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* ''Birth: [[1574]]''
* ''Death: [[1630]]''
* ''Title: Bungo no kami''
* ''Son: [[Matsukura Katsuie]] (Shigeharu; d.[[1638]])''
* ''Distinction: [[Tsutsui clan|Tsutsui]] retainer''
Shigemasa was a retainer of [[Tsutsui Sadatsugu]]. He fought at [[Sekigahara campaign|Sekigahara]] ([[1600]]) and was given the Shimabara area of [[Hizen province]] in [[1615]] (60,000 koku). He reputedly contemplated an invasion of the Philippines that found tacit support with [[shogun|shôgun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] but died before any attempt could be made. His son Katsuie would be in large measure responsible for the [[Shimabara Rebellion]] of [[1637]].
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1630]]''
* ''Title: Bungo no kami''
* ''Son: [[Matsukura Katsuie]] (Shigeharu; d.[[1638]])''
* ''Distinction: [[Tsutsui clan|Tsutsui]] retainer''
Shigemasa was a retainer of [[Tsutsui Sadatsugu]]. He fought at [[Sekigahara campaign|Sekigahara]] ([[1600]]) and was given the Shimabara area of [[Hizen province]] in [[1615]] (60,000 koku). He reputedly contemplated an invasion of the Philippines that found tacit support with [[shogun|shôgun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] but died before any attempt could be made. His son Katsuie would be in large measure responsible for the [[Shimabara Rebellion]] of [[1637]].
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]