Tachibana Muneshige
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Tachibana Muneshige | |
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立花宗茂 | |
Head of Tachibana clan | |
In office 1581–1642 | |
Preceded by | Tachibana Ginchiyo |
Succeeded by | |
Lord of Tanagura | |
In office 1603–1620 | |
Succeeded by | Niwa Nagashige |
Lord of Yanagawa | |
In office 1620–? | |
Preceded by | Tanaka Tadamasa |
Succeeded by | Tachibana Tadashige |
Personal details | |
Born | Senkumamaru (千熊丸) December 18, 1567 |
Died | November 15, 1643 | (aged 75)
Nationality | Japanese |
Spouse(s) | Tachibana Ginchiyo |
Father | Takahashi Shigetane |
Relatives | Tachibana Dōsetsu (father-in-law) |
Other name | Tachibana Munetora (立花宗虎 or 立花統虎) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Tachibana clan Ōtomo clan Toyotomi clan Western Army Tokugawa shogunate |
Unit | Takahashi clan |
Battles/wars | Kyūshū Campaign Siege of Odawara Korean Campaign Siege of Ōtsu Siege of Yanagawa Siege of Osaka Shimabara Rebellion |
Tachibana Muneshige (立花宗茂, December 18, 1567 – November 15, 1643), known in his youth as Senkumamaru (千熊丸) and alternatively called Tachibana Munetora (立花宗虎 or 立花統虎), was a samurai during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and an Edo-period daimyō. Toyotomi Hideyoshi noted that were Honda Tadakatsu is best samurai in 'east japan', Muneshige is the best samurai in the 'west japan'.
He was the eldest biological son of Takahashi Shigetane, a retainer of Ōtomo clan. He was adopted by Tachibana Dōsetsu, and later married his daughter Tachibana Ginchiyo, succeeding the Tachibana clan.
In 1600, at Sekigahara campaign, he sided to 'Western army'. However, Muneshige surrendered at Siege of Yanagawa under the assumption that he could then switch sides and aid the Tokugawa-loyal forces against the Shimazu clan of Satsuma.
In 1637, Muneshige served in the shogunate army at the Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638), a revolt involving mostly Japanese peasants, most of them Catholics.
Muneshige in popular culture[]
See People of the Sengoku period in popular culture.
Honours[]
- Junior Third Rank (November 10, 1915; posthumous)
References[]
Further reading[]
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- Genjō Sanjin. Kyūshū sengokushi: Bekki gundan. Tōkyō: Rekishi Toshosha, 1978. OCLC 70792159
- Kawamura, Tetsuo. Tachibana Muneshige. Fukuoka-shi: Nishi Nihon Shinbunsha, 1999. ISBN 4816704884 OCLC 44470864
- Nakano, Hitoshi. Tachibana Muneshige. Tōkyō: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2001. ISBN 4642052208 OCLC 46390748
- Tachibana, Muneshige, and Tōun Hasegawa. Ehon hōkan. Setsuyō [Osaka]: Kankidō Shigeyuki, 1688. OCLC 26843338
- 1567 births
- 1643 deaths
- Samurai
- Tachibana clan
- Deified Japanese people