitsuharu went on to serve Oda Nobunaga, he received a land in Echizen Province and became a member of the so-called Echizen Sanninshu ( ...

. The highest rank from the court that he received is the Great Counselor ''

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'' ( 大納言).

Early life

His father was

Maeda Toshimasa was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. Also known as Toshiharu , he was the son of Maeda Toshitaka. His seat was Arako Castle in Owari Province. Toshimasa was a vassal of Oda Nobuhide, who nominally ruled Owari Province from his seat at K ...

and his wife was

Maeda Matsu , also known as Omatsu no Kata (お松の方) (1547–1617), was a Japanese noble lady and aristocrat of the 16th century. She was the wife of Maeda Toshiie, who founded the Kaga Domain. Matsu had a reputation for intelligence; she was skilled at ...

. His childhood name was "Inuchiyo" (犬千代). Toshiie was born in the village of Arako (present-day

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). He was the fourth of seven brothers, of

, who held Arako Castle. Toshiie served

from childhood (first as a page) and his loyalty was rewarded by being allowed to be the head of the Maeda clan, very unusual for a fourth son with no apparent failures among his elder brothers. Just like Nobunaga, Toshiie was also a delinquent, usually dressed in the outlandish style of a

kabukimono or were gangs of samurai in feudal Japan. First appearing in the Azuchi–Momoyama period (between the end of the Muromachi period in 1573 and the beginning of the Edo period in 1603) as the turbulent Sengoku period drew to a close, were ei ...

, they committed delinquent and deviated behaviors together. It is believed he also became a friend to Kinoshita Tokichiro (later

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: ...

) in their youth. Just as Hideyoshi was known as ''Saru'', 猴 or "monkey," it is believed that Toshiie was called ''Inu'', 犬 or "dog" by Nobunaga. Due to a long-standing belief that dogs and monkeys are never friendly to each other, Toshiie is often depicted as reserved and stern, in contrast to Hideyoshi's talkative and easy-going nature.

Military life

Statue of Maeda Toshiie in Kanazawa - Detail - 2016-04-16

Toshiie began his career as a member of the ''akahoro-shū'' (赤母衣衆), the unit under

's personal command. He later became an infantry captain (''ashigaru taishō'' 足軽大将) in the Oda army. Later, he become the leader of Oda's ., a military group that wore a red

Horo (cloak) A was a type of cloak or garment attached to the back of the armour worn by samurai on the battlefields of feudal Japan. Description A ''horo'' was around 1.8 m (6 ft) long and made from several strips of cloth sewn together with a ...

on their backs. During his military career, Toshiie made the acquaintance of many important figures, such as

Hashiba Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innov ...

Niwa Nagahide , also known as (), his other legal alias was (), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as senior retainer to the Oda clan, and was eventually a daimyō in his own right. Going o ...

Ikeda Tsuneoki , also known as Ikeda Nobuteru (池田信輝), was an Ikeda clan ''daimyō'' and military commander under Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period and Azuchi–Momoyama periods of 16th-century Japan. He was a retainer of the famous warlords Oda No ...

, and others. Toshiie also was a lifelong rival of

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

. After defeating the Asakura clan, Maeda fought under

Shibata Katsuie or was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period. He was retainer of Oda Nobuhide. He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his trusted generals, was severely wounded in the 1571 first siege of Nagashima, but then fought ...

in the Hokuriku area. In 1552 - 1554, he took part in the war for the first time in the Battle of Kiyosu Castle which was broken out between Nobunaga and Oda Nobutomo, of the Kiyosu Oda clan. In 1556, he fought in the

Battle of Ino A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force c ...

against

Oda Nobuyuki , also known as , was the son of Oda Nobuhide and younger brother of Oda Nobunaga, who lived during the Sengoku period of Japan. Nobuyuki conspired against his brother Nobunaga with the Hayashi clan (Owari), which Nobunaga viewed as treason. ...

, younger brother of Nobunaga. In 1558, he also took part in the

Battle of Ukino Battle of Ukino (July 12, 1558) was the final victory of Oda Nobunaga in his struggle to unite the province of Owari against his cousin, Oda Nobukata, deputy governor of northern Owari. Background After defeating Imagawa clan of Suruga in t ...

which was a conflict with Oda Nobukata, a son of Oda Nobuyasu, of the Iwakura Oda clan. It is said that it was about the time of this battle that he began to be called by another name like "Yari no Matazaemon" or "Yari no Mataza". In 1560, he took part in the

Battle of Okehazama The took place on 12 June 1560 in Owari Province, in today's Aichi Prefecture. In this battle, the heavily outnumbered Oda clan troops, commanded by Oda Nobunaga, defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto and established Oda as one of the front-running warlo ...

against

Imagawa Yoshimoto was a Japanese ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period. Based in Suruga Province, he was known as ; he was one of the three ''daimyō'' that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shogun. He ...

. Later he fought in the 1561

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, the 1567

Siege of Inabayama The of 1567 was the final battle in Oda Nobunaga's campaign to defeat the Saitō clan in their mountaintop castle and conquer Mino Province, Japan. It was a short, two-week siege, fought between 13 and 27 September 1567, or in the Japanese ...

, the 1570 Siege of Kanegasaki and

Battle of Anegawa The Sengoku period (30 July 1570) occurred near Lake Biwa in Ōmi Province, Japan, between the allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, against the combined forces of the Azai and Asakura clans. It is notable as the first battle t ...

, the 1575

Battle of Nagashino The was a famous battle in History of Japan, Japanese history, fought in 1575 at Nagashino Castle, Nagashino in Mikawa Province (present-day Nagashino, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture). The allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu (38,000) ...

, and the 1577

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. In 1580, he was granted the fief of Fuchu, and a han (

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and

Kaga Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the south and western portion of Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Kaga bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its ...

s. Despite its small size, Kaga was a highly productive province which would eventually develop into the wealthiest ''han'' in

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

Japan, with a net worth of 1 million ''

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'' (百万石); thus, it was nicknamed ''Kaga Hyaku-man-goku'' (加賀百万石). Toshiie benefited from a core group of very capable senior vassals. Some, like Murai Nagayori and Okumura Nagatomi, were retainers of long standing with the Maeda. In 1582, after Nobunaga's assassination at

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(本能寺) by

Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese ''samurai'' general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga ''shōgun'' Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of ...

and Mitsuhide's defeat by

Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innov ...

, at the subsequent meeting in

Kiyosu Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kiyosu, western Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is noted for its association with the rise to power of the Sengoku period warlord Oda Nobunaga. The kanji in the name of the castle was written as 清須城. The curren ...

where the future of the Oda clan was discussed, Toshiie supported

's claim. In 1583, he battled Hideyoshi under Katsuie's command in the

Battle of Shizugatake The took place during the Sengoku period of Japan between Toyotomi Hideyoshi (then Hashiba Hideyoshi) and Shibata Katsuie in Nagahama, Shiga, Shizugatake, Ōmi Province over a period of two days beginning on the 20th day of the fourth month of ...

, but later during the battle, he switched sides to Hideyoshi. In 1584, after Shibata's defeat, Toshiie become leading general for Hideyoshi in Komaki Nagakute Campaign and was forced to fight another of his friends,

at the Battle of Suemori Castle. Narimasa was greatly outnumbered and felled by Toshiie. In 1587, following the major Maeda victory, Toshiie sheltered his fellow daimyo

Dom Justo Takayama , born and also known as Dom Justo Takayama (c. 1552/1553 - 5 February 1615) was a Japanese Catholic daimyō and samurai during the Sengoku period that saw rampant anti-Catholic sentiment. Takayama was baptized into the Catholic Church in ...

after Justo was expelled from his position as representative of Christians by the shogun's Bantenren order. Later in 1590, Toshiie fought in the Odawara Campaign against

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. Toshiie and

Uesugi Kagekatsu was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' during the Sengoku and Edo periods. He was the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora’s brother in law. Early life and rise Kagekatsu was the son of Nagao Masakage, the head of the Ueda Naga ...

led a detached force of 35,000 soldiers through

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. This army captured the Hōjō strongholds one-by-one:

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, Matsuyama Castle and

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before finally taking

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. In 1591, he helped suppress the

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in many locations along with

and many generals from northern Japan.

Later years

In 1598, upon

's death,

proceeded with the "expansion of power through marriage alliances," which Hideyoshi had explicitly forbidden.

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 ...

and other magistrates relied on Toshiie, and tensions between the Tokugawa and Maeda clans reached a critical point. Many influential daimyo, including

Mōri Terumoto Mōri Terumoto (毛利輝元, January 22, 1553 – June 2, 1625) was a Japanese ''daimyō''. The son of Mōri Takamoto, and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mōri Motonari, he fought against Oda Nobunaga but was eventually overc ...

Ukita Hideie was the ''daimyō'' of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture), and one of the council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Son of Ukita Naoie, he married Gōhime, a daughter of Maeda Toshiie. Having fought a ...

Katō Kiyomasa was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Azuchi–Momoyama period, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. His court title was . His name as a child was ''Yashamaru'', and first name was ''Toranosuke''. He was one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi's Seven ...

, and

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 b ...

, supported Toshiie. As a result, Ieyasu apologized to Toshiie, and for the time being, the situation was defused.

Death

Before dying in 1598, Hideyoshi named Toshiie to the

council of Five Elders In the history of Japan, the was a group of five powerful formed in 1598 by the Toyotomi Hideyoshi, shortly before his death the same year. While Hideyoshi was on his deathbed, his son, Toyotomi Hideyori, was still only five years old and a ...

to support

Toyotomi Hideyori was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who united all of Japan toward the end of the Sengoku period. His mother, Yodo-dono, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga. Early life Born in 1593, he was Hideyoshi's sec ...

until he was old enough to take control on his own. However, Toshiie himself was ailing, and could manage to support Hideyori for only a year before he died as well in 1599.

After death

Toshiie was succeeded by his son Toshinaga.

saw this change of leadership as an opportunity and set a trap for Toshinaga. In 1599, Ieyasu announced that there was an assassination plot against him, and he identified Toshinaga as the mastermind. Toshinaga denied the allegations, but Ieyasu demanded, "If you are innocent, hand over your mother as a hostage." In the Maeda clan, there were two factions: one advocating for fighting against the Tokugawa and another advocating for submission. Intense debates took place, but ultimately, Toshinaga's mother, Matsu, persuaded everyone by saying, "For a samurai family, preserving the household is paramount. Do not destroy the family just for my sake." Toshinaga then sent Matsu as a hostage to the Tokugawa clan. From this point on, the Maeda clan effectively came under the umbrella of the Tokugawa clan and fought on the Tokugawa side in the

Battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, ...

(1600).

Family

* Father:

* Mother: Nagayowai-in (d.1573) * Siblings: ** Maeda Toshihisa (d. 1583) ** Maeda Toshifusa ** Sawaki Yoshiyuki (d. 1572) * Half-Siblings: ** Maeda Yasukatsu (d. 1594) ** Maeda Hidetsugu (d. 1585) ** Maeda Masa (given in marriage to Takabatake Sadayoshi) Toshiie's wife,

, was famous in her own right. Strong-willed from childhood, she was well-versed in the martial arts and was instrumental in Toshiie's rise to success. After her husband died, Matsu, then known by her Buddhist nun name of Hoshun-in, assured the safety of the Maeda clan after the year 1600 by voluntarily going as a hostage to Edo, capital of the new shōgun,

, whom she loathed throughout her life as she watched him, her husband, and Hideyoshi compete for power. * Wives, concubines, children: ** Wife:

(1547-1617) *** First Daughter: Kohime (1559–1616) married Maeda Nagatane *** First Son:

Maeda Toshinaga was a Sengoku period Japanese samurai and the second early-Edo period ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. He was the eldest son of Maeda Toshiie. His childhood name w ...

(1562-1614) *** Second daughter: Shohime married Nakagawa Mitsushige *** Third daughter: Maahime (1572–1605) become

's concubine later Madenokoji Atsufusa's concubine *** Fourth daughter: Gohime (1574–1634) married

, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's adopted son. *** Fifth Daughter: Yome,

Asano Yoshinaga was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. His father served as one of the '' Go-Bugyō'' in the late Azuchi–Momoyama period. Asano Yoshinaga was born at Odani, in the Asai district of Ōmi Province, in ...

's fiancée *** Second Son:

(1578-1633) *** Seventh Daughter:

Maeda Chiyo Maeda Chiyo (前田千世) or Shunkō-in (春香院, 1580–1641) was a Japanese noble woman from the Sengoku period. She was from the samurai-class Maeda clan, her father was Maeda Toshiie and her mother was Maeda Matsu. Chiyo was first married ...

(1580–1641) married Hosokawa Tadataka later married Murai Nagatsugu ** Concubine: Chiyobo (1570-1631) later Kinse-in *** Fourth son:

Maeda Toshitsune was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He ...

(1594-1658) ** Concubine: Oiwa, later Ryujo-in *** Sixth daughter: Maeda Kikuhime (1578–1584) *** Ninth daughter: Yoshi, Takeda Nobuyoshi's fiancée, later married Shinohara Sadahide *** 3 boys (early life) ** Concubine: Ozai, later Kinse-in *** Eighth daughter: Fuku, married Cho Yoshitsura, later married Nakagawa Mitsutada *** Third son: Maeda Tomoyoshi (1591-1628) ** Concubine: Jufuku-in *** Fifth son: Maeda Toshitaka (1594–1637) ** Concubine: Kaishoin *** Sixth son: Maeda Toshisada (1598-1620) ** unknown *** girl (early life) ** Nephew:

Maeda Toshimasu , better known as or Keijirō (慶次郎), was a Japanese samurai lord of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He was the nephew of Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Matsu. In legends and fictions, he is one of the most celebrated '' kabukimono ...

(1543-1612) Their sons all became ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...

s'' in their own right. Their daughters married into prestigious families; the eldest, Kō, married

Maeda Nagatane was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. He served the Maeda clan of Kaga as one of its senior retainers. He married Ko, daughter of Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga follo ...

, a distant relative of Toshiie who became a senior Kaga retainer; Ma'a, was a concubine of

and later married Marikouji Mitsurubo, Gō was adopted by Hideyoshi and became the wife of

, and Chiyo, who was first wedded to Hosokawa Tadaoki's son Tadataka, later married Murai Nagayori's son Nagatsugu. Sho married Nakagawa Mitsushige. Toshi married Shinohara Sadahide. Fuku married Nakagawa Mitsutada.

Ōdenta sword

"Ōdenta" or "Great Denta" or "The Best among Swords Forged by Denta". Along with "Onimaru" and "Futatsu-mei", the sword was considered to be one of the three regalia swords of the shoguns of the

Ashikaga clan The was a Japanese samurai Japanese clans, clan and dynasty which established the Ashikaga shogunate and ruled History of Japan, Japan from roughly 1333 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originall ...

. Later it was passed down to Maeda Toshiie. A legend says the sword healed a daughter of Toshiie and another legend says birds never try to approach a warehouse where this sword is stored.

In popular culture

He is a playable character in video game ''

Sengoku Basara 2 is a series of video games developed and published by Capcom, and a bigger media franchise based on it, including three anime shows, an anime movie, a Live action, live action show, and numerous Radio drama, drama CDs, light novels, manga, and ...

'' and an unplayable character in video game ''

Sengoku Basara 4 is the fourth main installment of the ''Sengoku Basara, Sengoku BASARA'' video game series, developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 3. The game was released in Japan on January 23, 2014. An expanded version of the game for the Play ...

''. He wields a trident and fire-based attacks. In anime, they were initially servants of Oda Nobunaga, later turned to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He is a playable character in the video game ''Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends'' and appears in every major samurai warriors title following his first appearance. He wields a single sword and twin spears.

Honours

Junior First Rank The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese language, Japanese as ''ikai'' (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the Nation, state. ''Ikai'' as a system was the indication of the rank of burea ...

(24 March 1599; posthumously)

References

External links

Buke-kaden page on the Maeda clan (in Japanese)

* ttp://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~gokuh/ghp/busho/mbu_001.htm Biography (in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Maeda, Toshiie samurai 1538 births 1599 deaths Daimyo Tairō Maeda clan People from Nagoya Oda retainers Toyotomi retainers Deified Japanese men