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Toyotomi Hidetsugu
豊臣秀次
1568–1595 (aged 28)
- Rank / office
- Imperial Regent / Minister of the Left
- Domain / base
- Hachiman, Ōmi → Kiyosu, Owari
- Banner / crest
- Water plantain
- Battles in 3D
- 3 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Son of Tomo, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's elder sister. As a boy he was adopted first by Miyabe Keijun and then by Miyoshi Yasunaga, taking the name Miyoshi Nobuyoshi. At the battle of Komaki and Nagakute in Tenshō 12 he was nominal commander of the detached force of Ikeda Tsuneoki and others sent to strike into Mikawa, but at Hakusan Forest the Tokugawa fell on his rear and routed him, earning him a fierce rebuke from Hideyoshi. The next year he invaded Awa with his uncle Hidenaga in the invasion of Shikoku, and was granted 430,000 koku at Hachiman in Ōmi, where he founded the castle town. In the Odawara campaign of Tenshō 18 he took Yamanaka Castle, the key Hōjō stronghold, in only half a day, and after the war was given Kiyosu in Owari. When Hideyoshi's heir Tsurumatsu died he was adopted as Hideyoshi's son, and in Tenshō 19 succeeded him as Imperial Regent. But after Hideyori was born a rift opened between them; in Bunroku 4 he was accused of treason, banished to Mount Kōya and made to take his own life, and more than thirty of his wives and children were executed at Sanjō-gawara (the Hidetsugu Incident). His reputation as the "Murderous Regent" is now widely regarded as a later invention.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1584Tenshō 12
Defeat at Nagakute
Led the detached force striking into Mikawa, but was taken from behind by the Tokugawa at Hakusan Forest and routed.
Battle of Komaki and Nagakute 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › Hideyoshi's nephew and nominal commander of the detached force. Struck from behind at Hakusan Forest, his contingent collapsed and he fled on a borrowed horse. - 1585Tenshō 13
Ōmi-Hachiman
Fought in the invasion of Shikoku and was granted 430,000 koku at Hachiman in Ōmi, where he founded the castle town.
- 1585
Invasion of Shikoku
The young commander who crossed from Akashi to Awaji, joined Hidenaga at Fukura and attacked into Awa.
Ichinomiya Castle, Awa Province 25,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1590Tenshō 18
The Fall of Yamanaka Castle
In the opening battle of the Odawara campaign he took the key Hōjō stronghold of Yamanaka Castle in only half a day.
- 1590
Siege of Odawara
Hideyoshi's nephew. He commanded the assault on Yamanaka Castle, the gateway of Hakone, and took it in barely half a day. Hideyoshi later passed the title of Imperial Regent to him.
Odawara, Sagami Province 20,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1591Tenshō 19
Imperial Regent
Adopted by Hideyoshi after the death of Tsurumatsu, he succeeded him as Imperial Regent.
- 1595Bunroku 4
The Hidetsugu Incident
Accused of treason, he was banished to Mount Kōya and made to take his own life; his wives and children were executed at Sanjō-gawara.
