Akaza Naoyasu

• Died: 1606
• Title: Bingo no Kami

Naoyasu was a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and held a fief in Echizen. At the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) he was in the Western Army under the command of 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 Etchû province. He was also known as Akaza Kyûbei.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005