Eastern ArmyFukushima
Fukushima Masanori
福島正則
“One of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake”
1561–1624 (aged 64)
- Rank / office
- Saemon-no-taifu
- Domain / base
- Owari → Hiroshima, Aki
- Banner / crest
- Fukushima water-plantain
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Drink, drink your sake, and if you drink, win this spear, the finest in Japan.
Kuroda-bushi (a song about a famous episode)
A kinsman of Hideyoshi who served him from boyhood, he won fame as first among the Seven Spears of Shizugatake. Though a Toyotomi loyalist, his feud with Mitsunari led him to volunteer as the Eastern vanguard at Sekigahara, where he fought a bitter battle with the Ukita. He was rewarded with Hiroshima in Aki, 490,000 koku, but was later stripped of his domain for repairing his castle without permission.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1583Tenshō 11
Seven Spears of Shizugatake
Won the honour of the first spear and fame as the foremost of the Seven Spears.
- 1600Keichō 5
Vanguard at Sekigahara
As the Eastern vanguard he met Ukita Hideie's great army head-on.
Battle of Sekigahara 6,000 troops Watch in 3D › As the Eastern Army's vanguard he met Ukita's 17,000 head-on and fought at the very front all day. - 1619Genna 5
Loss of Hiroshima
Censured for repairing Hiroshima Castle without leave, he forfeited his domain.
