Nagasaka Nobumasa

  • Died: 1572
  • Other names: HikogorĂ´
  • Distinction: Tokugawa retainer


Nobumasa served three generations of the Matsudaira/Tokugawa house - Kiyoyasu, Hirotada, and Ieyasu. Reknowned for his skill with a spear, he was a great warrior and nicknamed 'Bloody Spear KurĂ´' - supposedly slaying over 90 enemy warriors in his lifetime.

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