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* ''[[1542]]''
* ''[[1627]]''
* ''Other names: Kanematsu Matashiro''
* ''Distinction: [[Oda clan|Oda]], [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]], [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] retainer''
Masayoshi was a son of [[Kanematsu Kiyohide]]. He was at first a minor retainer of [[Oda Nobunaga]], and after [[1582]], of [[Oda Nobukatsu]]. He was dismissed from Nobukatsu's service in [[1590]] and went to serve [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], who gave him some land in [[Mino province]]. In [[1593]] he went to serve [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]] but, when the latter was made to commit suicide in [[1595]], he went back to Hideyoshi's service. After [[1600]] he managed to ingratiate himself with the Tokugawa and served [[Tokugawa Yoshinao]] in [[Owari province]]. He is best remembered for an incident that occurred earlier in his career. While in the service of Nobunaga in [[1573]], he was present for the fall of the [[Asakura clan]] of [[Echizen province]]. At a place called Toneyama, Masayoshi pursued a lone enemy horseman into the mountains, whence he killed him and took his head. However, during his pursuit he lost his shoes and his bare feet became dyed red with the mountain soil. When Nobunaga saw this, he gave Masayoshi the ashinaka (un-heeled Japanese sandals) that had been hanging from his waist, saying "I hadn’t thought that something such as this would come in handy at a time like this."
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''[[1627]]''
* ''Other names: Kanematsu Matashiro''
* ''Distinction: [[Oda clan|Oda]], [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]], [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] retainer''
Masayoshi was a son of [[Kanematsu Kiyohide]]. He was at first a minor retainer of [[Oda Nobunaga]], and after [[1582]], of [[Oda Nobukatsu]]. He was dismissed from Nobukatsu's service in [[1590]] and went to serve [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], who gave him some land in [[Mino province]]. In [[1593]] he went to serve [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]] but, when the latter was made to commit suicide in [[1595]], he went back to Hideyoshi's service. After [[1600]] he managed to ingratiate himself with the Tokugawa and served [[Tokugawa Yoshinao]] in [[Owari province]]. He is best remembered for an incident that occurred earlier in his career. While in the service of Nobunaga in [[1573]], he was present for the fall of the [[Asakura clan]] of [[Echizen province]]. At a place called Toneyama, Masayoshi pursued a lone enemy horseman into the mountains, whence he killed him and took his head. However, during his pursuit he lost his shoes and his bare feet became dyed red with the mountain soil. When Nobunaga saw this, he gave Masayoshi the ashinaka (un-heeled Japanese sandals) that had been hanging from his waist, saying "I hadn’t thought that something such as this would come in handy at a time like this."
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]