Okunomiya Masaie

• Birth: 1554
• Death: 1587
• Other name: Okunomiya Kurando
• Distinction: Chosokabe retainer

Masaie served the Chosokabe family of Tosa province and was tasked with helping to defend the border with Awa. He joined the Chosokabe campaign to Bungo province in 1586 (at the behest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and was killed in the fighting with the Shimazu at the battle of Hetsugigawa.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005