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* ''Born: [[1561]]''

* ''Born: [[1561]]''

* ''Died: [[1624]]''

* ''Died: [[1624]]''

[[Image:Fukushima_masanori.jpg||thumb|right|Fukushima Masanori.]]

[[Image:Fukushima_masanori.jpg||thumb|right|Fukushima Masanori.]]

A samurai of[[Owari province|Owari]], Fukushima served [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in the [[Shizugatake Campaign]] ([[1583]]) and gained recognition as one of that battle's 'Seven Spears' alongside [[Kato Kyomasa]], [[Kato Yoshiaki]], et cetera, being rewarded for his bravery with land worth 5,000 koku.  

A samurai of[[Owari province|Owari]], Fukushima served [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in the [[Shizugatake Campaign]] ([[1583]]) and gained recognition as one of that battle's 'Seven Spears' alongside [[Kato Kyomasa]], [[Kato Yoshiaki]], et cetera, being rewarded for his bravery with land worth 5,000 koku.  

Fukushima's troops joined Tokugawa's main army, and stood in the vanguard in the [[Battle of Sekigahara]]. This time, Masanori was cheated out of first blood by [[Ii Naomasa]], who decided the place of honor should go to an old Tokugawa hand and rushed out in front and initiated the action. However appalled Fukushima might have felt at this snub, his men did good work in the battle, holding the [[Ukita clan|Ukita]] men and, with other Eastern troops, finally breaking them. Praised for his performance, Masanori was given the fief of Hiroshima in [[Aki province|Aki]] (worth 498,000 koku). Ieyasu never fully trusted Masanori, however, and ordered him to rebuild [[Nagoya castle|Nagoya Castle]] as a way of liquidating some of that 498,000 koku income. Masanori asked to be allowed to join the [[Siege of Osaka Castle]] in [[1614]]-[[1615|15]], but was detained in Edo. The new Shogun, Hidetada, seems to have trusted Masanori even less than his father, and once Ieyasu died, Hidetada accused him of poor governance and transferred him to a 45,000 koku fief at Kawanakajima ([[Shinano province|Shinano]]). His younger brother Masayori had already been deprived of his 30,000 koku fief in Yamato in [[1615]].

Fukushima's troops joined Tokugawa's main army, and stood in the vanguard in the [[Battle of Sekigahara]]. This time, Masanori was cheated out of first blood by [[Ii Naomasa]], who decided the place of honor should go to an old Tokugawa hand and rushed out in front and initiated the action. However appalled Fukushima might have felt at this snub, his men did good work in the battle, holding the [[Ukita clan|Ukita]] men and, with other Eastern troops, finally breaking them. Praised for his performance, Masanori was given the fief of Hiroshima in [[Aki province|Aki]] (worth 498,000 koku). Ieyasu never fully trusted Masanori, however, and ordered him to rebuild [[Nagoya castle|Nagoya Castle]] as a way of liquidating some of that 498,000 koku income. Masanori asked to be allowed to join the [[Siege of Osaka Castle]] in [[1614]]-[[1615|15]], but was detained in Edo. The new Shogun, Hidetada, seems to have trusted Masanori even less than his father, and once Ieyasu died, Hidetada accused him of poor governance and transferred him to a 45,000 koku fief at Kawanakajima ([[Shinano province|Shinano]]). His younger brother Masayori had already been deprived of his 30,000 koku fief in Yamato in [[1615]].

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