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* ''Title: Kii no Kami''

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Nobuteru began his career as a soldier under [[Oda Nobunaga]], to whom his mother had acted as a wet-nurse. Nobuteru received his first command in [[1560]] and served at Okehazama that same year; in [[1566]] he was given the castle of [[Kinota castle|Kinota]] in [[Mino province]]. In [[1570]] he was made the commander of [[Inuyama castle|Inuyama Castle]] following his participation in the [[Battle of Anegawa]]. He commanded troops at the [[Battle of Nagashino]] in [[1575]] and in [[1580]] was given [[Okasa castle|Osaka Castle]] and an income worth as much as 100,000 koku. Following Nobunaga’s death in June [[1582]], Nobuteru hastened to join [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba [Toyotomi] Hideyoshi]] and fought at Yamazaki; he then became one of the four men responsible for governing Kyôto (alongside Hideyoshi, [[Shibata Katsuie]], and [[Niwa Nagahide]]). Nobuteru supported Hideyoshi in the resulting power struggle that culminated in the defeat of Shibata Katsuie ([[1583]]), and was given [[Ogaki castle|Ôgaki Castle]] in Mino; his two eldest sons (Yukisuke and Terumasa) held Gifu and Ikejiri respectively. In [[1584]] the Ikeda house joined Hideyoshi’s campaign against [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and was dispatched (along with Nobuteru’s son-in-law [[Mori Nagayoshi]]) on an end-run into Mikawa; they were attacked at Nagakute by Tokugawa troops and in the course of the fighting a certain [[Nagai Denpachiro]] ran Nobuteru through with a spear. Soon afterwards, Nobuteru’s son Yukisuke (Motosuke; [[1559]]-[[1584]]) was also killed. Hideyoshi was said to have grieved at Nobuteru’s death; he wrote a letter of condolence to Nobuteru’s widow expressing his sorrow at her loss, saying "There is simply nothing I can say about the recent [death of your husband] Shônyû and your son. I share your sorrow and your grief…Numberless times I convey my anguish."1

Nobuteru began his career as a soldier under [[Oda Nobunaga]], to whom his mother had acted as a wet-nurse. Nobuteru received his first command in [[1560]] and served at Okehazama that same year; in [[1566]] he was given the castle of [[Kinota castle|Kinota]] in [[Mino province]]. In [[1570]] he was made the commander of [[Inuyama castle|Inuyama Castle]] following his participation in the [[Battle of Anegawa]]. He commanded troops at the [[Battle of Nagashino]] in [[1575]] and in [[1580]] was given [[Okasa castle|Osaka Castle]] and an income worth as much as 100,000 koku. Following Nobunaga’s death in June [[1582]], Nobuteru hastened to join [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba [Toyotomi] Hideyoshi]] and fought at Yamazaki; he then became one of the four men responsible for governing Kyôto (alongside Hideyoshi, [[Shibata Katsuie]], and [[Niwa Nagahide]]). Nobuteru supported Hideyoshi in the resulting power struggle that culminated in the defeat of Shibata Katsuie ([[1583]]), and was given [[Ogaki castle|Ôgaki Castle]] in Mino; his two eldest sons (Yukisuke and Terumasa) held Gifu and Ikejiri respectively. In [[1584]] the Ikeda house joined Hideyoshi’s campaign against [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and was dispatched (along with Nobuteru’s son-in-law [[Mori Nagayoshi]]) on an end-run into Mikawa; they were attacked at Nagakute by Tokugawa troops and in the course of the fighting a certain [[Nagai Denpachiro]] ran Nobuteru through with a spear. Soon afterwards, Nobuteru’s son Yukisuke (Motosuke; [[1559]]-[[1584]]) was also killed. Hideyoshi was said to have grieved at Nobuteru’s death; he wrote a letter of condolence to Nobuteru’s widow expressing his sorrow at her loss, saying "There is simply nothing I can say about the recent [death of your husband] Shônyû and your son. I share your sorrow and your grief…Numberless times I convey my anguish."<ref>Berry, Mary. ''Hideyoshi.'' pg. 163</ref>

==Notes to the Text==

==Notes to the Text==

1 Berry, Mary. ''Hideyoshi.'' pg. 163

* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

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