Born in modern-day Ibaragi City, Osaka, in 1542, the daimyo Nakagawa Kiyohide, also known as Nakagawa Toranosuke in his childhood and commonly referred to as Nakagawa Sebe, began his journey in the service of Ikeda Katsumasa, the daimyo of Settsu (now spanning Osaka and Hyogo Prefectures). However, he later sought independence.
In 1568, when Oda Nobunaga seized Kyoto under the pretext of aiding the Ashikaga Shogunate, the Ikeda clan, and Nakagawa Kiyohide's forces opposed him. Overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of Oda forces, both Kiyohide and Ikeda Katsumasa surrendered. Another encounter with Nobunaga occurred in 1578 when Araki Murashige of Itami Castle rebelled. Kiyohide followed suit, prompting Nobunaga to amass a formidable attack force. Once again, Kiyohide surrendered and, in an effort to reconcile with Nobunaga, turned his forces against the Araki clan. Pardoned by Nobunaga, Kiyohide subsequently served under Niwa Nagashige and Ikeda Tsuneoki, participating in several battles.
After Nobunaga's death in 1582, Kiyohide remained loyal to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, contributing to the Battle of Yamazaki. However, in the following year, during the Battle of Shizugatake, Nakagawa Kiyohide met his end while defending Oiwayama Toride, a small fort, falling to the forces led by Shibata Katsuie's general, Sakuma Morimasa.
Kiyohide's younger sister married Furuta Shigenari (Furuta Oribe), and his sons included Hidemasa, who married Oda Nobunaga's daughter, Tsuruhime, and Hidenari, who became the Daimyo of Oka (Oita in Kyushu).
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Takigawa Kazumasu
Takigawa Kazumasu (1525 – October 21, 1586), also known as Takikawa Sakon or Sakonshogen, was a prominent samurai and daimyō of the Sengoku period. He served as a loyal retainer and military commander under Oda Nobunaga and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His biological son, Toshimasu, was adopted by Maeda Toshihisa, the elder brother of Maeda Toshiie, and Kazumasu served alongside Toshiie in Nobunaga’s campaigns.
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Sanada Yukitaka
Sanada Yukitaka (c. 1512 – June 8, 1574) was a renowned samurai warrior of the Sengoku period, best known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen." He was the father of Sanada Nobutsuna and Sanada Masayuki, as well as the grandfather of the legendary Sanada Yukimura, who later served the Toyotomi clan.
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Torii Mototada
Torii Mototada (1539 – September 8, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and daimyo who lived through the Sengoku and late Azuchi–Momoyama periods. A loyal retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he is best remembered for his heroic last stand at the Siege of Fushimi, an event that played a crucial role in shaping Japanese history.
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Toyotomi Hideyori
Toyotomi Hideyori (August 28, 1593 – June 4, 1615) was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first unified Japan. His mother, Yodo-dono, was Oda Nobunaga's niece.
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Okubo Tadanori
Okubo Tadanori (January 13, 1842 – August 10, 1897) was the 9th daimyo of Odawara Domain in Sagami Province (modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture) during the late Edo period. Before the Meiji Restoration, he held the courtesy title of Kaga no Kami.
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Okubo Tadayo
Okubo Tadayo (1532 – October 28, 1594) was a samurai general who served Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and later became the daimyo of Odawara Domain in the early Edo period.
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Araki Murashige
Araki Murashige (1535 – June 20, 1586) was a samurai and retainer of Ikeda Katsumasa, the head of the powerful Settsu-Ikeda clan in Settsu Province. Initially serving under Katsumasa, he aligned himself with Oda Nobunaga after Nobunaga’s successful campaign to establish control over Kyoto.
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Yuki Hideyasu
Yuki Hideyasu (March 1, 1574 – June 2, 1607) was a Japanese samurai who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods, serving as the daimyō of Fukui Domain in Echizen Province. Born Tokugawa Ogimaru, he was the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Lady Oman (also known as Lady Kogō), a handmaiden to Ieyasu’s wife, Lady Tsukiyama. Due to Ieyasu’s fears of his wife’s reaction to Oman’s pregnancy, Ogimaru and his twin brother were born in secrecy at the home of Honda Shigetsugu, one of Ieyasu’s retainers. Oman’s other son eventually became a priest, while Ogimaru was raised apart from Ieyasu, whom he only met at the age of three, in a meeting arranged by his older half-brother, Matsudaira Nobuyasu.
