Hirate Kiyohide

• 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.

References

• Initial text from Samurai-Archives.com FWSeal & CEWest, 2005