Western ArmyŌtani
Ōtani Yoshitsugu
大谷吉継
“The Loyal Friend”
birth unknown–1600
- Rank / office
- Junior Assistant Minister of Justice
- Domain / base
- Tsuruga, Echizen
- Banner / crest
- Facing butterflies
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
An administrator and soldier of whom Hideyoshi said he would like to see him command a million men. Blinded by a wasting disease, he joined his friend Ishida Mitsunari's uprising out of loyalty, knowing the odds were poor. At Sekigahara he anticipated Kobayakawa's defection from Mount Matsuo and prepared for it, but could not withstand the four contingents that followed, and took his own life in his camp.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1583Tenshō 11
Hideyoshi's administrator
After Shizugatake he rose as a commissioner alongside Mitsunari.
- 1600Keichō 5
Rising out of loyalty
Knowing the odds were poor, he joined the Western Army for his friend Mitsunari.
- 1600Keichō 5
Death at Sekigahara
His camp broken by the defection of Kobayakawa and others, he took his own life.
Battle of Sekigahara 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › Deployed in the hills despite grave illness. He anticipated the Kobayakawa defection and fought hard, but four more contingents turned on him; his force was destroyed and he took his own life.
