was a Japanese

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...

and a brother of

Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...

who lived from the late

Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...

through the early

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

. Also known as or , the Tokyo neighborhood Yūrakuchō is named for him. Nagamasu converted to Christianity in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John.

Biography

His childhood name was Gengorō (源五郎) and he was the 11th son of Oda Nobuhide. In 1574, he received the Chita District in Owari and the construction of Ōkusa Castle. Later, he was commissioned to serve

Oda Nobutada was a samurai and the eldest son of Oda Nobunaga, who fought in many battles during the Sengoku period of Japan. He commanded armies under his father in battles against Matsunaga Hisahide and against the Takeda clan. Biography Oda Nobutada w ...

in the Siege of Iwamura (1575), Siege of Shigisan (1577),

Siege of Itami (1579) The second , also called the during the Sengoku period of Japanese history, occurred in 1579, five years after it was seized by Oda Nobunaga in Siege of Itami (1574) from Itami clan, and entrusted the Castle to Araki Murashige. Background In ...

and also Siege of Takato (1582). Nagamasu was an accomplished practitioner of the

Japanese tea ceremony The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or ) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of , powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called . While in the West it is known as "tea ceremony", it is se ...

, which he studied under the master, Sen no Rikyū. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony. In June 1582, during the incident at Honnō-ji, he was one of the vassals of Nobutada in Nijō Castle, he was able to survive and fled to Gifu Castle. In 1584, he then joined

Oda Nobukatsu was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period. He was the second son of Oda Nobunaga. He survived the decline of the Oda clan from political prominence, becoming a ''daimyō'' in the early Edo period. Though often described as an inco ...

and collaborated with

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

against Hideyoshi at the Komaki - Nagakute campaign and battled against Takigawa Kazumasu at the

Siege of Kanie The 1584 siege of Kanie was one of many elements in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to consolidate his power over the lands held by the Oda clan in Owari province, Japan. This event actually consisted of two sieges. First Siege When Hideyoshi ...

Castle. Later, he was one of the peacemakers between

and

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...

, also between Sassa Narimasa and Maeda Toshiie. In 1600, he sided with

and fought at the

Battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of ...

. He brought 450 soldiers to join Ieyasu and confronted Gamō Yorisato (Satoie). In 1615, Nagamasu divided his fief between his sons

Oda Nagamasa (1587 – April 7, 1670) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kaijū Domain. He was the nephew of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was born in 1587, the fourth son of Nobunaga's younger brother Nagamasu.Oda Hisanaga. Nagamasa founded the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain, while Hisanaga became lord of the

Yanagimoto Domain The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. Its headquarters were located in what is now Tenri, Nara. List of lords *Oda clan, 1615-1871 ( Tozama; 10,000 koku The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 or a ...

."Yanagimoto-han" on Edo 300 HTML
(14 July 2008).

Family

*Father: Oda Nobuhide (1510–1551) *Mother:

Dota Gozen , also known as Tsuchida Gozen, was a Japanese noblewoman and the mother of Oda Nobunaga, a major ''daimyō'' and politician of the Sengoku period regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Biography Dota Gozen's origins are unknown, incl ...

*Brothers: ** Oda Nobuhiro (died 1574) **

(1534–1582) ** Oda Nobuyuki (1536–1557) ** Oda Nobukane (1548–1614) ** Oda Nobuharu (1549–1570) ** Oda Nobutoki (died 1556) ** Oda Nobuoki ** Oda Hidetaka (died 1555) ** Oda Hidenari ** Oda Nobuteru ** Oda Nagatoshi *Sisters: ** Oichi (1547–1583) ** Oinu *Son: **

References

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