(1548 - January 24, 1622) was a Japanese
daimyois a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in premodern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
who lived from the late
Sengoku periodThe was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
through the early
Edo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 and is the premodern era. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the...
. Also known as
Urakusai (有楽斎), he was a brother of
Oda Nobunaga was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582...
. Nagamasu converted to
ChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented by the revelations in the New Testament....
in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John. His brother Oda Nobunaga took the Christian name of Geronimo.
Nagamasu was an accomplished practitioner of the
tea ceremonyA tea ceremony is a ritualised form of making tea. The term generally refers to the Japanese tea ceremony. One can also refer to the whole set of rituals, tools, gestures, etc. used in such ceremonies as tea culture...
, which he studied under the master,
Sen no Rikyu, is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha. Rikyū is known by many names; for convenience this article will refer to him as Rikyū throughout....
. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony.
Nagamasu divided his fief between his sons
Nagamasawas a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain. He was the nephew of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was born in 1587, the fourth son of Nobunaga's younger brother Nagamasu. In his early years he became a page to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and received a stipend of 3,000 koku...
and Hisanaga.
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(1548 - January 24, 1622) was a Japanese
daimyois a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in premodern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
who lived from the late
Sengoku periodThe was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
through the early
Edo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 and is the premodern era. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the...
. Also known as
Urakusai (有楽斎), he was a brother of
Oda Nobunaga was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582...
. Nagamasu converted to
ChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented by the revelations in the New Testament....
in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John. His brother Oda Nobunaga took the Christian name of Geronimo.
Nagamasu was an accomplished practitioner of the
tea ceremonyA tea ceremony is a ritualised form of making tea. The term generally refers to the Japanese tea ceremony. One can also refer to the whole set of rituals, tools, gestures, etc. used in such ceremonies as tea culture...
, which he studied under the master,
Sen no Rikyu, is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha. Rikyū is known by many names; for convenience this article will refer to him as Rikyū throughout....
. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony.
Nagamasu divided his fief between his sons
Nagamasawas a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain. He was the nephew of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was born in 1587, the fourth son of Nobunaga's younger brother Nagamasu. In his early years he became a page to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and received a stipend of 3,000 koku...
and Hisanaga. Nagamasa founded the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain, while Hisanaga became lord of the
Yanagimoto DomainThe ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. Its headquarters were located in what is now Tenri, Nara.-List of lords:*Oda clan, 1615-1871 #Naonaga#Nagatane#Hidekazu#Hidechika#Shigezumi #Hideyuki#Nobukata#Hidekata...
.