TokugawaMaeda
Maeda Toshitsune
前田利常
“The Wise Lord of Million-Koku Kaga”
1594–1658 (aged 65)
- Rank / office
- Governor of Hizen / Middle Counsellor
- Domain / base
- Kanazawa, Kaga
- Banner / crest
- Kaga plum blossom
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Born the fourth son of Maeda Toshiie, he was adopted as heir by his elder brother Toshinaga and succeeded to the Kaga domain. He married Tamahime, daughter of the shogun Hidetada, binding the house to the Tokugawa. At twenty-one, in the winter siege of Osaka, he was posted opposite the Sanada-maru; his vanguard took Sanada Nobushige's bait, reached the palisade and was met by volleys that cost several hundred casualties. In the summer campaign the following year he avenged the defeat with distinguished service. As a ruler he is remembered for the tale of growing his nose hair to feign dullness and disarm the shogunate's suspicion, and for agrarian reforms and cultural patronage that consolidated the million-koku domain.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1594Bunroku 3
Birth
Born the fourth son of Maeda Toshiie. His childhood name was Saruchiyo.
- 1605Keichō 10
Lord of Kaga
Became lord of the domain at twelve on the retirement of his brother Toshinaga.
- 1614Keichō 19
Winter Siege of Osaka
Attacked the front of the Sanada-maru and suffered heavy losses to Sanada Nobushige's guns.
Winter Siege of Osaka 12,000 troops Watch in 3D › Young lord of the million-koku Kaga domain. Posted opposite the Sanada-maru, on the 4th day of the 12th month his vanguard took Nobushige's bait, reached the palisade and was cut down by volleys at close range. - 1615Keichō 20
Summer Siege of Osaka
Avenged the defeat with distinguished service in the Tokugawa army.
- 1658Manji 1
Death at Komatsu
Having consolidated the million-koku domain, he died at sixty-five.
