was
Japan
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ese samurai of the
Azuchi–Momoyama period
The was the final phase of the in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600.
After the outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate effectively collapsed, marking the start of the chaotic Sengoku period. In 1568, Oda Nobuna ...
, who served the
Shimazu clan. He was the son of
Hongo Tokihisa
was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Shimazu clan.
In 1573, Tokihisa defeated an attack led by the Kimotsuki clan.
In 1578 he would suppress a rebel coalition of former Itō retainers.
After Toyotomi Hi ...
, another Shimazu vassal.
In 1573, Tadatora and his father held
Kumamoto Castle against an attack by the
Kimotsuki
is a town in Kimotsuki District. It is located in the eastern part of the Ōsumi Peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The town was formed on July 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Kōyama and Uchinoura, both from Kimotsuki Distr ...
family. After this, Tadatora went on to support the Shimazu in each of their conflicts against the rival
Ryūzōji and
Ōtomo forces.
In 1592, he securing for himself a part in
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1st Korean Campaign. Later in 1593, Tadatora died in Korea, at Karashima island (modern-day
Kadok-do).
References
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"Hongō-shi" at Harimaya.com(22 March 2008)
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Samurai
1556 births
1594 deaths
Shimazu retainers