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was a Japanese daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 of the Azuchi-Momoyama period
Azuchi-Momoyama period

The came at the end of the Sengoku period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place....
, who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
. He was also known as and , and held the title of . His father, , was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
. Naonori was killed in action when Akechi Mitsuhide
Akechi Mitsuhide

, nicknamed Jubei or , was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan Japan.Mitsuhide was a samurai and a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he later betrayed Nobunaga and caused him to commit seppuku....
 attacked and killed Nobunaga at Honno-ji
Honno-ji

is a temple of the Nichiren Buddhism branch of Buddhism located in Kyoto, Japan. Its Gohonzon is mandara-honzon from Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.Honno-ji is most famous for the Incident at Honno-ji....
. (Incident at Honnoji
Incident at Honnoji

The refers to the forced suicide in June 211582 of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at the hands of his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide. This occurred in Honno-ji, a temple in Kyoto, ending Nobunaga's quest to consolidate centralized power in Japan under his authority....
)

Naoyasu then served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He took part in capturing Iwatsuki Castle and Oshi Castle at Musashi Province
Musashi Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly Kawasaki, Kanagawa and Yokohama....
 in the siege of Odawara
Siege of Odawara (1590)

The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Late Hojo clan as a threat to his power....
, and was given 20,000 koku
Koku

The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
. After that, based in Imajo, Echizen Province
Echizen Province

was an Old provinces of Japan of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui prefecture.Echizen is famous for washi . A text dated AD 774 mentions the washi made in this area....
, he supported Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kobayakawa Hideaki

Kobayakawa Hideaki was fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.He was adopted by Hideyoshi and called himself Hashiba Hidetoshi and Shusen ....
 and Horio Yoshiharu
Horio Yoshiharu

Horio Yoshiharu was a daimyo in Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period.He was appointed to one of three chu-ro by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the first leader of the Matsue clan....
.

In 1600 at the Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara

The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate,...
, he was under Otani Yoshitsugu
Otani Yoshitsugu

was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period though Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title, . He was born in 1559 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Otomo Sorin or of Rokkaku Yoshikata....
, who led part of Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari

Ishida Mitsunari was a samurai who led the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 17th century....
's force.






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was a Japanese daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 of the Azuchi-Momoyama period
Azuchi-Momoyama period

The came at the end of the Sengoku period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place....
, who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
. He was also known as and , and held the title of . His father, , was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
. Naonori was killed in action when Akechi Mitsuhide
Akechi Mitsuhide

, nicknamed Jubei or , was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan Japan.Mitsuhide was a samurai and a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he later betrayed Nobunaga and caused him to commit seppuku....
 attacked and killed Nobunaga at Honno-ji
Honno-ji

is a temple of the Nichiren Buddhism branch of Buddhism located in Kyoto, Japan. Its Gohonzon is mandara-honzon from Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.Honno-ji is most famous for the Incident at Honno-ji....
. (Incident at Honnoji
Incident at Honnoji

The refers to the forced suicide in June 211582 of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at the hands of his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide. This occurred in Honno-ji, a temple in Kyoto, ending Nobunaga's quest to consolidate centralized power in Japan under his authority....
)

Naoyasu then served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He took part in capturing Iwatsuki Castle and Oshi Castle at Musashi Province
Musashi Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly Kawasaki, Kanagawa and Yokohama....
 in the siege of Odawara
Siege of Odawara (1590)

The third occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to eliminate the Late Hojo clan as a threat to his power....
, and was given 20,000 koku
Koku

The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
. After that, based in Imajo, Echizen Province
Echizen Province

was an Old provinces of Japan of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui prefecture.Echizen is famous for washi . A text dated AD 774 mentions the washi made in this area....
, he supported Kobayakawa Hideaki
Kobayakawa Hideaki

Kobayakawa Hideaki was fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.He was adopted by Hideyoshi and called himself Hashiba Hidetoshi and Shusen ....
 and Horio Yoshiharu
Horio Yoshiharu

Horio Yoshiharu was a daimyo in Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period.He was appointed to one of three chu-ro by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the first leader of the Matsue clan....
.

In 1600 at the Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara

The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate,...
, he was under Otani Yoshitsugu
Otani Yoshitsugu

was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period though Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title, . He was born in 1559 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Otomo Sorin or of Rokkaku Yoshikata....
, who led part of Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari

Ishida Mitsunari was a samurai who led the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 17th century....
's force. However, taking advantage of Kobayakawa Hideaki's betrayal, he switched sides with Wakisaka Yasuharu
Wakisaka Yasuharu

, sometimes referred to as 'Wakizaka Yasuharu', was a daimyo of Awaji Island who fought under a number of warlords over the course of Japan's Sengoku period....
, Kutsuki Mototsuna
Kutsuki Mototsuna

was a samurai commander in Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period.His father was Kutsuki Harutsuna . The Kutsuki were a powerful clan at Kutsuki-tani , Takasima-gori, Omi Province....
 and Ogawa Suketada
Ogawa Suketada

Ogawa Suketada was a daimyo in Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period.First, Suketada served Akechi Mitsuhide, and secondly, served Shibata Katsutoyo....
. Together, they defeated Yoshitsugu's force.

After the battle, Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
 didn't give Naoyasu credit and seized his domain. Because of that, Naoyasu became a retainer of Maeda Toshinaga
Maeda Toshinaga

was a Japanese daimyo who was the second head of the Kaga Domain. He was the eldest son of Maeda Toshiie and married one of Oda Nobunaga's daughters, Ei-hime....
, and was given a stipend of 7,000 koku.

In 1606, looking over flooded Daimon River, in Etchu Province
Etchu Province

was an old provinces of Japan in central Honshu, on the Sea of Japan side. It bordered Echigo Province, Shinano Province, Hida province, Kaga Province, and Noto Province provinces....
, he fell off a horse and died by drowning.

Naoyasu was survived by his son, . Takaharu changed his family name to , and became a retainer of the Maeda family of Kaga
Kaga Domain

The was a powerful feudal domain in Kaga Province, Noto Province and Etchu Province Provinces of Japan of Japan during the Edo period. The domain was founded by Maeda Toshiie and headed by the Maeda clan....
. The family remained retainers of the Maeda until the Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure....
.