was a Japanese

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warrior during the

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, and was one of the vassals of Oda Nobunaga . He was the first samurai in the "Kuro-horo-shu" (bodyguard unit in black) elite troops selected from Nobunaga's aides, and later served as an assistant to

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, Nobunaga's eldest son. He was also the lord of

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Iwamura, and later became the lord of Kai province. There are few documents related to Hidetaka and Kawajiri clan , and many of his traces are recorded in ''

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'', ''

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'', and records related to Tokugawa clan.

Biography

Service under Nobuhide

It is said that he was born in Iwasaki Village, Owari Province. Hidetaka served

Oda Nobuhide was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and magistrate of the Sengoku period known as "Tiger of Owari" and also the father of Oda Nobunaga the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobuhide was a deputy ''shugo'' (Shugodai) of lower Owari Province and head of the ...

from an early stage. His real name Hidetaka's "Hide"(''秀'') is considered to be a bias from Nobuhide's ''Hide''(''秀'') In August 1542, he was only 16 years old and participated in the first Battle of Azukizaka as a vassal of Nobuhide. At this time, he was in a single combat with a commander of

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, ''Yuhara''(''由原''), who was the forerunner of the

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, and gave a martial art of defeating him at the end of the group battle. Kawajiri Hidetaka (1527-1582) Battle Standard; Sassa Narimasa (1536-1588) Battle Standard

Kawajiri Hidetaka (1527-1582) Battle Standard; Sassa Narimasa (1536-1588) Battle Standard

Service under Nobunaga

After Nobuhide's death, he also served Oda Nobunaga and became the head of "Kuro-horo-shu" (bodyguard unit in black). In 1558, when Nobunaga summoned his younger brother

Oda Nobuyuki , also known as , was the son of Oda Nobuhide and younger brother of Oda Nobunaga, who lived during the Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. ...

Kiyosu Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kiyosu, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is noted for its association with the rise to power of the Sengoku period warlord, Oda Nobunaga. The kanji in the name of the castle was written as 清須城. The curren ...

to murder him, he carried out assassination of Nobuyuki . He participates in the

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in May 1560. He followed Nobunaga, who suddenly rushed out, with other only four vassals; Iwamuro Shigeyasu , Hasegawa Hashisuke , Yamaguchi Hidanokami, and Katō Yasaburo. It is said that

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defeated

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in the battle, but there is also a different theory that Hidetaka killed Yoshimoto. In the summer 1565, he was ordered to attack Mino Sarubami Castle with

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. The castle owner, Tajimi Shuri-no-Suke, used the advantage of the land to protect the castle well, but Nagahide occupied the neighboring mountain and cut off the water source, and Hidetaka launched an onslaught and dropped the castle. In the fierce battle, Battle of Dōhora castle, on September 28 of 1565, he got into the inner citadel first, which let him win fame in the battle, and forced the enemy commander, Kishi Nobuharu to kill himself. After the war, he was given Sarubami Castle by a series of achievements in the attack on Mino, and the castle name was changed to Katsuyama Castle. After entering Katsuyama, the castle town of Sakahogi, Chozoji, was designated as Kawajiri's family temple. He also allegedly supported the reconstruction of Daisen-ji Temple, which was burned down in the war. In 1569, he was dispatched with

Sakai Masahisa was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku Period, who most notably served the Oda clan. He was born in Mino Province, and first served the Saitō clan. After the fall of the Saitō, he was taken on as a retainer by Oda Nobunaga. He was particula ...

as a messenger telling

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to hand over the testimony of Sakai Kitasho. In August of 1569, he participated in the subdue of

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based in Okawachi Castle,

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. At this time, he was in charge of patrols the headquarters of Oda army inside the fence with Sugaya Nagayori,

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, Nakagawa Shigemasa,

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. The name can be seen in the draft letter of sympathy sent by Munehisa Imai to the Oda clan generals on September 6 of 1569. On February 19, 1570, Imai Sokyu sent urgent news that Akagi Nobuyasu defeated the army of

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in Awaji province. In the draft letter, the names are listed alongside

Kanamori Nagachika was a Japanese samurai who lived from the Sengoku period into the early Edo period. He was the first ruler of the Kanamori clan and served as a retainer of the Oda, Toyotomi, and Tokugawa clans. Later in his life, he also became a ''daimyō' ...

, Takei Yūan, Sakai Kōsai, and Sugaya Naganori, and it can be seen that he was recognized as one of the Nobunaga's representative aides at that time. On March 6, 1570, Nakayama Takachika and Kanroji Tsunemoto visited Nobunaga, but Hidetaka responded due to his absence and received 30 swords as a thank-you. On June 28, 1570, he served in the

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, and in the siege of

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, where Isono Kazumasa, a vassal of

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, was holding, after the main war, he set up on Nishi-Hikoneyama, one of the attached castles. At the Siege of Shiga in September of 1570, he entered the fort of Anota with

Sakuma Nobumori was a retainer for the Oda clan. He was thus treated as Nobunaga's most important retainer and would come to fight in every important battle under Nobunaga's command such as the 1567 Siege of Inabayama Castle, the 1571 and 1573 Siege of Nagashim ...

Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese ''samurai'' general of the Sengoku period best known as the assassin of Oda Nobunaga. Mitsuhide was a bodyguard of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later a successful general under ...

, Murai Sadakatsu,

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, and played a part in the Siege of Enryaku-ji Temple on

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. In February 1571, he entered Sawayama Castle after Isono Kazumasa moved out, and since then he has been active as a castle general with

. In September of 1571, Nobunaga ordered that the Tendai Temple affiliated with Enryaku-ji at Mt. Hiei was burned down, Hidetaka and Nagahide burned down Saimyōji temple In 1582, while planning the Conquest of Kōshū, Nobunaga assigned an army to his eldest son,

, and had him invade Shinano and Kai Province, Hidetaka along with

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became a military commander.

Death

Several months later after

Battle of Tenmokuzan The 1582 in Japan, also known as the Battle of Toriibata, is regarded as the last stand of the Takeda clan. This was the final attempt by Takeda Katsuyori to resist the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, who had been campaign ...

, Kawajiri Hidetaka died on June 18, 1582.

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