ToyotomiMiyabe
Miyabe Keijun
宮部継潤
1528–1599 (aged 72)
- Rank / office
- Hōin
- Domain / base
- Tottori, Inaba
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
An unusual commander who rose from a warrior monk of Mount Hiei, served the Azai and then Hashiba Hideyoshi. He distinguished himself in the western campaign and was entrusted with Tottori Castle in Inaba. In the Kyushu campaign of Tenshō 15 he served in Toyotomi Hidenaga's Hyūga army and was given charge of the key fort at Nejirozaka. Against the night attack in which Shimazu Yoshihiro and Iehisa specialised he did not yield a step, pouring in volley after volley, and decided the Toyotomi victory and the Shimazu surrender. He shaved his head and took the title Hōin.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1581Tenshō 9
Lord of Tottori Castle
Entrusted with Tottori Castle in Inaba for his services in the western campaign.
- 1587Tenshō 15
Holding Nejirozaka
Held his fort against the Shimazu night attack and decided the pacification of Kyushu.
Battle of Nejirozaka 3,000 troops Watch in 3D › The old commander entrusted with the fort at Nejirozaka. He did not yield a step to the furious Shimazu night attack, poured in volley after volley and held the palisade. This stand decided the battle. - 1599Keichō 4
Death
Died as one of the elders of the Toyotomi regime.
