Naoyasu was a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and held a fief in [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. At the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] ([[1600]]) he was in the Western Army under the command of [[Otani Yoshitsugu|Ôtani Yoshitsugu]] but in the course of the fighting switched sides. Afterwards he entered the service of [[Maeda Toshinaga]]. In 1606 he drowned in a river in [[Etchu province|Etchû province]]. He was also known as Akaza Kyûbei. | Naoyasu was a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and held a fief in [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. At the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] ([[1600]]) he was in the Western Army under the command of [[Otani Yoshitsugu|Ôtani Yoshitsugu]] but in the course of the fighting switched sides. Afterwards he entered the service of [[Maeda Toshinaga]]. In 1606 he drowned in a river in [[Etchu province|Etchû province]]. He was also known as Akaza Kyûbei. |