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* ''Birth: [[1512]]''
* ''Death: [[1585]]''
* ''Sons: [[Ito Yoshimasu]], [[Ito Suketaka]]''
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]]''
Yoshisuke succeeded his brother [[Ito Sukemitsu|Sukemitsu]] in [[1533]], afterwards having to contend with a rebellion among his retainers. In various clashes with neighboring clans such as the [[Kitahara clan|Kitahara family]] he proved himself a capable commander. By [[1568]] he was on hostile terms with the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma province]]. That year he took [[Obi castle]] in southern Hyûga in 1568 but in [[1572]] his 3,000-man army was defeated by 300 troops commanded [[by Shimazu Yoshihiro]] in what is sometimes called the '[[Battle of Okehazama|Okehazama]] of [[Kyushu]]'. By this time Yoshisuke had reportedly allowed himself to sink into a luxuriant lifestyle like that of a [[Kyoto]] courtier and in this way has been compared to [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]] (who was killed at Okehazama). Yoshisuke was defeated again at [[Battle of Takabaru|Takabaru]] in [[1576]] and in [[1577]], hard-pressed by the Shimazu (who defeated him at [[Battle of Tozaki-Kamiya|Tozaki-Kamiya]] that year), fled to the lands of the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]]. He eventually retired to Kyoto after wandering from place to place. He died on 8/29/1585.
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1585]]''
* ''Sons: [[Ito Yoshimasu]], [[Ito Suketaka]]''
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]]''
Yoshisuke succeeded his brother [[Ito Sukemitsu|Sukemitsu]] in [[1533]], afterwards having to contend with a rebellion among his retainers. In various clashes with neighboring clans such as the [[Kitahara clan|Kitahara family]] he proved himself a capable commander. By [[1568]] he was on hostile terms with the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma province]]. That year he took [[Obi castle]] in southern Hyûga in 1568 but in [[1572]] his 3,000-man army was defeated by 300 troops commanded [[by Shimazu Yoshihiro]] in what is sometimes called the '[[Battle of Okehazama|Okehazama]] of [[Kyushu]]'. By this time Yoshisuke had reportedly allowed himself to sink into a luxuriant lifestyle like that of a [[Kyoto]] courtier and in this way has been compared to [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]] (who was killed at Okehazama). Yoshisuke was defeated again at [[Battle of Takabaru|Takabaru]] in [[1576]] and in [[1577]], hard-pressed by the Shimazu (who defeated him at [[Battle of Tozaki-Kamiya|Tozaki-Kamiya]] that year), fled to the lands of the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]]. He eventually retired to Kyoto after wandering from place to place. He died on 8/29/1585.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
