Hirate Kiyohide

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  • Born: 1493
  • Died: 1553
  • Title: Nakatsukasa

Kiyohide served three generations of the Oda family (Nobusada, Nobuhide, and Nobunaga). He committed suicide in 1553 to protest the young Nobunaga's outlandish behavior - a surprising gesture that is said to have had the desired effect.