Naoyasu was a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and held a fief in [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. At the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] ([[1600]]) he was in the Western Army under the command of [[Otani Yoshitsugu|Ôtani Yoshitsugu]] but in the course of the fighting switched sides. Afterwards he entered the service of [[Maeda Toshinaga]]. In 1606 he drowned in a river in [[Etchu province|Etchû province]]. He was also known as Akaza Kyûbei.
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Naoyasu was a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and held a fief in [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. During the [[Odawara Campaign]], he served Hideyoshi, and after was given a fief worth 20,000 [[koku]]. At the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] ([[1600]]) he was in the Western Army under the command of [[Otani Yoshitsugu|Ôtani Yoshitsugu]] but in the course of the fighting switched sides and joined [[Kobayakawa Hideaki]]. Afterwards he entered the service of [[Maeda Toshinaga]]. In 1606 he drowned in a river in [[Etchu province|Etchû province]]. He was also known as Akaza Kyûbei.
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* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005