Minagawa Hiroteru

• Died: 1625
• Sons: Takatsune
• Distinction: Shimotsuke warlord

Hiroteru was the son of Minagawa Hirokatsu (1548-1576) and a minor daimyô who submitted to the Hôjô. In 1590 he abandoned the Hôjô for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was confirmed in his 30,000-koku fief at Tochigi In 1603 he was given a fief in Shinano at Iiyama (40,000-koku) but lost it as a result of his association with the Okubo, who were disgraced and fell from power in 1616. His son later received Fuchû in Hitachi (15,000 koku).

References

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