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* ''Birth: [[1552]]''
* ''Death: [[1585]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] warlord''
Yoshitsugu was the son of [[Hatakeyama Yoshikuni|Nihonmatsu Yoshikuni]]. He was hard-pressed by [[Date Masamune]] and in the autumn of 1585 called on Masamune's retired father, [[Date Terumune|Terumune]], to intercede and make peace. When Terumune and Yoshitsugu met, however, Yoshitsugu kidnapped Terumune at sword-point. Whether Yoshitsugu had planned beforehand to carry out this incredible act is unclear. When Masamune was alerted to the double-cross he rode hard after Yoshitsugu's party. In the confrontation that ensued, Terumune and Yoshitsugu were killed. Another version of events, however, states that Yoshitsugu in fact escaped back to [[Nihonmatsu castle]]. Masamune attacked Nihonmatsu the following year and the [[Hatakeyama clan|Hatakeyama]] accepted an offer of surrender brokered by the [[Soma clan|Sôma family]]. Yoshitsugu's life, however, was forfeit and Masamune had his head exposed.
==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1585]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] warlord''
Yoshitsugu was the son of [[Hatakeyama Yoshikuni|Nihonmatsu Yoshikuni]]. He was hard-pressed by [[Date Masamune]] and in the autumn of 1585 called on Masamune's retired father, [[Date Terumune|Terumune]], to intercede and make peace. When Terumune and Yoshitsugu met, however, Yoshitsugu kidnapped Terumune at sword-point. Whether Yoshitsugu had planned beforehand to carry out this incredible act is unclear. When Masamune was alerted to the double-cross he rode hard after Yoshitsugu's party. In the confrontation that ensued, Terumune and Yoshitsugu were killed. Another version of events, however, states that Yoshitsugu in fact escaped back to [[Nihonmatsu castle]]. Masamune attacked Nihonmatsu the following year and the [[Hatakeyama clan|Hatakeyama]] accepted an offer of surrender brokered by the [[Soma clan|Sôma family]]. Yoshitsugu's life, however, was forfeit and Masamune had his head exposed.
==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
