also known as Inadome Ichimu was a Japanese military engineer and commander of the

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. He served the

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as a senior retainer and later he served

Hosokawa Tadaoki was a Japanese samurai warrior of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the son of Hosokawa Fujitaka with Numata Jakō, and he was the husband of a famous Christian convert (Kirishitan), Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, he ...

. He was taught gunnery techniques by his grandfather Inadome Sukehide and later he founded Inadome school of gunnery. Before the Battle of Sekigahara, he took charge of Hosokawa Garasha's protection. When Ishida Mitsunari attempted to take Gracia as a hostage and surrounded Hosokawa clan's residence, he escaped without protecting Garasha. Later he served the

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as a gunnery instructor.

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