Hayashi Shinjirô was a son of Hayashi Michitada and served Oda Nobunaga. He fought in a number of notable engagements, including the battle of Anegawa (1570) and an attack on the Ishiyama Honganji (1570), before being killed in the rear-guard of the Oda army at Nagashima (1573).
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- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005