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* ''Died: [[1596]]'' | * ''Died: [[1596]]'' | ||
* ''Title: Hida no Kami'' | * ''Title: Hida no Kami'' | ||
| − | + | * ''Japanese:'' [[蒲生]]氏郷 ''(Gamou Ujisato)'' | |
Ujisato was the son of [[Gamo Katahide|Gamô Katahide]] and fought in his first battle ([[Battle of Okochi|Okochi]]) at the age of 13. He married one of [[Oda Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga's]] daughters and was given a sizable fief in [[Ise provinc|Ise]]. He later sheltered Nobunaga's widow during [[Akechi clan|Akechi's]] uprising and joined [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi's]] camp following [[Battle of Yamazaki|Yamazaki]] ([[1582]]). He served in the [[Kyushu Campaign]] ([[1587]]) and the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]), after which he was given a huge fief in [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] (Aizu). Ujisato served on Hideyoshi's staff in Kyushu during the [[First Korean Campaign]], which he returned to Aizu and built [[Wakamatsu castle]]. He died suddenly in 1596 - leading some to suspect that Hideyoshi himself had had a hand in his demise. | Ujisato was the son of [[Gamo Katahide|Gamô Katahide]] and fought in his first battle ([[Battle of Okochi|Okochi]]) at the age of 13. He married one of [[Oda Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga's]] daughters and was given a sizable fief in [[Ise provinc|Ise]]. He later sheltered Nobunaga's widow during [[Akechi clan|Akechi's]] uprising and joined [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi's]] camp following [[Battle of Yamazaki|Yamazaki]] ([[1582]]). He served in the [[Kyushu Campaign]] ([[1587]]) and the [[Odawara Campaign]] ([[1590]]), after which he was given a huge fief in [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] (Aizu). Ujisato served on Hideyoshi's staff in Kyushu during the [[First Korean Campaign]], which he returned to Aizu and built [[Wakamatsu castle]]. He died suddenly in 1596 - leading some to suspect that Hideyoshi himself had had a hand in his demise. | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 10 December 2007
Ujisato was the son of Gamô Katahide and fought in his first battle (Okochi) at the age of 13. He married one of Oda Nobunaga's daughters and was given a sizable fief in Ise. He later sheltered Nobunaga's widow during Akechi's uprising and joined Hideyoshi's camp following Yamazaki (1582). He served in the Kyushu Campaign (1587) and the Odawara Campaign (1590), after which he was given a huge fief in Mutsu (Aizu). Ujisato served on Hideyoshi's staff in Kyushu during the First Korean Campaign, which he returned to Aizu and built Wakamatsu castle. He died suddenly in 1596 - leading some to suspect that Hideyoshi himself had had a hand in his demise.
References
- Initial text from Samurai-Archives.com FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
