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Sue Harukata
陶晴賢
“Peerless Captain of the West”
1521–1555 (aged 35)
- Rank / office
- Governor of Owari
- Domain / base
- Suō
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
A senior retainer of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, daimyo of Suō, called "the peerless captain of the west" for his valour. He rebelled against a lord who had drifted into effete refinement, killed Yoshitaka and seized control of the Ōuchi house. In time he fell out with Mōri Motonari of Aki and attacked Itsukushima with an army of 20,000. But a surprise attack on a night of storm and rain routed his army, and unable to escape the island he took his own life.
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- 1551Tenbun 20
The Tainei-ji Incident
Killed his lord Ōuchi Yoshitaka and seized control of the Ōuchi house.
- 1555Kōji 1
Battle of Itsukushima
His great army was broken by Mōri Motonari's surprise attack and he took his own life.
Battle of Itsukushima (Miyajima) Commander-in-chief 6,000 troops Watch in 3D › The fiercest warrior of the west, who had usurped his lords the Ōuchi. He crossed to the island with 20,000 men, was caught off guard by the trap and the storm, and took his own life at Ōeura.
