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* ''Japanese'': [[前田]]利長 ''(Maeda Toshinaga)''

* ''Japanese'': [[前田]]利長 ''(Maeda Toshinaga)''

Toshinaga was the eldest son of [[Maeda Toshiie]]. In [[1581]] he married a young daughter ([[Oda Naga|Naga]], [[1574]]-[[1623]]) of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. He was involved in the fighting around [[Suemori castle]] in [[Noto province]] ([[1584]]) and in [[1587]] led some 3,000 men in [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[Kyushu Campaign]]. He later went to the [[Odawara Campaign]] with his father. Following the death of Toshiie, Toshinaga shared the [[Maeda clan|Maeda]] domain ([[Etchu province|Etchû]], [[Kaga province|Kaga]], and Noto) with his brother [[Maeda Toshimasa|Toshimasa]]. [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] convinced Toshinaga to support [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in [[1600]], although Toshimasa opted to side with [[Ishida Mitsunari]]. During the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] Toshinaga assisted in the containment of [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]] while preventing his brother from making any real contribution to the 'western' cause. In addition, he defeated [[Tanba Nagashige]] at Asai. After the Tokugawa victory, Toshinaga received Toshimasa's lands. He was one of the first (if not the first) [[Daimyo|daimyô]] to build a private mansion in [[Edo]], a gesture quickly copied by other notables. He adopted his younger brother [[Maeda Toshitsune|Toshitsune]] as heir and retired in [[1605]] at Toyama in Etchû Province.

Toshinaga was the eldest son of [[Maeda Toshiie]], and the first [[Edo period]] [[Maeda clan]] lord of [[Kaga han]].  

 

In [[1581]] he married a young daughter ([[Oda Naga|Naga]], [[1574]]-[[1623]]) of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. He was involved in the fighting around [[Suemori castle]] in [[Noto province]] ([[1584]]) and in [[1587]] led some 3,000 men in [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[Kyushu Campaign]]. He later went to the [[Odawara Campaign]] with his father. Following the death of Toshiie, Toshinaga shared the [[Maeda clan|Maeda]] domain ([[Etchu province|Etchû]], [[Kaga province|Kaga]], and Noto) with his brother [[Maeda Toshimasa|Toshimasa]]. [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] convinced Toshinaga to support [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in [[1600]], although Toshimasa opted to side with [[Ishida Mitsunari]]. During the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] Toshinaga assisted in the containment of [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]] while preventing his brother from making any real contribution to the 'western' cause. In addition, he defeated [[Tanba Nagashige]] at Asai. After the Tokugawa victory, Toshinaga received Toshimasa's lands. He was one of the first (if not the first) [[Daimyo|daimyô]] to build a private mansion in [[Edo]], a gesture quickly copied by other notables. He adopted his younger brother [[Maeda Toshitsune|Toshitsune]] as heir and retired in [[1605]] at Toyama in Etchû Province.

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