Shiina Yasutane ( , died March 1576) was a Japanese ''

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 n ...

'' of the

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, who was lord of the of

Etchū Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west, Shinano and Hida Provinces to the south, Echigo Province to the east and the Sea ...

. Throughout the 1550s and 1560s, he led numerous attacks on the , and in one of the few documented cases of two generals engaging personally in combat on the field, Yasutane fought with Jinbo clan's head,

Jinbō Nagamoto was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was the head of the ''Jinbō clan'' and Shugodai of the Etchū Province. In the middle of the 15th century, Jinbō clan was the most powerful clan in the Etchū province. Nagamoto s ...

, in 1554, at the battle of Imizu. During this particular clash, he was slashed across the jaw by Nagamoto, which left him with lifelong disfigurement. He is believed to have been assassinated in 1576 by

Kojima Motoshige was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Uesugi clan. Prior to joining the Uesugi, Kojima had been a senior vassal of Jinbō Nagamoto. In 1582, he provoke a Ikkō-ikki and took Toyama Castle Toyama Castle moat is a flatla ...

, on the orders of Uesugi Kenshin.

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* Daimyo 1576 deaths Shiina clan Year of birth unknown {{Samurai-stub