Naitō Nobunari
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Naitō Nobunari (内藤 信成, June 13, 1545 – August 20, 1612) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan; he later became a daimyō.
Nobunari is believed to have been the illegitimate son of Matsudaira Hirotada (which would make him the half-brother of Tokugawa Ieyasu). He was later adopted by Naitō Kiyonaga. As the years passed on with his brother's succession to headship and the birth of the Tokugawa, Nobunari primarily acted as the former's page, but ascended to a greater means of ranking after supporting in the 1565 assault against Mikawa monk rioters. After distinguishing himself in battle during a certain assault upon Kuroma castle at a later time
In 1572, during the Takeda clan campaign in Mikawa, Nobunari participated in the forces of Tokugawa. Ieyasu sent him, Honda Tadakatsu,[1] and Ōkubo Tadasuke,[2] to lead the vanguard, where they meet Takeda forces led by Yamagata Masakage and Baba Nobuharu at the battle of Hitokotosaka.[3] It is said that in this battle Tadakatsu gained recognition from the enemy forces for his antler helmet and his Tonbo-giri spear for his exploit in staving off the charges of Baba Nobuharu units.[4][5][6][7] In the end of this battle, Tadakatsu and Naitō Nobunari fought well, as both of them managed to break through from the encirclement attempts by Takeda forces and managed to lead the Tokugawa forces to escape safely.[1]
In 1573, Nobunari went on to respectively support the Tokugawa within the Battle of Mikatagahara in 1573, and Nagashino of 1575, where he showed at least moderate ability on both battlefields. By the year of 1590, Nobunari would be awarded Nirayama Castle of Izu Province—respectively holding 10,000 koku to its name—and would enter into the Edo period with a 50,000 koku fief at Nagahama within Ōmi Province, where he remained as daimyō until he died in 1612.
During the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he defended Mimabashi Castle in Numazu, Suruga Province. Just before the battle, when Ieyasu stopped by Numazu, Nobunari expressed a wish to serve alongside Ieyasu instead of defending the castle. However, Ieyasu told him the importance to defend the castle.[8]
In the Edo period painting, Nobunari was depicted as one of the Tokugawa 28 generals (Tokugawa nijūhachishinshōjin).[9]
Family
[edit]- Father: Matsudaira Hirotada
- Mother: Naito no Tsubone
- Wife: Awao Nagakatsu's daughter
- Children:
- Naito Nobumasa (1568-1626)
- Naito Nobuhiro (d.1619)
- Naito Nobusuke
References
[edit]- ^ a b 村上郷土史 【新潟県】 (in Japanese). 村上本町教育委員会編纂. 1932. p. 90. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ Mitsutoshi Takayanagi (1958). 戰國戰記 (in Japanese). 春秋社. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Stephen Turnbull (28 November 2019). Samurai Vs Ashigaru Japan 1543–75. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 10, 46, 61. ISBN 9781472832429. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ 尾崎 晃 (2009). "本多忠勝(一五四八～一六一〇)--徳川幕府創出の功労者". 千葉史学 / 千葉歴史学会 編 (in Japanese) (54): 96–100. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ 村上郷土史. 村上本町教育会.
- ^ 村上郷土史. 村上本町教育会. 1931. p. 90.
- ^ 岡谷繁実 (1944). 名将言行録. 岩波文庫. Vol. 6巻. 岩波書店. ISBN 9784003317365.
- ^ マンガで読む戦国の徳川武将列伝. 戎光祥出版. 2016.
- ^ Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1875); Sidney A. Tannenbaum (1978). "The Twenty-eight Deified Generals of the Tokugawa Clan (Tokugawa nijūhasshōjin)". philamuseum.org. Philadelphia, USA: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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- (in Japanese) "Naitō" on Murakami daijiten (22 February 2008)
- (in Japanese) "Naitō Nobunari" (22 February 2008)