was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early

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. The son of

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, Shigenaga was the second man to bear the common name Kojūrō. His name was originally Shigetsuna; however, to avoid conflict with the fourth shōgun Ietsuna's name, he changed it to Shigenaga. In 1614, he took part in the Osaka Campaign, fighting Gotō Matabei at Dōmyōji Temple.片倉小十郎重長(重綱)
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, Shigenaga married a daughter of

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and his wife,

Chikurin-in (1579/80 – June 27, 1649) was a Japanese noble lady of the late Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo period. She was Ōtani Yoshitsugu's daughter, then she was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before marrying Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige). She is des ...

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Ōtani Yoshitsugu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title, . He was born in 1558 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Ōtomo Sōrin or Rokkaku Yoshikata. He became one o ...

's daughter and adopted daughter of

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), and adopted their second son,

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, later known as "Katakura Heinosuke Morinobu". He also assisted many of the masterless former

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retainers. He was succeeded by his maternal grandson also adopted son, Kagenaga.

Family

* Father:

* Mother: Yanouchi Shigesada's daughter * Wives: ** Haryu Aya ** Sanada Ume (1604-1681) * Daughter: Kisa married Matsumae Yasuhiro * Adopted Sons: ** (Matsumae)

Katakura Kagenaga (2nd) was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period, who served as a senior retainer of the Date clan of Sendai han. His childhood name was Sannosueke (三之助) later changed to Kojūrō. He bore the same name as his great-grandfather. The lord of S ...

** Katakura (Sanada) Morinobu (1612-1670) ** Katakura (Moniwa) Nobuyuki

Notes

1585 births 1659 deaths Samurai Karō Katakura clan Date retainers {{samurai-stub