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* ''Death: [[1590]]''
* ''Title: Owari no kami''
* ''[[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô]] retainer''
Norhide was the son of [[Matsuda Yorihide]]. He was one of [[Hojo Ujimasa|Hôjô Ujimasa's]] chief retainers but during [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[siege of Odawara]] in 1590, he communicated with the enemy. He was uncovered by the Hôjô and placed under confinement. Despite his covert activities, he was made to commit [[suicide]] after the fall of the castle along with Ujimasa and [[Daidoji Masashige|Daidôji Masashige]]. His younger brother [[Matsuda Yasusada|Yasusada]] later came to serve [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
==References==
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