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* ''Born: [[1493]]''

* ''Born: [[1493]]''

* ''Died: [[1553]]''

* ''Died: [[1553]]''

* ''Title: Nakatsukasa''

* ''Title: Nakatsukasa''

Kiyohide served three generations of the [[Oda clan|Oda]] family ([[Oda Nobusada|Nobusada]], [[Oda Nobuhide|Nobuhide]], and [[Oda Nobunaga|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.

Kiyohide served three generations of the [[Oda clan|Oda]] family ([[Oda Nobusada|Nobusada]], [[Oda Nobuhide|Nobuhide]], and [[Oda Nobunaga|Nobunaga]]). He was regarded as a man of culture and learning and during Nobunaga's time was concerned primarily with economic and diplomatic matters. Among other things, he arranged the marriage of Nobunaga to a daughter of [[Saito Dosan|Saitô Dosan]] in [[1549]]. After admonishing Nobunaga many times for what he felt was unbecoming and unreasonable behavior, he committed suicide in 1553 as a final protest. In regret over Masahide's death, Nobunaga built a temple in the Hirate fief (in Owari's Kasugai District), which was nicknamed the 'Masahide-ji'.

==References==

==References==

* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

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