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* ''Born: [[1573]]''

* ''Born: [[1573]]''

* ''Died: [[1615]]''

* ''Died: [[1615]]''

Also known as Goto Matabei, Mototsugu was the son of [[Goto Motokuni]], chief retainer of the [[Bessho clan]] of [[Harima province|Harima]]. When the Bessho's [[Miki castle]] was besieged by the [[Oda clan|Oda]] and at length forced to surrender in [[1580]], Motokuni committed suicide. Sometime before, he had given his son into the care of [[Kuroda Yoshitaka]], a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi]] who had acted as a messenger in the closing stages of the siege. The young Motostugu grew into a well-known Kuroda warrior; he served in the invasion of Korea and distinguished himself in the [[Second Siege of Chinju]] ([[1593]]). He went on to fight in the [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara Campaign]] but left the Kuroda's service some time later. In [[1614]], for reasons unknown, he joined the defenders of [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] at [[Osaka castle|Osaka Castle]], perhaps out of a debt he felt for Hideyori's father Hideyoshi, who had spared his life in 1580. Goto fought bravely and well but was killed at the [[Battle of Domyoji]], in 1615, at the tail end of the siege.  

Also known as Goto Matabei, Mototsugu was the son of [[Goto Motokuni]], chief retainer of the [[Bessho clan]] of [[Harima province|Harima]]. When the Bessho's [[Miki castle]] was besieged by the [[Oda clan|Oda]] and at length forced to surrender in [[1580]], Motokuni committed suicide. Sometime before, he had given his son into the care of [[Kuroda Yoshitaka]], a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi]] who had acted as a messenger in the closing stages of the siege. The young Motostugu grew into a well-known Kuroda warrior; he served in the invasion of Korea and distinguished himself in the [[Second Siege of Chinju]] ([[1593]]). He went on to fight in the [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara Campaign]] but left the Kuroda's service some time later. In [[1614]], for reasons unknown, he joined the defenders of [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] at [[Osaka castle|Osaka Castle]], perhaps out of a debt he felt for Hideyori's father Hideyoshi, who had spared his life in 1580. Goto fought bravely and well but was killed at the [[Battle of Domyoji]], in 1615, at the tail end of the siege.  

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