Shiba Yoshimune
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- Sons: Shiba Yoshikane (d. 1572)
- Titles: Shugo
- Distinction: Owari warlord
Yoshimune was the nominal shugo of Owari and resided at Kiyosu castle. He was used as a figurehead by Oda Nobutomo but secretly communicated with Oda Nobunaga, Nobutomo's rival and the head of the other branch of the Oda. He informed Nobunaga of an assassination plot but was afterwards discovered and put to death by Nobutomo.
References
- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005