Takigawa Kazumasu (滝川一益) (1525-1586) was a samurai retainer to Oda Nobunaga, and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi, during Japan's Sengoku period. ( June 23, 1534 &ndash June 21, 1582) was a major Daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history
Originally from Ōmi province, Takigawa was appointed Kantō-kanrei (Shogun's Deputy in the East) by Nobunaga; in this post, with a portion of Kozuke province as his domain, he was assigned to keep an eye on the powerful Hōjō clan, based at Odawara. For other meanings of Omi see Omi (disambiguation. is an old province of Japan which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. The is a Geographical area of Honshū, the largest Island of Japan. was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as Shogun's Deputy was an old province located in the Tōsandō of Japan which today comprises Gunma prefecture. The was one of the most powerful warrior clans in Japan in the Sengoku period and held domains primarily in the Kantō region is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. The city was founded on December 20, 1940. Under Nobunaga, he took part in a great many battles, including the battle of Anegawa in 1570, and the campaigns against the Ikkō-ikki of Nagashima (1571-4). The 1570 came as a reaction to Oda Nobunaga 's sieges of the castles of Odani and Yokoyama which belonged to the Azai and Asakura clans The Japanese, literally "single-minded leagues" were mobs of peasant farmers monks Shinto priests and local nobles, who rose up against Samurai rule was a series of fortresses and fortifications controlled by the Ikkō-ikki, a sect of warrior monks in Japan's Sengoku period who opposed samurai
Following Nobunaga's death in 1582, he, along with many of the Oda retainers, initially opposed Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but entered his service upon their defeat. Later in life, following a particularly grievous defeat in 1594[1], Takigawa would retire from battle and become a Buddhist monk.
Takigawa's standard was three red circles arranged vertically.
Note
- ^ Despite giving 1586 as the year of Takigawa's death, Frederic's account also includes this date of his retirement.
References
- Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia. " Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Sansom, George (1961). "A History of Japan: 1334-1615. " Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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