Inaba Yoshimichi

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Inaba Yoshimichi.
In this Japanese name, the surname is Inaba.

Inaba Yoshimichi (稲葉 良通, 1515 – January 5, 1589), also known as Inaba Ittetsu (稲葉 一鉄),[1] was a Japanese samurai warrior in the Sengoku period.[2] His childhood name was Hikoshiro (彦四郎) later Hikoroku (彦六郎).

Yoshimichi was considered one of the "Mino Triumvirate" (西美濃三人衆, Nishi Mino Sanninshū), along with Andō Michitari and Ujiie Bokuzen. In 1567, they agreed together to join the forces of Oda Nobunaga.[3]

He took part in the Siege of Inabayama Castle (1567) and participated in the Battle of Anegawa (1570), led the reverse troops of Oda Nobunaga's forces.[4][5]

His son, Inaba Masanari, was the husband of Saitō Fuku. Ittetsu himself lived and went into the service of Hideyoshi Toyotomi serving at the Battle of Komaki-Nagakute before dying in 1589. An anecdote tells of him visiting Oda Nobunaga who planned to assassinate him, and he instead read poetry to the audience of 'guests' (who were assassins in disguise). Nobunaga was so impressed by this display that he admitted to the assassination attempt and instead promoted Ittetsu for his ingenuity.

Family[]

  • Father: Inaba Michinori
  • Mother: Isshiki Yoshito's daughter
  • Wife: Sanjonishi Saneki's daughter
  • Concubine: daughter of Kanou Family
  • Children:
    • daughter married Horiichi Hannosuke
    • daughter married Kunie Shigemoto
    • Inaba Shigemichi (d.1598) by daughter of Kanou Family
    • Inaba Sadamichi (1546–1603) by Sanjonishi Saneki's daughter
    • Inaba Naomasa
    • Inaba Masamichi (1566-1640)
    • Yasuhime married Saito Toshimitsu
    • daughter married Marumo Kanetoshi
    • daughter married Yamamura Yoshikatsu

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References[]

  1. ^ Macadam, Joseph P. and Tatsusaburō Hayashiya. (1974). Japanese arts and the tea ceremony, p. 183.
  2. ^ 稲葉一鉄 at Nihon jinmei daijiten; retrieved 2013-5-29.
  3. ^ Ōta, Gyūichi. (2011). The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga, p. 114.
  4. ^ Sadler, A. L. (2010). id=X9mxTBIyZJkC&pg=PA80&dq=Inaba+Ittetsu&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LySmUb6KIZLJ4AOkr4DACA&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Inaba%20Ittetsu&f=false The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, p. 80.
  5. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1987). Battles of the Samurai. Arms and Armour Press. p. 220. ISBN 0853688265.
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