Maeda Gen'i

• Born: 1539
• Died: 1602
• Title: Mimbu-kyô Hôin
• Japanese: 前田玄以 (Maeda Gen'i)

Maeda Gen'i was Kyoto deputy under Oda Nobunaga, and later, one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Five Bugyô.

A Buddhist priest of Mt. Hiei, Gen'i entered the service of the Oda clan sometime before 1570. Nobunaga named him his deputy for Kyoto in 1582. After Nobunaga's death, Gen'i served Toyotomi Hideyoshi and received a 50,000 koku fief at Takamai in Tamba province. In 1592, he was tasked with laying the groundwork for Fushimi castle; Hideyoshi then named Gen'i one of his Five Bugyô.

References

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