Oda Nagamasu
Oda Nagamasu | |
|---|---|
 Oda Yūraku | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gengorō 1548 Owari Province, Japan |
| Died | January 24, 1621 Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | "Yūraku" "Urakusai" |
| Allegiance |  Oda clan Toyotomi clan Tokugawa clan Eastern Army |
| Unit | Oda clan |
| Battles/wars | Siege of Shigisan Siege of Takato Honnō-ji Incident Siege of Kanie Battle of Sekigahara |
Oda Nagamasu (織田 長益, 1548 – January 24, 1622) was a Japanese daimyō and a brother of Oda Nobunaga[1] who lived from the late Sengoku period through the early Edo period. Also known as Yūraku (有楽) and Urakusai (有楽斎), the Tokyo neighborhood Yūrakuchō is named for him. Nagamasu converted to Christianity in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John.
Biography[]
His childhood name is Gengorō (源五郎) and was an 11th son of Oda Nobuhide. In 1574, he received the Chita district in Owari and the construction of . Later, He was commissioned to serve Oda Nobutada. Nagamasu was an accomplished practitioner of the Japanese tea ceremony, which he studied under the master, Sen no Rikyū. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony.
In 1582, during the incident at Honnō-ji, he is one of the vassals of Nobutada in Nijō Castle, he was able to survive and fled to Gifu Castle.
In 1584, He then joined Oda Nobukatsu and collaborated with Tokugawa in against Hideyoshi at campaign and battle against Takigawa Kazumasu at Siege of Kanie Castle. Later, he was one of the peacemakers between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, also with Sassa Narimasa and Maeda Toshiie.
In 1600, he sided with the Tokugawa Ieyasu and fought at the Battle of Sekigahara. He brought 450 soldiers to join Ieyasu and confronted against Gamō Yorisato (Satoie).
Nagamasu divided his fief between his sons Oda Nagamasa and Hisanaga. Nagamasa founded the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain,[2] while Hisanaga became lord of the Yanagimoto Domain.[3]
Family[]
- Father: Oda Nobuhide (1510–1551)
- Brothers
- Oda Nobuhiro (died 1574)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582)
- Oda Nobuyuki (1536–1557)
- Oda Nobukane (1548–1614)
- Oda Nobuharu (1549–1570)
- Oda Nobutoki (died 1556)
- Oda Hidetaka (died 1555)
- Sisters:
- Oichi (1547–1583)
- Son:
- Oda Nagamasa (1587–1670)
References[]
- ^ Nihonshi yōgoshū B. (Tokyo: Yamakawa shuppansha, 2000), p. 129.
- ^ (in Japanese) "Shibamura-han" on Edo 300 HTML Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (14 July 2008).
- ^ (in Japanese) "Yanagimoto-han" on Edo 300 HTML Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (14 July 2008).
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