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* ''Other names: Jiroshirô''
* ''Other names: Jiroshirô''
* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''
* ''Distinction: [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] retainer''
* ''Japanese'': [[新納]]忠元 ''(Niiro Tadamoto)''
Tadamoto held [[Oguchi castle]] in [[Satsuma province]]. In the service of [[Shimazu Takahisa]] and [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] he fought in many battles and in [[1586]] was responsible for bringing down the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo's]] [[Toshimitsu castle]]. He played a notable role in the following [[Battle of Hetsugigawa]] (January [[1587]]) and earned fame during [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[invasion of Kyushu]] the following year. At the [[Battle of Sendaigawa]] he led a gallant charge against the enormous [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] army preparing to drive on [[Satsuma province|Kagoshima]]. In the course of the bitter battle he fought a personal duel with [[Kato Kiyomasa]]. He was unhorsed but spared, and Hideyoshi himself expressed admiration for his courage. During Hideyoshi's [[Korean Campaigns|invasions of Korea]], Niiro served as ''[[karo|karô]]'' and interim lord of [[Iino castle]] in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]].<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Megumi, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 229.</ref>
In addition to his skills as a warrior, Tadamoto was a man of cultural acuity and was adept in the composition of [[waka]] (31-syllable poetry) and [[tanka]].
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