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* ''Born: [[1554]]''
* ''Died: [[1583]]''
* ''Other names: Genba, Onigenba''
* ''Distinction: [[Shibata clan|Shibata]] retainer''
Morimasa was the son of [[Sakuma Moritsugu]], a cousin of [[Sakuma Nobumori]], and his mother was [[Shibata Katsuie|Shibata Katsuie's]] elder sister. He became one of Shibata Katsuie's top retainers and accompanied him on most of his campaigns while serving the [[Oda clan|Oda]]. He was established at [[Oyama]] in [[Kaga province]] and owing to his aggressive spirit was nicknamed Onigenba. He led Shibata's army into northern [[Omi province|Ômi]] in [[1583]] when war came with [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. In the course of the campaign he captured [[Iwasakiyama]] from [[Takayama Ukon]] and was besieging [[Shizugatake]] when Katsuie ordered him to withdraw lest Hideyoshi catch him off-guard. Sakuma, however, over-estimated the time it would take Hideyoshi to arrive on the scene and so disobeyed Katsuie. Hideyoshi in fact reacted swiftly and in the resulting [[Battle of Shizugatake]], Sakuma's army was routed. Morimasa was captured and later beheaded in [[Kyoto]].
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Died: [[1583]]''
* ''Other names: Genba, Onigenba''
* ''Distinction: [[Shibata clan|Shibata]] retainer''
Morimasa was the son of [[Sakuma Moritsugu]], a cousin of [[Sakuma Nobumori]], and his mother was [[Shibata Katsuie|Shibata Katsuie's]] elder sister. He became one of Shibata Katsuie's top retainers and accompanied him on most of his campaigns while serving the [[Oda clan|Oda]]. He was established at [[Oyama]] in [[Kaga province]] and owing to his aggressive spirit was nicknamed Onigenba. He led Shibata's army into northern [[Omi province|Ômi]] in [[1583]] when war came with [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. In the course of the campaign he captured [[Iwasakiyama]] from [[Takayama Ukon]] and was besieging [[Shizugatake]] when Katsuie ordered him to withdraw lest Hideyoshi catch him off-guard. Sakuma, however, over-estimated the time it would take Hideyoshi to arrive on the scene and so disobeyed Katsuie. Hideyoshi in fact reacted swiftly and in the resulting [[Battle of Shizugatake]], Sakuma's army was routed. Morimasa was captured and later beheaded in [[Kyoto]].
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
