Kawajiri Hidetaka

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Kawajiri Hidetaka (河尻 秀隆, 1527 - July 7, 1582) was a Japanese samurai warrior during the Sengoku period , and was one of the vassals of Oda Nobunaga . He was the first samurai in the 黒母衣衆 , elite troops selected from Nobunaga's aides, and later served as an assistant to Oda Nobutada , Nobunaga's eldest son. He was also the lord of Mino Iwamura, and later became the lord of Kai province. There are few documents related to Hidetaka and , and many of his traces are recorded in Shinchō Kōki, Koyo Gunkan, and records related to Tokugawa clan.

Kawajiri Hidetaka 河尻秀隆
Kawajiri Hidetaka,protector of Hizen province
Era	Sengoku period
Birth date	1527 (the 7th year of Daiei)
Death date	June 18th,1582 (the 10th year of Tensho
Other name(s)	与四郎(Yoshiro) 与兵衛(Yohē) 鎮吉(Shigeyoshi)
Posthumous name	長蔵寺殿洞水瑞雲大居士 [1]
Grave place(s)	In , temple in Sakahogi, Gifu
Rank	protector of Hizen province
Shogunate(s)	Ashikaga Shogunate
Lord(s)	Oda Nobunaga →Oda Nobutada
Clan(s)
Father , Mother	Father:(?)
Child (Children)	(末守殿) (’s wife)
Notice(s)	His surname 河尻(Kawajiri) is also written as 川尻(Kawajiri)

His life[]

As a vassal of Oda Nobuhide[]

It is said that he was born in Iwasaki Village, Owari Province. Hidetaka served Oda Nobuhide from an early stage. His real name Hidetaka's "Hide"(秀) is considered to be a bias from Nobuhide's Hide(秀)

In August 1542, he was only 16 years old and participated in the first Battle of Azukizaka as a vassal of Nobuhide. At this time, he was in a single combat with a commander of Ashigaru Yuhara(由原), who was the forerunner of the Imagawa clan, and gave a martial art of defeating him at the end of the group battle.

Hidetaka's Uma-jirushi(right side)

As the head  member of 黒母衣衆[]

After Nobuhide's death, he also served Oda Nobunaga and became the head of the 黒母衣衆.  In the first year of Eiroku (1558), when Nobunaga summoned his younger brother Oda Nobuyuki  to Kiyosu Castle to murder him, he carried out assassination of Nobuyuki .

He participates in the Battle of Okehazama in May 1560.   He followed Nobunaga, who suddenly  rushed out, with other only four vassals :  , , , . It is said that Mōri Yoshikatsu defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto in the battle, but there is also a different theory that Hidetaka killed Yoshimoto.

In the summer of Eiroku 8 (1565), he was ordered to attack Mino with Niwa Nagahide.  The castle owner, Tajimi Shuri-no-Suke, used the advantage of the land to protect the castle well, but Nagahide occupied the neighboring mountain and cut off the water source, and Hidetaka launched an onslaught and dropped the castle.

In the fierce battle, ,  on September 28 of the same year, he got into the inner citadel  first, which let him win fame in the battle, and forced  the enemy commander,   to kill himself.

After the war, he was given Sarubami Castle by a series of achievements in the attack on Mino, and the castle name was changed to "Katsuyama Castle".  After entering Katsuyama, the castle town of Sakahogi, Chozoji, was designated as Kawajiri's family temple.  He also allegedly supported the reconstruction of Daisen-ji  Temple, which was  burned down in the war.

In the 12th year of Eiroku (1569), he was dispatched with Sakai Masahisa  as a messenger telling Imai Sōkyūto hand over the testimony of Sakai Kitasho.

In August of the same year, he participated in the subdue of  Kitabatake clan  based in , Ise province.  At this time, he was in charge ofpatrols the headquarters of Oda army inside the fence with  ,  , , Maeda Toshiie, etc.

The name can be seen in the draft letter of sympathy sent by Munehisa Imai to the Oda clan generals on September 6 of the same year.

On February 19, 1570, Imai Sokyu  sent urgent news that defeated  the army of Miyoshi in Awaji province. In the draft letter, the names are listed alongside Nagachika Kanamori, ,  , and    , and it can be seen that he was recognized as one of the Nobunaga's representative aides at that time.

On March 6, the same year,  and  visited Nobunaga, but Hidetaka responded due to his absence and received 30 swords as a thank-you.

On June 28, the same year, he served in the Battle of Anegawa , and in the siege of Sawayama Castle, where Isono Kazumasa , a vassal of Azai Nagamasa ,  was holding, after the main war, he set up on Nishi-Hikoneyama, one of the attached castles.

In the in September of the same year, he entered the fort of Anota with  ,  Akechi Mitsuhide , Murai Sadakatsu , Sassa Narimasa , etc., and played a part in the siege of Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei.

In February of the 2nd year of Genki (1571), he entered Sawayama Castle after Isono Kazumasa moved out, and since then he has been active as a castle general with Nagahide Niwa.

In September of the same year, Nobunaga ordered that the affiliated with Enryaku-ji  be burned down when Mt. Hiei was burned down, and Hidetaka and Nagahide Niwa burned down Saimyō-ji

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