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* ''Born: [[1548]]''
* ''Died: [[1635]]''
* ''Sons: [[Soma Toshitane|Sôma Toshitane]]''
* ''Distinction: [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] warlord''
Yoshitane was the son of [[Soma Moritane|Sôma Moritane]] ([[1529]]-[[1601]]) and ruled from [[Otaka]] in Mutsu province. He clashed frequently with the [[Date clan|Date]] family but was soundly defeated by [[Date Masamune]] in [[1589]]. The following year he submitted to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and was established at [[Nakamura]] in Mutsu. In [[1600]] he did not immediately respond to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] call to arms in the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and was deprived of his domain as a result. However, on the occasion of [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Tokugawa Iemitsu's]] birth in [[1603]], Yoshitane's family was reestablished at Nakamura.
==References==
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