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* ''Born: [[1567]]''

* ''Born: [[1567]]''

* ''Died: [[1642]]''

* ''Died: [[1642]]''

* ''Titles: Hida no kami''

* ''Titles: Hida no kami''

* ''Distinction: [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]] retainer, [[Chikugo province|Chikugo]] warlord''

* ''Distinction: [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo]] retainer, [[Chikugo province|Chikugo]] warlord''

* ''Japanese:'' [[立花]] 宗茂 ''(Tachibana Muneshige)''

* ''Japanese:'' [[立花]] 宗茂 ''(Tachibana Muneshige)''

[[Image:Muneshige mon.jpg|left|thumb|Muneshige's kamon.]]

Tachibana Muneshige was the son of [[Takahashi Shigetane]] and was adopted by [[Tachibana Dosetsu]].  

 

A vassal of the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]], he fought alongside his father in defending [[Iwaya castle]] against a [[siege of Iwaya|siege]] by [[Shimazu forces]] in [[1586]]. The defense was unsuccessful, and Muneshige's father committed suicide as the castle fell. Later that same year, Muneshige fought to defend [[Tachibana castle]] against the Shimazu; when it became apparent that this castle would fall as well, Muneshige sallied forth from the castle, and inflicted heavy losses on the Shimazu clan.

Muneshige was the son of [[Takahashi Shigetane]] and was adopted by [[Tachibana Dosetsu]]. He defended [[Tachibana castle]] against the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] in [[1586]] and readily sided with [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in [[1587]] to help defeat them. He was afterwards given [[Yanagawa castle]] in Chikugo province (worth some 120,000 [[koku]]) and led 2,500 men in [[Kobayakawa Takakage|Kobayakawa Takakage's]] command in the [[First Korean Campaign]]. In the [[Second Korean Campaign]] he was involved in the [[Siege of Ulsan]], where he distinguished himself for bravery. He decided to support [[Ishida Mitsunari]] against [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in [[1600]] and took 1,000 men to assist in the [[Siege of Otsu|Siege of Ôtsu castle]] ([[Omi province|Ômi province]]). Though Ôtsu fell, Muneshige was unable to fight at the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] as a result of the siege's duration. Nonetheless, he was deprived of his domains in the aftermath of [[Ishida Mitsunari|Mitsunari's]] defeat. In [[1611]] he was given a 20,000 koku fief at [[Tanakura]] ([[Mutsu province]]) and was present at the quelling of the [[Shimabara Rebellion]].

Tachibana participated in the suppression of the [[Shimabara Rebellion]] in [[1637]]-[[1638]]. He died in [[1642]].

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