Mizuno Nobumoto

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Mizuno.

Mizuno Nobumoto (水野 信元, 1537-January 27, 1576) was a daimyō of Japan's Sengoku period. He was a son of Mizuno Tadamasa, and brother of Mizuno Tadashige. In 1543 he succeeded his father as lord of Kariya Castle. He is Tokugawa Ieyasu's uncle through Tokugawa Hirotada's marriage to his sister.[1]

Nobumoto sided with Oda Nobuhide in 1542, but later served to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was assigned to defend Kariya Castle in 1576. However, in that same year, he betrayed Tokugawa Ieyasu and was killed. His brother, Mizuno Tadashige succeeded him and helped Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 before getting killed by Kaganoi Shigemochi, ending the family line.


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  1. ^ Turnbull, ed. by Stephen (2000). The Samurai tradition ([Reprint] ed.). Surrey: Japan Library. p. 149. ISBN 1873410220.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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