Ikoma Masatoshi
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was a Japanese samurai
of the late Azuchi-Momoyama period
, who lived into the early Edo period
. He was also the daimyo
of the Takamatsu Domain
.
Masatoshi fought at the Siege of Osaka
in 1614, commanding a detached force on the side of the Tokugawa.
After his death, he was succeeded as family head by his son, Takatoshi
.
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
of the late Azuchi-Momoyama period
Azuchi-Momoyama period
The came at the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place. It spans the years from approximately 1573 to 1603, during which time Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, imposed order...
, who lived into the early Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
. He was also the daimyo
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
of the Takamatsu Domain
Takamatsu Domain
The was a han or feudal domain in Sanuki Province , Japan during the Edo period. The domain was governed first by the Ikoma family then by the Mito-Matsudaira clan.-History:...
.
Masatoshi fought at the Siege of Osaka
Siege of Osaka
The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages , and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment...
in 1614, commanding a detached force on the side of the Tokugawa.
After his death, he was succeeded as family head by his son, Takatoshi
Ikoma Takatoshi
was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who ruled the Takamatsu Domain. He was the son-in-law of Doi Toshikatsu.Takatoshi lost rulership of the Takamatsu domain due to an uprising within the fief. The shogunate attaindered his domain, and transferred him to the much smaller Yashima Domain in...
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