Mizuno Tadashige
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was a retainer of the Japan
ese clan of Tokugawa
following the later years of the Azuchi-Momoyama period
of the 16th century. Tadashige was the son of Mizuno Tadamasa
and the brother of Mizuno Nobumoto
.
He was at one time given his brother's fief of Kariya
in Mikawa
. He was killed by Kagai Hidemasa following the Sekigahara Campaign of 1600.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese clan of Tokugawa
Tokugawa clan
The was a powerful daimyo family of Japan. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa and were a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan. However, the early history of this clan remains a mystery.-History:...
following the later years of the 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...
of the 16th century. Tadashige was the son of Mizuno Tadamasa
Mizuno Tadamasa
' was a samurai lord of feudal Japan. He ruled Kariya Castle. He was also the father of Dai-no-kata, the mother of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
and the brother of Mizuno Nobumoto
Mizuno Nobumoto
was a daimyo of Japan's Sengoku period. A son of Mizuno Tadamasa, and brother of Mizuno Tadashige, he was the lord of Kariya Castle.Nobumoto sided with Oda Nobuhide in 1542, having switched his allegiance from the Imagawa family, but soon changing sides once more, to serve under the Matsudaira...
.
He was at one time given his brother's fief of Kariya
Kariya, Aichi
is a city located in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2011, the city had an estimated population of 145,955 and a population density of 2890 persons per km²...
in Mikawa
Mikawa Province
is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces....
. He was killed by Kagai Hidemasa following the Sekigahara Campaign of 1600.