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* ''Born: [[1544]]''
* ''Died: [[1579]]''
* ''Sons: [[Takenaka Shigetoshi]]''
* ''Other names: Hanbei''
* ''Distinction: [[Saito clan|Saitô]], [[Oda clan (Owari)|Oda]] retainer''
Hanbei, also known as Shigeharu, was a son of [[Takenaka Shigemoto]]. He began his career as a retainer of [[Saito Yoshitatsu|Saitô Yoshitatsu]] and was a son-in-law of [[Ando Morinari]]. He led troops against the [[Asai clan]] of [[Omi province|Ômi]] at the request of the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]] and later joined the Oda family. He was present for the fall of [[Inabayama castle|Inabayama]] ([[1567]]) and became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi]] and was present in the Oda campaigns against the Asai and [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] in [[1570]]. He served Hideyoshi as an advisor, though he was forced to retire from active service due to illness. At this time he was given the temporary custody of the young son of [[Kuroda Yoshitaka]]. Yoshitaka was captured and imprisoned by the [[Araki clan|Araki family]] in [[1578]], an event that prompted [[Oda Nobunaga|Nobunaga]] to suspect that Yoshitaka was in fact colluding with his captors. He therefore ordered that Yoshitaka's son be put to death. Shigeharu is said to have put off carrying out this command until Nobunaga at length dropped the matter, and his ward, the future [[Kuroda Nagamasa]], was spared. The following year Shigeharu's illness grew worse and he passed away. His son Shigetoshi served in the [[Kyushu Campaign]] and was afterwards given a fief in [[Bungo province]]. Shigetoshi initially supported [[Ishida Mitsunari]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] but quickly shifted his allegiance to [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]]. Shigeharu is better known as Hanbei--a title he does not appear to have used during his life--and is remembered as a clever strategist.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Died: [[1579]]''
* ''Sons: [[Takenaka Shigetoshi]]''
* ''Other names: Hanbei''
* ''Distinction: [[Saito clan|Saitô]], [[Oda clan (Owari)|Oda]] retainer''
Hanbei, also known as Shigeharu, was a son of [[Takenaka Shigemoto]]. He began his career as a retainer of [[Saito Yoshitatsu|Saitô Yoshitatsu]] and was a son-in-law of [[Ando Morinari]]. He led troops against the [[Asai clan]] of [[Omi province|Ômi]] at the request of the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]] and later joined the Oda family. He was present for the fall of [[Inabayama castle|Inabayama]] ([[1567]]) and became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi]] and was present in the Oda campaigns against the Asai and [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] in [[1570]]. He served Hideyoshi as an advisor, though he was forced to retire from active service due to illness. At this time he was given the temporary custody of the young son of [[Kuroda Yoshitaka]]. Yoshitaka was captured and imprisoned by the [[Araki clan|Araki family]] in [[1578]], an event that prompted [[Oda Nobunaga|Nobunaga]] to suspect that Yoshitaka was in fact colluding with his captors. He therefore ordered that Yoshitaka's son be put to death. Shigeharu is said to have put off carrying out this command until Nobunaga at length dropped the matter, and his ward, the future [[Kuroda Nagamasa]], was spared. The following year Shigeharu's illness grew worse and he passed away. His son Shigetoshi served in the [[Kyushu Campaign]] and was afterwards given a fief in [[Bungo province]]. Shigetoshi initially supported [[Ishida Mitsunari]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] but quickly shifted his allegiance to [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]]. Shigeharu is better known as Hanbei--a title he does not appear to have used during his life--and is remembered as a clever strategist.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]